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World record drone flights: Hydrogen vs battery vs gasoline-electric
November 16, 2020
Spanish company Quaternium has destroyed its own record for gasoline-electric drone endurance with a 10-hour, 14-minute flight. But how does that stack up against hydrogen and batteries, and what are the implications for the emerging eVTOL market?
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Bang & Olufsen taps LG display tech for its first 48-inch OLED 4K TV
Not every living room is large enough to house a 77-inch television from Denmark's Bang & Olufsen, and the high-end company has responded to requests from customers for something smaller with a 48-inch 4K OLED model rocking a built-in soundbar. -
Will the physics add up for near-silent, ion-propelled cargo drones?
Florida's Undefined Technologies claims it has managed to increase the thrust levels of ion propulsion systems to "unprecedented levels" with its "Air Tantrum" technology, enabling near-silent drones with no moving parts, that look like flying pallets. -
Get customized video chat backgrounds with the XSplit VCam for 40% off
Enhance your home-office and get a more professional look with a non-distracting background using the XSplit VCam for Windows in this early access deal. Open an app, add XSplit VCam as your camera source and stream from a location of your choice. -
Magnetic spray turns objects into robots that walk, roll and crawl
Scientists at the City University of Hong Kong have developed a new type of spray-on coating they say can give regular objects the capabilities of magnetically controlled robots, with particular potential in biomedical applications. -
Jaw-dropping visions in the Landscape Photographer of the Year Awards
Inarguably one of the most spectacular photo contests around, the International Landscape Photographer of the Year has again delivered a truly awe-inspiring selection of highlights in its seventh year. -
Tank-like robot designed to autonomously tend gardens
Gardening is very therapeutic for many people, but there are nonetheless some yard-related tasks that can be a hassle. The Yardroid robot was designed to autonomously handle those jobs, utilizing artificial intelligence. -
Sous vide kit wows your holiday guests at a low pre-Black Friday price
You've yet to experience life outside average pots and pans. We know they're reliable but the cast iron needs a break. The mundane day-to-day use of typical cookware ends when you grab the Yedi Infinity11? Sous Vide Kit in this pre-Black Friday deal. -
Touchscreen table packs dozens of digital board games and puzzles
As fun as board games are, they can be a fiddly to set up and expensive to keep buying the new ones. Arcade1Up's Infinity Game Table, currently on Kickstarter, digitizes dozens of classic games like Monopoly and Scrabble into a touchscreen table. -
US Navy destroyer intercepts mock ICBM with standard missile
The US Missile Defense Agency and the US Navy have successfully destroyed a mock ICBM missile on the edge of space using a Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block IIA missile launched from the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS John Finn. -
Sony extends projector lineup with a pair of compact 4K all-rounders
Sony has added a pair of compact new projectors to its lineup, which it says are built for high quality images in classroom-sized environments. That doesn’t mean their value is limited to education settings, however. -
Life-size model heart 3D-printed out of cardiac tissue-like material
If you were planning to perform open-heart surgery on someone, it would definitely help if you could first do a "dry run" on an exact replica of their heart. Doing so may soon be possible, thanks to a recent advance in 3D printing technology. -
Roli cooks polyphonic expression into light-up mini keyboard
The folks behind the impressive Seaboard Grand have launched a new version of the colorful Lumi Keys learning platform that was crowdfunded last year. The Studio Edition injects some of the Grand's spongy expression into a standard solid keyboard.