Nathan McAlone
This year's Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas featured drones of all shapes, sizes, and feature sets.
But the cutest one we saw was a "nano" drone called Onagofly, which can fit in the palm of your hand, and has raised $1.3 million on Indiegogo. The drone's main purpose it to follow you around and snap photos.
The emerging market of "nano drones," in general, presents a bit of a mystery. What do people actually want out of a nano drone?
Many of the more eye-popping and attractive uses of bigger drones just don't apply. A nano probably isn't going to follow you down the mountain while you're on a snowboard, or take beautiful footage soaring over cliffs
But nano drones have some obvious benefits: they don't have to be registered, they are ultra-portable, and they are much better to use in the house.
Nathan McAlone
The details
Onagofly connects to either an iOS or Android phone using Wifi, and is good up to 98 feet, according to the company.
It has a 8-megapixel camera, which can shoot 1080p HD video and save it right to your camera roll - or livestream.
One of the drone's key features is that it can "auto-follow" you by connecting to your phone's GPS. While the company claims this can be used in an extreme sports environment, from what I saw at CES, it would have to be fairly controlled. That said, it could definitely work for something like skateboarding or BMX.
But what you'd probably most use that function for is for taking photos or video of yourself. The drone is designed for "advanced" selfies or group photos, which is why it has baked-in smile recognition to know when to take the picture - unless people in your group start smiling at different times.
As for the average flight time, it stands at around 15 minutes, and 12 minutes while recording video. It takes around 30 minutes to charge back up again.
You can pre-order one for $199.
Here are some more photos of the drone:
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