Created by designer Hector del Amo, the ZERO helicopter is a new take on the idea of personal transportation. Continue reading
Category Archives: Technology
First F-35B Vertical Takeoff Test
An F-35B test aircraft completes the first-ever vertical takeoff (VTO) at NAS Patuxent River, Md., on May 10, 2013. Continue reading
Survey Copter Turns to 3D Printer for Prototyping
Stratasys Ltd. has announced that remote control systems manufacturer, Survey Copter, is successfully using its 3D printing technology to produce prototype and short-run component parts for mini-unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). Continue reading
Virgin Galactic Breaks Speed of Sound in 1st Rocket-Powered Flight of SpaceShipTwo
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
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