We flew our cube at Concordia... Audience showed emotion

That was a great event organized by Hexagram at Concordia University in Montreal yesterday. Outstanding. So many great projects were presented. From smart clothes to robots to motion capture... We (Nicolas Reeves, Jean-Bruno Valiquette and I) closed the performances by flying our cube. I was appointed pilot in charge. Waow. Challenging. This cube we made from scratch, with tiny wood and plastic pieces, embeds a 60g Linux computer, WiFi included. It can be piloted manually (from a computer keyboard so far), or automatically (avoiding obstacles, stabilizing itself at some altitude, making basic decisions, being able to identify other cubes and gather with them in cluster. We kicked this project off 2 and 1/2 years ago. We've made some significant progress, but there are others to be made. This is research in both technology AND arts.
First photo shows the cube before take off, puzzling a lot of people in the audience.
Second photo shows the cube flying above 200 persons. We heard a bunch of 'ohhhhh', 'wowwwwwww', 'ahhhhh'. I was both nervous (because of the responsibility and challenge) and moved (by the audience's emotion). Next version will include photobehaviour, a user interface, and likely a homemade control box to provide superaccurate movements.