It was inevitable, really, that car and flying drone would meet. And at
this week’s Auto Expo India, they did. Renault’s Kwid concept off-roader
broke cover in Delhi, and amid the usual show-car flourishes, including
an amusing 1+2+2 seating arrangement, it showed off something entirely
new: a built-in quadcopter drone. Called the Flying Companion, the drone
operates either autonomously, following a pre-programmed flight
sequence, or in manual mode, controlled via a tablet computer inside the
car. According to Renault’s press materials, “The Flying Companion can
be used for a variety of purposes, including scouting traffic, taking
landscape pictures and detecting obstacles on the road ahead.” Renault
states that the diminutive Kwid could be production-ready within two
years – which, from the company that built such oddities as the Avantime
and Twizy, are words to take seriously. (Photo: Renault)Via: BBC
LG plans to launch a flexible OLED smartphone before the end of the year, the company’s VP of mobile has confirmed, though it’s unclear to what extent the work-in-progress handset will actually flex. The OLED panel in question is the handiwork of LG Display according to VP of LG mobile Yoon Bu-hyun, the WSJ reports, with the proposed device set to launch sometime in Q4. LG Display’s work on flexible OLEDs has been underway for some time, though the company’s efforts have perhaps been overshadowed somewhat by rival Samsung’s YOUM development. Last year, according to a Korea Times report, LG Display was preparing for
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