Virgin Galactic, the world’s first commercial spaceline owned by Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Group and Abu Dhabi’s aabar Investments PJS, completed the first rocket-powered flight of its space vehicle, SpaceShipTwo (SS2) on April 29. Continue reading
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US Navy Wants Lasers on Marines’ Trucks to Shoot Down UAS
The US Office of Naval Research thinks that Marine air-ground task forces are too vulnerable to adversaries flying cheap, small UAS overhead, like the four-pound Raven the Marines themselves used in Iraq. Its answer: outfit Marine ground vehicles with laser guns. Continue reading
Google Glass App to Make Wheelchairs Eye-Controlled
What would you do with Google Glass? The company asked the public that question, with the hashtag #ifihadglass, to help find testers for its “explorer” programme. Continue reading
Flying-Cam UAS Built by Additive Manufacturing
FLYING-CAM, a developer of rotary wing Light Unmanned Aircraft Systems, has partnered with Modena, Italy based CRP Group, a leader in laser sintering technology and well-known for their Additive Manufacturing materials called Windform, to construct a Special Aerial Response Automatic Helicopter: SARAH. Continue reading
Hiatchi Unveils its Robot for Personal Intelligent Transport System
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Hitachi has unveiled its Robot for Personal Intelligent Transport System – a single-person autonomous vehicle meant to travel on side-walks – that can pick up and drop off passengers autonomously. Continue reading
World’s First Practical Civilian Jetpack on Sale for $100K
The Martin Jetpack, which was showcased at IDEX, is a collaboration between Emirates Advanced Research and Technology Holding (Earth), Khalifa University and the New Zealand-based Martin Aircraft Company. Continue reading
Northrop GrummanTriton Unmanned Aircraft System Wing Mating to Fuselage
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Northrop Grumman employees mate the fuselage with the wings of a Triton unmanned aircraft at the company’s production facility in Palmdale, California. Continue reading
Ohio State Electric-Powered Buckeye Bullet Will Go 400 MPH
The Buckeye Bullet team at Ohio State University is building what it hopes will be the first electric vehicle to break 400 miles per hour, something only nine gas-powered cars have done. The video below shows the Buckeye 2 which hit 300 mph. Continue reading