{"619160":{"#nid":"619160","#data":{"type":"news","title":"2019 InVenture Finalist: Finger Flyer","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWhile riding in a car one day, his hand outside the window\u0026nbsp;waving in the breeze, second-year mechanical engineering student Jacob Parker had a moment of inspiration. And, together with computer science major Austin Condict, he created a new way to fly quadcopter drones.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;I wanted to recreate that feeling with a drone and have young people experience flying in a fun, new way,\u0026rdquo; Parker explains. That is, without the use of a standard radio controller.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe custom-fitted drones created by Finger Flyer can be controlled simply by using your fingers or hands. Using an Inertial Measurement Unit sensor and a unique 3D-printed finger-port system, the Finger Flyer quadcopter drone is able to be manipulated and perform pre-programmed flight maneuvers.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFinger Flyer sought to create a quadcopter drone with an easy learning curve, while also giving users the feeling of surfing the wind with their hands. \u0026ldquo;It was heavily coded and adapted, but we\u0026rsquo;ve found that it\u0026rsquo;s generally easy to use,\u0026rdquo; says Condict.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAccording to the creators, people tend to crowd around when they test the device in public. \u0026ldquo;They definitely want to try it out for themselves,\u0026rdquo; explains Condict.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe prototypes and final products were actually built on campus in Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s Flowers Invention Studio. \u0026ldquo;We used resin-printers and soldering tools to bring this to life,\u0026rdquo; says Parker. \u0026ldquo;We essentially built this from scratch right here at Georgia Tech.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe custom-fitted drones created by Finger Flyer can be controlled simply by using your fingers or hands.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The custom-fitted drones created by Finger Flyer can be controlled simply by using your fingers or hands."}],"uid":"28058","created_gmt":"2019-03-12 22:53:19","changed_gmt":"2019-03-13 13:28:23","author":"Steven Norris","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2019-03-12T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2019-03-12T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"619162":{"id":"619162","type":"image","title":"2019 InVenture Finalist: Finger Flyer","body":null,"created":"1552431414","gmt_created":"2019-03-12 22:56:54","changed":"1552431414","gmt_changed":"2019-03-12 22:56:54","alt":"","file":{"fid":"235697","name":"finger-2_40034761903_o.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/finger-2_40034761903_o_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/finger-2_40034761903_o_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":266031,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/finger-2_40034761903_o_0.jpg?itok=YbzQvRDx"}}},"media_ids":["619162"],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71871","name":"Campus and Community"},{"id":"71881","name":"Science and Technology"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:snorris@gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESteven Norris\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EInstitute Communications\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["snorris@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}