This half boat, half plane will offer a super-fast alternative to travelling between coastal cities. The Boston-based company Regent has unveiled the Seaglider, an all-electric powered plane that flies directly over water. According to the company, the seaglider, which is built for affordability, will have zero emissions and will soar through the air at staggeringly high speeds.
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May
May
For most people, two basic uses of drones come to mind first: military drones and aerial photography with drones. It was the former that gave rise to the term drone itself, which was named after the unmanned aerial vehicles that were initially used only for surveillance and reconnaissance purposes, after bees without stingers.
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May
May
The stability and performance of lithium-oxygen batteries could be significantly improved with a tailored electrolyte that could represent the next generation of rechargeable batteries. This is according to a team of scientists from the University of Liverpool, Johnson Matthey PLC and Loughborough University, which has designed a new stable material mixture for lithium-metal anode lithium-oxygen batteries.
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May
May
Many of the parcel delivery drones of the future are expected to handle parcels weighing up to five kilograms, which would allow small, standardised UAVs to take over a large percentage of the deliveries currently made by ground vehicles. But will heavier packages be left to slower traditional truck and van deliveries?
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May
May
EHang Holdings Limited (“EHang” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: EH), the world’s leading autonomous aerial vehicle (AAV) technology platform company, today announced that its management team is scheduled to present or host meetings with institutional investors at the following virtual investor conferences.
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May
May
Perhaps one of man’s greatest desires has always been to fly. Nowadays, it is no longer unattainable, but to fly in the air in a one-man flying machine can still seem futuristic. However, it seems that it is not only in video games that this technology will be available, as several innovations have been made recently. An eVTOL called Hexa – an electronic vertical take-off and landing device – is being tested to see how it could be used for military purposes.