The Shift Red Drone reinvents the drone-controller UI with a one-handed joy-con - Yanko Design

With a slew of new features that really prove that the designers revamped the concept of the drone from ground upwards, this is the Shift Red, from TIE (This Is Engineering). It weighs a mere 93 grams (less than half of the Mavic Mini), which means y'all can own one without getting it registered with the FAA, and comes with a camera that records at 1080p (30fps) that uses an innovative virtual gimbal to digitally stabilize your videos in a manner that makes them look incredibly crisp. The base of operations of the drone sports a 3D sensing organization that lets the drone know exactly where it is, giving it better command over its movements and maneuvers, and the Shift Red itself comes with its ain autonomous Pilot Mode called Lezero that tin track objects and perform a variety of camera movements to capture said object. All that's pretty great, but it isn't why the Shift Cerise Drone is seriously path-breaking… the Shift Ruddy's truthful magic lies in its controller.

The controller completely reimagines how nosotros command drones. Designed exclusively for one-handed apply, the controller comes with a patent-pending thumb-band and a joy-con that tracks the movement of the pollex by most-field sensing the ring. Move your pollex upwards and the drone moves upwards, bring your thumb sideways and the drone dollies sideways. Working the Shift Red drone with this revolutionary system is a lot like decision-making an invisible joystick, and can entirely be washed with a single hand, freeing your other paw for anything else, from watching Shift Red'south livestream on your phone, or holding on for back up as y'all trek or rock-climb… the possibilities are endless.

Amid other details, the Shift Red comes with a 1100 mAh battery that gives it a flight time of 17 minutes on a full charge. Since the Shift Red doesn't come with standoff-detection, a set of propeller guards prevent your drone from any concrete damage. The Shift Red goes on sale starting today on TIE'south website. At simply $299, information technology'south a pretty great drone for starters, especially with that inventive, intuitive new UI!

Designers: This Is Engineering