Aberporth is a Welsh city whose name doesn't come up terribly often in the tech press. That might change as a small civilian-owned airport transforms itself into a center for UAV (read: Drone) innovation.

Here's a story all but guaranteed to make you feel safe: a group of college students managed to hijack a domestic drone. But don't worry, they had a whole bunch of equipment from a store that most civilians have never heard of: Radio Shack.

What's a young geek to do when he has two expensive gadgets? Naturally, pop on Pink Floyd and get to combining the two. In a little over a month, Thomas Sohmers has done just that — connect the awesome Parrot AR.Drone to a pair of Epson Moverio BT-100 transparent video glasses to create one neat trick.

Parrot is a company that focuses primarily on in-car electronics, but you wouldn't know it from the more eye-catching technology in its portfolio. A quadrocopter hobby drone? Some seriously smart headphones? (We can't wait for more on those Ziks, by the way.) With AR.Drone 2.0, which we got a taste of at CES 2012, Parrot has taken a hard look at the strengths and weaknesses of its first generation flier, and has come back with something that feels like a vast improvement over its predecessor. Read on to find out why I'd feel comfortable handing the controls of this drone over to my own grandmother.