Futurism

Chinese Man Unleashes Swarm of Flying Swords

When it comes to swords, Fan Shisan’s no slouch. An influencer from China’s Sichuan Province, his short-form video content is swarming with handcrafted blades — sometimes literally. Case in point, Fan ...
Live Science

Watch four flying cars go toe-to-toe in new 'Formula One of the skies'

The Jetson One personal aircraft was recently demonstrated in a four-vehicle aerial race. The aircraft is designed for a single person, takes off and hovers like a helicopter, and can go up to 1,500 ...
GamesRadar+

Mojang is finally revealing all of Minecraft: Java Edition's code after 16 years to "make it quicker and easier for modders to create and improve mods"

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. It continues with an explanation on obfuscation within the Java Edition: "For a long time, Java ...
Robb Report

This One-Person eVTOL Will Soon Offer Bird’s-eye Views of Las Vegas

After building a flying jet bike and hoverboard, Franky Zapata has created a futuristic drone. But he’s really selling an ancient fantasy like the one pictured above. “It’s being able to fly all by ...
IFLScience

The New York Times Said Machines Wouldn’t Fly For A Million Years (69 Days Before The First Flight)

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment. Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the ...
Flying

Zapata’s AirScooter—a Personal Flying Machine—Heads to Las Vegas

Zapata, known for its English Channel-crossing jetpack, will launch its AirScooter, a personal vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft, in Las Vegas in early 2026. The AirScooter qualifies as an ...
WFAA8

Unlikely engineers put their flying machines to the test this weekend in Irving

IRVING, Texas — Like many crazy ideas, it all started with a drink. “Margaritas are definitely what inspired us on this one,” said David May. Earlier this year, May and his friends were out to dinner ...
Flying

Miracle on the Potomac: Samuel Langley Never Received Enough Credit as Aviation Pioneer

Samuel Pierpont Langley, a physicist and astronomer, successfully demonstrated stable, engine-propelled flight in May 1896 with an unmanned aerodrome model, flying for over a minute and covering more ...
Artnet

Leonardo da Vinci’s Flying Machine Recreated From 500-Year-Old Drawing

Nature can be an instructive guide for overcoming technological barriers. In 1969, the American engineer Otto Schmitt coined a term to describe the practice of science pulling from nature’s source ...
FOX31 Denver

Denver woman’s stolen flying machine returned home thanks to good Samaritan

DENVER (KDVR) — Not even 12 hours after telling one Denver woman’s story on FOX31, the flying machine was returned by a good Samaritan who said he recognized it after seeing the news report. Erica ...
ReadWrite

Minecraft players have started building in-game slot machines

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