A Maryland based company is developing a new type of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) that can also be manned if necessary. The new aircraft also has the ability to operate in groups of up to 12 air vehicles, allowing for ...

A lubricant with an exceptional low friction coefficient has been developed by scientists in the Argonne National Laboratory. The lubricant is based on boric acid particles 50 nanometers in diameter. Such nano-scaled particles offer both lubricity and stability when mixed ...

Developed by the Austrian company Schiebel the Camcopter S-100 is a robotic helicopter capable of autonomous Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL). The S-100 light and strong carbon-fiber body together with a small but powerful 55HP Diamond engine allows the robotic ...

The University of Arizona recently announced that it will be taking on the operation of the Biosphere 2 Project, which was on the verge of being shut down after it ran out of money. This announcement is now giving hope ...

Electronic devices with stretching and washing abilities may enhance their functionality and usability. Belgian researchers are currently working on what could be part of our daily wardrobe in the not too distant future. Led powered by inductive coil embedded in ...

Universal Hovercraft’s UH-19XRW is a small hybrid vehicle, which is a combination between a boat, a plane and a hovercraft. The UH-19XRW uses ground-effect to fly up to six feet above the ground or water. The vehicle is already attracting ...

An Omni-Directional technology, initially patented by a Swedish inventor and sold to the U.S. Navy, is now driving a revolutionary type of electric powered lift capable of ultimate maneuverability in all directions. The Sidewinder is a new concept of a ...

The U.S. Air Force is about to start using a new type of revolutionary Automatic Ground Collision Avoidance System (Auto-GCAS). The system, which underwent extensive testing by the Air Force, proved to be overwhelmingly effective and is now ready for ...

The Russian company Paritetboat has developed a unique glass bottomed boat. The boat, named LOOKER, comes in various sizes and includes a huge 2X3 meters spheroid window made of 15mm-thick modified acrylic which Paritetboat claims is even stronger than the ...

Shape memory polymers are polymers whose qualities have been altered to give them dynamic shape “memory” properties. Using thermal stimuli, shape memory polymers can exhibit a radical change from a rigid polymer to a very elastic state, then back to ...