Intel has launched its first drone designed specifically for light shows , called the Intel Shooting Star . The company has the Federal Aviation Administration ’s ( FAA ) approval to fly the drones as a fleet at night . The new drone weighs only than 280 g and features built - in LEDs that can display more than 1 million colour combinations . She said a fleet of drones could be used to meet industrial needs, and that of search and rescue missions. The company set a Guinness World Record for the most powered Arial aircraft airborne simultaneously with 500 Shooting Star drones on 7 October . A fleet of the drones could be used for industrial operations , search and rescue operations , or to put adverts in the sky .
Intel has launched its first drone designed specifically for light shows , called the Intel Shooting Star . The company has the Federal Aviation Administration ’s ( FAA ) approval to fly the drones as a fleet at night . The new drone weighs only than 280 g and features built - in LEDs that can display more than 1 million colour combinations . The company set a Guinness World Record for the most powered Arial aircraft airborne simultaneously with 500 Shooting Star drones on 7 October . A fleet of the drones could be used for industrial operations , search and rescue operations , or to put adverts in the sky .