The Hoverair X1 is more clever camera than drone

The pocket-sized drone that uses your hand as a takeoff and landing pad clearly has a lot of amazing engineering behind it. (Image: BusinessDesk)

Ben Moore

Sun, 22 Dec 2024

Drones are awesome pieces of tech, and this one is no exception, although it isn't what you might expect.I was sent the Zero Zero Hoverair X1 drone (about $575 retail), and it was pretty surprising the first time I saw it sitting snugly in the palm of my hand. Undoubtedly, an impressive amount of engineering went into its compact form.It’s quite impressive watching the camera drone zoom around and reviewing the tidy 2.7k footage afterwards (see the end of the article for some footage of me looking like a goober in my backyard).However...

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