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One feature (or use case) that I would like a follow-me drone for is path-lighting.

That is, let's say I'm going on a walk in the dark and I don't want to use a flashlight or wear a headlamp - I've thought of a drone flying 8-10 feet up, a few feet ahead of me, shining a light to light my way.

Since the Lily people seem to be here answering HN comments, I wonder, how far off is your product from doing that ?



Sorry, what? How on earth would this be better than a headlamp, apart from the "look at my drone, my drone is amazing" part?


> "look at my drone, my drone is amazing"

This is actually a fairly compelling reason to do things.


True dat. But then the lamp part is just extra weight that also drains electricity from the batteries.


...while keeping the user perpetually in the spotlight.


Well right now it's totally impractical, but if it floated silently, it would be pretty amazing. It could even light the path that you need to follow to help you navigate, and it wouldn't cause you to blind anyone you turned to talk to.


"We choose not to do these things because they are practical, but because they are cool!"


I am inclined to use a headlamp for this almost always.

However, if you are walking with one or two other people, their light depends on the direction of your head. And also on your relatively close proximity to them.

I dunno. It has occurred to me several times.


It can also carry my backpack. Like my own army of air sherpas.


You'd rather use an expensive, noisy drone that works for twenty minutes than a $15 headlamp that runs for hours?


A 'headlamp' doesn't seem that useful. A 'search spotlight', like the police helicopters, could be more interesting.


Duck tape and led torch (flashlight).




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