WATCH: This Armour Disintegrates Bullets
Since bullets appeared on the scene a few hundred years ago, nothing has been the same. If once some chainmail or plate armour was...
26 Year Old Hacker Is Bringing Self-Driving Cars To The Masses
You may not know who George Hotz (aka geohot) is, but many have enjoyed the fruits of his labours. In fact, he is something...
Researchers Create Nanobots That Can Fix Electronics
The next big thing in science may be very small indeed. A new study in the journal Nano Letters presents revolutionary tiny robots that...
WATCH: This Tiny Robot Could Save Hostages
The Picobug, as its name implies, is small. It weighs just 30 grammes, but it can do a whole lot: fly, walk, and (very...
Watch: Startup Uses Drones To Deliver Medicine In Rwanda
A Silicon Valley startup is using drones to deliver medicine and blood to patients in Rwanda, and it plans to expand to other countries...
In The Future, Police Could Control Your Driverless Car
Autonomous cars may not be that common yet, but isn’t too early to be thinking about the future - a time when driverless cars...
Meet DARPA’s Flying Gremlins
The US Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is working on a project that aims to launch volley of small drones from military aircraft...
China To Set Up Its Own “DARPA”
China is no small fish in the weapons exports pool, but its military technology is still lagging behind its competitors. To overcome this, China...
Watch: This Driverless Bus System Will Hit The Road This May
Autonomous vehicles aren’t quite here yet, but they’re getting closer each day. For proof, look to one small experiment being conducted in the Netherlands....
Could DARPA Have Invented The Ultimate Cyber Security?
When the internet first started coming into being, security wasn’t really an issue, not even as an afterthought. This is was more than half...
This Is How Your Smart Home Might Look In 2030
How cool is it when you can turn on your coffee machine using a smartphone app when you’re still nodding off in bed? Or...
Researchers Create Insect-Computer Hybrid
Scientists from Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University have made a new robotic creation using what they describe as “nature’s ready-made robot platforms” - insects. They...
WATCH: DARPA’s Submarine Hunter In Action
We’ve written about it before, but the Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has been working on something truly spectacular: an autonomous ship that...
Watch: Boeing’s Underwater Monster
The bottom of the ocean is a dark and menacing place. Anyone or anything venturing the depths has to contend with the immense pressure...
Boom – The Startup That Wants To Go Supersonic
Concorde is dead in the water, but the dream of supersonic passenger flight is most certainly not. Boom is relatively fresh startup that is...
Watch This Industrial Robot Teach Itself
The world’s leading industrial robot maker, Fanuc, is working on an incredibly clever robot. The Japanese company has created a robot that learns how...
WATCH: Drone Launch From Underwater
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) can do many things, but they’re all mostly tied to flying. Now, they can do one more, and it’s almost...
The Robotic Olympics Are Coming To Dubai
Not content with snatching up the World Cup, Dubai has now unveiled plans to hold a different kind of competition: the World Future Sports...
WATCH: SCAMP, The Robot That Flies, Climbs Walls Like An Insect
Meet SCAMP, the Stanford Climbing and Aerial Maneuvering Platform, a robot that can fly, land on vertical walls, and then scamper up them. SCAMP...
WATCH: F-16 Launching Perdix Drone Swarm
Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) swarms provide a wide variety of useful capabilities to today’s militaries, but one issue that remains is how to get...
The Air Force Of The Future
The US Air Force is gearing up for large technology research, requesting some $2.5 billion for research in its budget for fiscal year 2017....
Ford Working On Autonomous Driving In Snow Conditions
The recent collision between the Google Car and a Californian bus notwithstanding, autonomous vehicle generally manage to get around quite well. They “see” the...
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The Next Big Artillery Upgrade Could Be Putting the Gun on...
Towed artillery remains an important source of battlefield firepower, but modern counter-battery sensors and drones have made staying in one firing position increasingly dangerous....
