May 09 2011

Water-Propelled Jetpack Makes a Splash

Tag: Adventure Sports,Air Sports,Aviation,Future Aviation,Water,Water Sports — Nic Halverson @ 8:37 pm
JetLev R200 lets pilots fly 22 mph over water and soar 30 feet.

May 09 2011

Human-Powered Helicopter to Take Flight

Tag: Alternative Power Sources,Aviation,Engineering,Future Aviation — Nic Halverson @ 1:23 pm
The Gamera is more than 1/3 the size of a football fields and weighs just 140 pounds.

Apr 04 2011

Explosives-detecting Ink Could Help Ground Terrorists

Tag: Aviation,Biotechnology,Chemistry,Crime,Future Aviation,Materials Science,Nanomaterials,Nanotech,Safety and Prevention,Terrorism,Transportation — Nic Halverson @ 9:22 pm
Ink-like substances change color in the presence of explosives.

Feb 08 2011

Smart Drone Aircraft Makes Debut Flight

Tag: Autonomous Robots,Aviation,Flying Robots,Future Aviation,Military Inventions,Military Robots,Robotics,Transportation,Unmanned Autonomous Vehicles — Irene Klotz @ 8:10 pm
Lacking any kind of pilot, this drone flew for 29 minutes, landing perfectly on target.

Dec 04 2010

Should Airplanes Look More Like Birds?

Tag: Aviation,Biomimetics,Carbon Emissions,Energy Efficiency,Engineering,Future Aviation,Physics — Cristen Conger @ 2:39 pm
Imitating avian anatomy could amplify airplane aerodynamics.

Jul 15 2010

A Way to Play Brain-Controlled Games on Airplanes

Tag: Brain-Computer Interface,Future Aviation,Gadgets,Games and Gear — David Teeghman @ 4:29 pm
Practice your golf swing at 35,000 feet.

Jul 02 2010

Flying Outhouses: Really?

Tag: Feedblog,Flying Robots,Future Aviation,Space Technology — James Williams @ 6:04 pm
Can An Outhouse Go Airborne? Get the answer to that and more questions about the crazy things rockets can send into the wild blue yonder.

Apr 09 2010

Space Skydiver Suit Revealed

Tag: Adventure Sports,Air Sports,Future Aviation,Space Technology — Tracy Staedter @ 4:24 pm
Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner wants to attempt a record-breaking free fall from 120,000 feet above the Earth. It's not the kind of jump a person can do with a conventional sky-diving suit and helmet. After all, Baumgartner will break the ...