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This BYD SUV can float and steer without touching the bottom (video)
The Yangwang U8 can stay afloat and manoeuvre slowly in an emergency. Four individually controlled electric motors are behind its unusual water trick.
Waymo expands again: Toronto follows a string of US launches
Waymo keeps announcing new expansions. Alphabet’s robotaxi company is welcoming more American riders, enlarging existing service areas and now preparing Toronto. There, it aims to carry its first driverless passengers in 2028.
How thousands of drones create a moving picture in the sky (video)
A drone show starts as a computer animation. Individual flight paths, precisely timed colours and satellite navigation turn it into a moving picture in the sky.
From Philips to Nvidia: the Dutch roots of the AI chip (video)
An AI chip with 208 billion transistors needs more than a clever design. Factories must be able to make all those tiny switches. That is where a familiar Dutch name appears: Philips helped both ASML and TSMC get started.
Google boss Pichai praises what Elon Musk gets done (video)
Bringing a rocket back is one thing; making it work repeatedly is another. Google chief Sundar Pichai admires Elon Musk’s ability to turn ideas into working technology.
This Meta glasses model sees what you see — and responds to tiny finger movements (video)
AI answers in front of your eye, on-screen translation and control through small finger movements. Here is how Meta Ray-Ban Display and its wristband work.
This Dutch radar spots drones while driving down the road (video)
Spotting a drone from a moving off-road vehicle is exactly what Robin Radar developed IRIS for. A compact rooftop radar scans all around, measures the height of objects and helps identify whether a bird or a drone is flying nearby.
Atlas lifts 30 kilograms and sees all around: what Boston Dynamics’ robot can do (video)
Strong arms, endlessly rotating joints and hands that sense contact: Atlas is full of clever engineering. Here is how Boston Dynamics wants its humanoid to work.
Chinese inventor flies a home-built hoverboard over a river (video)
Chinese maker Ayu shows an electric flying board with ten motors. According to the accompanying text, two smartphones and an AI coach help him learn to fly. What makes this experiment interesting for defence?
This Exeed SUV spins on the spot: more than a party trick? (video)
Chery has an Exeed SUV turning on the spot. This is how the Feiyu chassis works, and why experiments like this deserve more than a laugh.
This van hunts air pollution with a green laser (video)
A green laser shoots from a moving van into the night sky. With mobile lidar, China maps particles in the air, including high above the street. This is how it works.
Nvidia aims to make driverless trucks smarter (video)
Einride will test Nvidia AI in self-driving trucks. The software will first observe, without steering or braking.
This building seems to melt: how is that possible? (video)
A tower appears to ripple like liquid metal. Shadows and movement make the illusion convincing, but how these images were made remains unconfirmed.
This Anduril submarine is designed to lay mines and launch drones without a crew (video)
Australia is testing new roles for Ghost Shark: laying sea mines, carrying aerial drones and delivering supplies underwater.
This ship full of AI fighter aircraft shows where Shield AI is heading (video)
Shield AI shows a ship packed with X-BAT aircraft. The design aims to enable fighters to operate without long runways, changing the thinking behind the flight deck.
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Defence This heavy drone lifts a wounded soldier over a minefield (video)
A wounded soldier is in a place that even an uncrewed ground vehicle cannot safely reach. Ukrainian troops choose another route: through the air. According to the units involved, a heavy Gurzuf Defence drone retrieved the soldier from the front.
Defence This combat drone is designed to fly alongside the F-35 (video)
A fighter pilot deploying a team rather than a single aircraft: that is the idea behind Vectis, an uncrewed jet designed to fly independently or alongside an F-35. Lockheed Martin shows what that flying partner is intended to look like.
Defence Reliable Robotics is making existing aircraft increasingly autonomous (video)
A cargo plane that taxis out, takes off and lands by itself: Reliable Robotics is working on much more than an ordinary autopilot. It fits the technology into existing aircraft, giving the familiar Cessna a very different role.
Defence The Netherlands wants anti-ship missiles for the Caribbean (video)
Flying low over the waves and recognising a ship: modern anti-ship missiles pack in plenty of technology. The Netherlands wants such weapons for the Caribbean.
Defence Your next delivery driver flies: Uber and Zipline target a million deliveries a day (video)
Uber and Zipline aim to make a million drone deliveries a day in 2029. Amazon is expanding Prime Air. Flying deliveries are becoming a real service.
Defence X-BAT is meant to take off like a rocket and then fly like a jet fighter (video)
Shield AI is building an AI-piloted combat aircraft designed to fly without a runway. The X-BAT combines a jet engine with a vectoring exhaust nozzle and autonomous flight control.