Autonomous boat gets around under wave power
We're seeing many examples of auto manufacturers aiming to remove the human element from the driving experience, but there are also moves to get robot boats on the water, too.
AeroMobil reveals electric VTOL flying car concept
Like Terrafugia and Pal-V, AeroMobil has developed a flying car/roadable aircraft that requires a runway in order to take off and land. This Wednesday, however, the Slovakia-based company announced its plans for an electric VTOL (vertical take-off an
FLYRIDE® , Zapata's new invention !
Latest water product from Zapata, Flyride® enables you to fly and slide on the water, providing new sensations. Easy to use, it was especially designed to be accessible to all, regardless to the user's level.
Zapata Ezfly: The jet-powered aerial Segway anyone can fly
The Zapata Ezfly looks for all intents and purposes like a Segway of the sky. You stand on a small platform equipped with a series of jet thrusters, holding two handgrips that come up from the base, then rise up into the air and zoom around, steering
Waymo self-driving trucks to start hauling cargo next week
Waymo has clocked up millions of self-driving miles since starting Google's autonomous vehicle project in 2009, celebrating 5 million of them by recently releasing a 360-degree video to demonstrate how its cars see the world around them.
Solar-powered two-seater plane will soar to the edge of space
Solar planes have already traversed the Alps and flown around the world, but one team has its sights set a little higher: the edge of space. SolarStratos is planning to fly a solar-powered plane to an altitude of over 80,000 ft (24,000 m), from where
Bridgestone rolls out an airless bike tire
It was six years ago that we first heard about Bridgestone's prototype AirFree Concept automobile tires, which utilized flexing thermoplastic resin "spokes" instead of compressed air.
Plimp Airships
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The PLIMP airship represents an innovative new class of aircraft, developed by Egan Airships.
Big future in low cost small rockets
Customizable smallsats can cost as little as $11,000 these day. Planet Labs now operates more than 200 Earth-observing smallsats for governments, agricultural companies, investment firms and others. 6,200 smallsats are expected to be launch over the
European Mars orbiter completes 11-month aerobraking maneuver
It has to be one of the slowest parking attempts ever made, but ESA's ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) has completed a daring maneuver that saw it surfing the outer layers of the Martian atmosphere for 11 months. The purpose of the exercise was to gra