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November 4, 2015

Internet for all: Facebook to start testing Wi-Fi drones next year

The team behind the Facebook-led project to bring Internet connectivity to remote locations around the world using drone technology has revealed that it plans to start the service in the next five years, with test flights scheduled for 2015. 

November 4, 2015

Google’s Project Wing could lift US drone industry

Google’s entry into the drone space with its Project Wing initiative is good news for the broader drone industry, according to an expert in the technology.

November 4, 2015

FAA will miss 2015 drone deadline, audit says

The Federal Aviation Administration is “significantly behind schedule” in its attempt to meet Congress’ September 2015 deadline for integrating commercial drones into U.S. airspace, according to an audit report.

November 4, 2015

Engineers prepare real humanoid robots for government competition

Robots being built in labs in New Jersey, Pennsylvania and elsewhere are heading to Florida this week for a government-sponsored competition on doing humanlike tasks.

November 4, 2015

Shoot your own ‘Shark Week’ with this $850 underwater ‘drone’

Why let scientists have all the fun? OpenROV, an open-source remotely operated mini-submarine, lets anyone explore the ocean's depths like a pro. And it'll cost you less than a high-end iPad Air.

November 4, 2015

Device puffs virtual objects into reality, lets you feel phantom objects floating in air

A new device aims to put a more tangible virtual experience in the driver’s seat.

November 4, 2015

Human touch: Sensor lets robots 'feel'

Robots do not look human just yet, but soon they may get the "human touch." Researchers say they have developed a flexible sensor able to detect temperature, pressure and humidity simultaneously, and more accurately than currently existing devices

November 4, 2015

Fly-sized robot takes first flight

Flies have tiny wings and even tinier brains, yet they are capable of flying swiftly and agilely through even turbulent air.

November 4, 2015

Live turtle bot maneuvered with remote control

Instead of making a robot from scratch, why not start with a turtle? With a simple, non-invasive device attached to its shell, a live red-eared slider can be steered like a remote-controlled car.

November 4, 2015

Toshiba shows four-legged robot to help in radiated areas with Fukushima nuclear disaster

Toshiba Corp.'s four-legged robot is designed to help at the meltdown-crippled Japanese nuclear plant, climbing over debris and venturing into radiated areas off-limits to human workers.