Skyros Aerial Camera Designed in SolidWorks Reigns Down Photos of Your Skull Cap

by Josh on October 2, 2008 · View Comments

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skyros aerial camera designed in SolidWorks It’s got a 5 inch rotor, multiple lenses and a healthy appetite for taking photos from high above your eye for composition.

You detach it from it’s base and launch it up to 160 ft (50m) into the vast blue yonder. The rotor and sensors take over and it does a somersault in the air, taking pictures as it returns back to you. It’s the tiniest, cutest personal aerial camera and the concept was created in SolidWorks.

Siddharth Kambe & Dipti Hanako Kambe developed the idea to make aerial photograhpy easy for everyone. Siddharth attended the Pratt Institute and Denmark Design School. The concept is an exploratory look into capturing those special moments from a different perspective… just don’t get wrapped up in that moment and have the camera come flying back at you with rotors blazin’.

More images of the design specifics after the break.

skyros aerial camera detail rendering

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Skambe.com Via Yanko Design

Tagged as: cameras, Product Design, solidworks concept

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Devon Sowell October 2, 2008 at 11:21 am: I've been flying radio controlled planes for about 15 years. In the USA, the FAA has extremely specfic rules when it comes to radio controlled flying machines. At first glance the 160 ft height seems too high and could be illegal here. I'd feel pretty nervous having these things falling from the sky in my neighbor hood.
mingsish October 2, 2008 at 12:09 pm: I can't wait till one falls in my yard…then i keep it, just like all the nerf balls that used to belong to the neighborhood children. MWAH HA HAH AH AH A
CAD Engineering October 3, 2008 at 12:33 am: Wow .. its amazing …
But how accessible is this aerial camera to regular people ?
Josh M October 3, 2008 at 4:29 pm: This is still prett much just a concept. Like Devon points out the height would be a problem in some area. To me that height isn't to practical for 'home use' type stuff. The idea and thought process is incredible though.
Josh M October 3, 2008 at 4:31 pm: with that laugh, for some reason, I'm picturing you throwing it back a the child. “rotor to the face. awww, did that sting?” – I know you wouldn't do that though.
Josh M October 3, 2008 at 9:29 pm: This is still prett much just a concept. Like Devon points out the height would be a problem in some area. To me that height isn't to practical for 'home use' type stuff. The idea and thought process is incredible though.
Josh M October 3, 2008 at 9:31 pm: with that laugh, for some reason, I'm picturing you throwing it back a the child. “rotor to the face. awww, did that sting?” – I know you wouldn't do that though.