(Credit: Lily) The reign of the selfie stick has only just begun, but it’ll soon be time to kiss that archaic tomfoolery goodbye and say hello to Lily, your hovering, selfie-snapping drone assistant. Lily is a quadcopter that can follow you and document all your adventures in HD video, and she’ll do it all with a smile. There’s no setup required, and you don’t need any piloting experience to deploy Lily; just throw it in the air, and it’ll automatically take flight. The quadcopter is equipped with onboard sensors that detect when it’s in free fall — just remember to charge it. When you're done with Lily, the drone will gently land in the palm of your hand.
Lily is described as the “world’s first throw-and-shoot camera,” and the quadcopter stays by your side via a puck-shaped tracking device, which also serves as the microphone, that you tuck in your ...