The smoking habit is already connected with so many risks and dangers, that we will not be the ones to remind you how unhealthy it is. But for those who, along with the habit of cigarettes, also have something to hide, this could turn into a much bigger problem if they happen to run into [...]

Sikorsky, manufacturer of several choppers among the most popular with armed forces worldwide, have just introduced their Project Firefly, aimed at developing electrically powered helicopters. Currently, the visible part of the Firefly Project is a demonstrator, which has been showcased at the AirVenture 2010 fair, based on a S-300C light helicopter, with an electric engine [...]

According to some German newspapers, Google recently went shopping in Germany, to be more precise in the small town of Buchen, siege of Microdrones GmbH, a factory which, as the name may suggest, produces drones, or more specifically, miniature quadricopters. Microdrones’ quadricopters are devices which, in spite of their small size, have a $60K price [...]

As men, we know how our women love to be always well dressed and accurate up to the smallest detail of their style, and how everything must be in harmony, from shoes to hairstyle, from shirt to necklace. What we might not know, instead, is that what apparently looks like a simple and normal necklace, [...]

Bees, as Mother Nature gave them a very small brain, have to place a great deal of trust in their visual abilities in order to survive and get oriented in ever-changing environments. To better understand how these little insects’ sight works, and how it affects their lives, a group of scientists from the German University [...]

The Rising Sun country has always been synonymous with technological innovation and quality, which often go together with a relatively low price. In this case, most of the attention was aimed at keeping a low level in terms of price, with the final result of a product that is totally average in terms of quality, [...]

As gliding lovers know very well, flying a glider can be lots of fun, as well as being environmentally friendly, and it puts a pilot’s ability to the test, in having to find the right winds to make their flight longer or reaching higher altitudes. All this, though, has its inconveniences, namely during takeoff. In [...]

Approximately a week ago, we posted an article about a miniature quadricopter which can be controlled remotely thanks to an iPhone application, and that can be used for perimeter video surveillance, around parks or buildings, or even indoors thanks to the hulled rotors. Now we just heard that aerial surveillance in small spaces has moved [...]

As you will certainly know, not only through us but also from newspapers all over the world, the government of Saudi Arabia, following a similar decision by the UAE, had recently ruled that all BlackBerry phones be suspended from service, since according to an official statement, they were not compliant with some not specified parameters [...]