Watch A Snowboarder Carried Into The Air By A Custom Christmas Drone


Drones are everywhere and they’re just going to keep becoming more commonplace as the technology gets cheaper and they become easier to use. Interestingly, though, one frontier of drone work that we haven’t seen yet is drones being used to airlift humans. Already being used to deliver medical supplies, sending in a drone to remove humans from natural disasters and battle zones would save lives and make rescue efforts much safer. Good news, though: We’re starting to see that work being done, weirdly, on TV shows and in YouTube videos.

If you’re a fan of The White Rabbit Project on Netflix, you’ve likely already seen Grant Imahara build a “hoverboard” that’s basically just a drone you can stand on and ride. It’s surprisingly cheap, too, at $20,000. And now we’ve got Casey Neistat, former daily vlogger and current CNN correspondent with a custom drone that pulls him along on a snowboard through a small town before climaxing with lifting him high in the air and away.

It is, of course, really funny to watch a snowboard get hauled over a house, but as goofy as this video is, it really is a preview of a better future. The time isn’t so far away when we can help people no matter how distant they are.

(via The Verge)

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