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SkyDrive's Personal Flying Vehicle Could Hit the Skies in 2025

Startup SkyDrive just partnered with Suzuki to help get its next-generation personal flying vehicle off the ground in time for the 2025 Osaka World Expo.

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These Dandelion-Inspired Sensors Are Filled With Science

Inspired by dandelion seeds, they can be dispersed by drones across a large area to monitor issues like climate change and forest fires.

by Jesse Orrall

Sensors in the Wind: Solar-Powered Devices Float Like Dandelion Seeds

A group at the University of Washington is building and testing sensors that float in the wind to disperse and measure environmental data over a large area.

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Beyond Supersonic: These Startups Want to Bring You Hypersonic Travel

They aim to send travelers hurtling across the skies at speeds faster than 4,000 miles per hour.

by Andy Altman

These 3 Companies Want to Fly You at 4,000 Miles per Hour

Hermeus, Venus Aerospace and Space Transportation are all working on commercial aircraft that would carry passengers at intense speeds.

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Meet the Android That's Learning How to Express Emotions

According to a recent study, Nikola can express happiness, sadness, anger, fear, surprise and disgust.

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Meet Nikola, the Android Head Learning to Express Emotion

New video shows that the robot can also recognize and look at a person talking using cameras in its eyes.

by Jesse Orrall

This Magnetic Slime Robot Could Be the Future of Noninvasive Surgery

It can wrap around wires like an octopus arm, conduct electricity and even "self-heal" -- but the most exciting part about the slime robot is what it might one day do inside your body.

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Your Next Surgeon Could Be a Slime Robot

Like an octopus, it wraps around objects. It can also swallow things inside your stomach and even "self heal." This ooze could be the future of surgery.

by Claire Reilly

Lockheed Martin Flies Autonomous Black Hawk Pilotless for the First Time

Subsidiary Sikorsky demonstrates what it calls the first autonomous flight of a Black Hawk helicopter.

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