Parrot MiniDrones

What is it? Parrot, creator of the fantastic (and terrifying) AR Drone quadrocopter, has created some slightly more affordable little remotecontrol vehicles. The Rolling Spider is a small £90 quadrocopter that has large attachable wheels, so it can roll along floors or walls as well as zip through the air. The £140 Jumping Sumo looks like the weaponised bottom half of a Segway and, brilliantly, it jumps on command. Both can be controlled from your iOS device. When’s it due? Both are available now. Why are we excited? Because we like terrorising people around the office! And also because Parrot makes really fun stuff that’s easy to control. The Jumping Sumo looks especially cool, zipping and circling incredibly fast on the floor, and then leaping up onto tables and chairs – this isn’t some small bunny hop we’re talking about.