Necessity is the mother of invention, but cheap crap from China is the mother of reverse engineering. [Michael] found a very, very cheap toy quadcopter in his local shop, and issued a challenge to ...

A new quadcopter can negotiate its way through a room completely on its own. It does not need any human interference, and in contrast to other models, it is not assisted by any external computer. All ...

Researchers at the University of Minnesota have done away with all that tedious joystick work by developing a mind-controlled quadcopter. It may seem like the top item of next year’s Christmas list, ...

There’s nothing quite like the thrill of piloting your own aircraft, navigating the sky and seeing the world from a whole new perspective. With a quadcopter, you can experience what it’s like to fly ...

The dream of fully powering everything from aircraft to cars on just the power generated from solar panels attached to the ...

Arizona-based start-up Krossblade is developing a five-passenger "flying car"-type vehicle known as the SkyCruiser. Among other things, plans call for it to take off and land like a quadcopter, while ...

Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. is a senior reporter who has covered AI, robotics, and more for eight years at The Verge. The design of small ...

While humanity is still far from possessing the power of Professor X, brain-control technologies are progressing. We've written about brainwaves being used to play PC games, control smartphone apps, ...

All or most recent developments in the field of small autonomous drones (example: the Amazon video) seem to use quadcopters. I find that pretty suprising considering quadcopters have never been used ...

Parrot CEO Henri Seydoux held a press conference in Paris to unveil two new minidrones. In addition to the usual quadcopter update, Parrot also unveiled a new kind of drone that wants to mix the best ...

"We find drones crashed in the woods outside of the penitentiary. We find drones crashed at the bases of the fences. We find ...

US Army photo, Sgt. Kyle Fisch. Gear-obsessed editors choose every product we review. We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? A leading U.S. Army general has revealed a ...