New DJI mini-drone can fly with hand gestures

LOS ANGELES - Flying a drone can be hard, with lots to learn. Drone manufacturer DJI showed a new way to do it Wednesday, with a new mini-drone that can be flown via hand gestures. Wave your hands to land it, or use other gestures to go higher or soar. The DJI Spark, available in June for $499, was debuted at a media event in New York, where everything DJI said it could do worked flawlessly. In one taped demo, a woman moved her hand from left to right to push the drone in those directions, and in another we saw hands go upward to inch the drone into the skies.