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Robotics

FlexiQuad: the collision-resistant ring drone from ETH Zurich

Robotics researchers at ETH Zurich have designed a quadcopter without a rigid central body that absorbs collisions without crashing. Invented by Luca Girardi and Stefano Mintchev, the ring-shaped FlexiQuad drone uses an elastic frame that flexes laterally on impact while retaining the vertical stiffness required for flight. The inventors have filed a patent application for the device, which has also earned a nomination for the university's Spark Award.

News

UFOs, Aliens and Technology: The Human Fear of the Unknown

In recent years, the subject of UFO sightings – or UAPs, as they are officially called – has attracted increasing attention from governments, media and public opinion. But behind the aura of mystery and endless speculation, one question arises: if these alleged extraterrestrial ‘visitors’ were…

Evgeny Novikov

News

Amazon Prime Air: drones deliver first packages, a New Era begins in Arizona

Amazon customers in the West Valley Phoenix, Arizona metropolitan area now receive Prime Air deliveries in less than an hour thanks to drones. Amazon has once again taken a significant step forward in the world of logistics and technology (such as Amazon Fresh Store and Zoox) with the launch of…

Evgeny Novikov

News

Most read news of the week: 1 May

Last week’s most read news selected by our editorial staff: super pink moon, ambulance drones in the Netherlands and the first voice-operated coffee machine

Giovanni Sapere

Crowdfunding

Air Pix, the self-contained pocket autonomous selfie drone

Small, lightweight and easy to use, Air Pix allows you to make perfect selfie without having your hands busy, giving a new perspectives Crowdfunding is an inexhaustible source of new ideas and products. Sites such as kickstarter and indiegogo collect lots of ideas and help inventors raise enough…

Mario Vincenzo La Rocca

Eureka!

Goodbye Joystick: Now the drone will pilot you with the look

The new tool promises to help people with ALS To be able to effectively guide a drone with a glance, is no longer a utopia or a fantasy as teenagers, but rather a magic that becomes reality. That dreamed and imagined future has finally arrived, to be precise in the warm island of Sardinia where,

Ilaria Cuomo