Standing in a full-body scanner at an airport isn’t fun, and the process adds time and stress to a journey. It also raises privacy concerns. Researchers now report in ACS’ The Journal of Phy... Read more
Today’s cars can drive themselves in and out of parking spots completely unassisted – conveniently controlled from the curbside using a smartphone. This is possible thanks to Bosch’s Automat... Read more
In the Czech Republic three companies have teamed up to make a prototype of an electric bicycle capable of flying. For now, the flying bike is still in development and is controlled remotely... Read more
You may have had remote controlled airplanes growing up, but they probably weren’t as cool as the quadcopter. This tiny helicopter looks a lot like a toy, but it’s really a high-... Read more
In the long term, this technology could revolutionalise the way we produce the world around us Scientists are developing new materials which could one day allow people to print out custom-de... Read more
Teaching kids about neuroscience The Puzzlebox Toy helicopter seems just like any other toy helicopter except for one thing: There is no remote control. It’s in your mind. The aim of the dev... Read more
An eye-controlled television has been unveiled at Berlin’s IFA trade show. Haier‘s Gaze TV uses technology developed by Tobii, a Swedish firm which already offers eye-tracking te... Read more
FITTING your house with a network of Kinect sensors could mean never losing your wallet, TV remote or other small items again. “We want to make Google for your home,” says Shahri... Read more
Mantzel’s little robot walks on six legs and is guided by a remote control If you’re going to call your invention “the greatest (fill in the blank) in the universe,”... Read more
The Black Swann takes on a stealth helicopter look with shiny black details An iPhone app and a camera take flight in the new remote control helicopters from Swann. Three models inclu... Read more
The battery-operated, pocket-sized device has five built-in trigger modes After attracting more than three times its funding target on the Kickstarter crowd-sourcing portal, the TriggerTrap... Read more
A bicycle robot Riding a bike can be challenging enough for humans, so seeing inventor Masahiko Yamaguchi’s remote-controlled miniature robot tooling along on an equally miniatu... Read more
A pitch for a new kind human-machine interface Japanese tech company Murata, in cooperation with Kansai University and Mitsui Chemicals, has developed a remote control that doesn’t require u... Read more
iDevices seem to be the control interface of choice for increasing numbers of remote controlled devices – just look at Parrot’s AR.Drone and the iPhly app. Now Griffin, a company... Read more
Now a new type of remote control model aircraft is looking to combine the hover capabilities of a helicopter with the ability to fly like an airplane in a completely different design. Euroco... Read more
