Raffaello D’Andrea from ETH (home of PX4!) wowed them at Zurich Minds. From Robohub:
During the 20 minute presentation, Raffaello D’Andrea revealed some of the key concepts behind his group’s impressive demonstrations of quadrocopters juggling, throwing and catching balls, dancing, and building structures – and illustrated them with live examples with quadrocopters flying on stage.
To watch him hurtle quadrocopters towards his audience, see them juggle balls and balance poles, and to find out what happens when control fails, check out the video:
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Comment by Bernard Michaud on February 7, 2013 at 7:37am Summing a fantastic future for DIY.
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Comment by Dave G on February 7, 2013 at 1:22pm 
Very Inspiring, we live in interesting times.
Comment by sergei lupashin on February 8, 2013 at 9:21am More background info on this video/event from our (D'Andrea's) lab:
http://robohub.org/surrounded-by-quadrocopters-on-stage-raffaello-d...
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