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April 29, 2016

Homemade Hoverbike Is as Fun (and Dangerous) As It Looks

Homemade Hoverbike Is as Fun (and Dangerous) As It Looks
Colin Furze has a long history of creating crazy contraptions and doing crazy stunts. He may have outdone himself this time with his homemade hoverbike. Yes, it looks fun as hell.…
February 16, 2016

The RC Flying Car: It’s a Car, It’s a Plane!

The RC Flying Car: It’s a Car, It’s a Plane!
Is it a car? Is it a plane? It’s the RC Flying car! It’s 2016 and we should have flying cars all over the skies by now.…
February 1, 2016

Dutch Police Training Eagles to Snatch Drones from the Skies

Dutch Police Training Eagles to Snatch Drones from the Skies
If you thought it was cool that the Japanese police were using a drone with a net to capture rogue drones, check out what the police are doing in the Netherlands.…
January 7, 2016

Ehang 184 Drone is Designed to Ferry Humans: Optimus Prime Air

Ehang 184 Drone is Designed to Ferry Humans: Optimus Prime Air
While Amazon is figuring out how to airdrop Three Wolf Moon t-shirts, Chinese drone maker Ehang has its sights on a much bigger goal: delivering people. …
December 16, 2015

DIY R2-D2 Drone Takes Flight

DIY R2-D2 Drone Takes Flight
Back in the summer, we saw this awesome R2-D2 drone that flew around using some sort of ducted propulsion with no propellers sticking out anywhere. This time out we have a DIY R2-D2 drone that isn’t quite as self-contained, but might actually be something you can build yourself.…
December 10, 2015

Drone Flies & Swims Underwater: Naviator

Drone Flies & Swims Underwater: Naviator
We’ve seen quadcopters and robots that can fly and walk (or roll), and one that can swim and walk. The Naviator drone on the other hand is equally adept at flying and swimming underwater.…
November 16, 2015

Review: SKEYE Pico Drone

Review: SKEYE Pico Drone
It seems there are drones of every shape and size on the market these days, and while the larger models are designed primarily for aerial photography, the smaller models are mostly just for fun.…
September 3, 2015

Guy Builds Homemade Flying Machine Using 54 Drone Rotors

Guy Builds Homemade Flying Machine Using 54 Drone Rotors
Like the Wright brothers before him, this man has a serious need to fly. Some might call him adventurous. Others would call him innovative. I call him crazy.…
July 10, 2015

R2-D2 Drone Takes to the Skies

R2-D2 Drone Takes to the Skies
I love Star Wars and have since the ’80s when all I ever wanted for Christmas was all the toys – all of them. I never understood why Santa couldn’t get that right.…
July 8, 2015

Project Nimbus Projects Images from Airplane onto Clouds

Project Nimbus Projects Images from Airplane onto Clouds
These days, everybody stores their videos “in the cloud.” Now some clever folks in the UK are actually projecting video on real clouds. Recently, on the clouds floating over Nottingham, England, residents saw the spooky green image of a man riding a horse in the night sky.…
June 23, 2015

DoD Funding HoverBike Development

DoD Funding HoverBike Development
Growing up, I had a subscription to the magazine of the Boy Scouts called Boys’ Life. The only part of that magazine I have any recollection of was all the wacky ads in the back for things like x-ray glasses and hover machines built using vacuum cleaner parts.…
February 10, 2015

Segway + Hoverboard = AirBoard

Segway + Hoverboard = AirBoard
Despite feeling like a bit of a dork, I rather enjoyed riding a Segway. That said, I still had to contend with crowded sidewalks and hazards on the ground while riding one.…
February 6, 2015

Look! Up in the Sky! Headless Mannequins Attached to Hexacopters!

Look! Up in the Sky! Headless Mannequins Attached to Hexacopters!
It’s the end times! No, not really. Just humans doing what they do and creating some really awesome stuff or just being stupid, depending on your perspective.…
February 4, 2015

Remote-Controlled Millennium Falcon Does the Kessel Run in 12 Millennia

Remote-Controlled Millennium Falcon Does the Kessel Run in 12 Millennia
I want to fly this radio-controlled Millennium Falcon so bad. Look at that badass bright afterburner. The aircraft was made by redittor Olivier-FR and it may not look like much, but it’s got it where it counts.…
January 27, 2015

This Drone Is Armed with Roman Candles

This Drone Is Armed with Roman Candles
This terrifying video illustrates what happens when drones go in for the kill. This UAV has been armed with roman candles, which look every bit as scary as real bullets.…
January 19, 2015

Flying Avengers Helicarrier Actually Handles Aircraft

Flying Avengers Helicarrier Actually Handles Aircraft
One of the coolest things about the Avengers movie was the massive flying helicarrier that had all the people and aircraft aboard. That was awesome and I would love to see that happen in the real world.…