In this series, I'll take you through flying a drone with Node.JS and BLENO, Web Bluetooth, and a wide range of custom controllers which include a variety of fruits, hand gesture detection and twitter.
I'll share all the libraries I used, the code I wrote, and details of the devices I use, where necessary.
Context
Like most good stories, this one starts with me having a few drinks at a company event. On my way home, I went online and 'accidentally' bought a drone and completely forgot that I did. I bought the drone from a an online store that charges unbelievably low prices for almost anything you can imagine and takes months to deliver the items to you. This is where I buy gadgets and electronic components I don't actually need.
About three months later, the drone, along with other things I had forgotten about, arrived. I now had a drone I had no use for so I did what any sane tech enthusiast would do: I decided to hack the drone.
This idea was inspired by a talk on Web Bluetooth I saw at DevConf in Johannesburg, South Africa by the incredible Gergana (Gery) Young
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The below image was stuck in my head and it is the reason for months of all the madness in this series of articles
I spoke about five ways to control a drone at BBD Software Development’s Es@cape conference last year and you can watch that video here:
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