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
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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
LEGO Great Ball Contraption
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This machine, known as the Great Ball Contraption (GBC), was built by a Japanese mechanical engineer in his house over the course of two years — a total of a whopping 600 hours in construction time. Continue reading
DARPA’S Pack Horse Robot Follows its Master
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For the past two weeks, in the woods of central Virginia around Fort Pickett, the Legged Squad Support System (LS3) four-legged robot has been showing off its capabilities during field-testing. Continue reading
First Unmanned Aircraft from 1919
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This old Warner Pathe Newsreel about ‘missiles’ compares the first attempts at launching an unmanned aircraft in 1919 with air-to air and aground-to-air missiles of the early 1950’s… Continue reading
Hydrophobic Coating Prevents Build-Up of Ice on Aircraft
A team of Japanese scientists has developed a water-repellent surface that can prevent ice from forming during flight. Continue reading
Futuristic Highway Patrol Unmanned Vehicles
Highway patrol vehicles of the future will be mostly self-driving, if you accept the solutions offered by the entries in this year’s Design Challenge, an annual competition organized in conjunction with the Los Angeles auto show.