In order to safely pilot a remote control quadcopter that can hit speeds of well over 160 miles per hour, pilots wear…
Point the red dot of a laser anywhere near a dog, and they’ll obsessively chase and stalk it for hours. So researchers…
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Swapping ion engines for an electric drivetrain, Nova Scotia’s Allan Carver built a battery-powered replica of a TIE…
Sometimes the question, “Can I do this?,” is far more interesting and exciting than asking, “Should I do this?” The RC…
With Rocket League having already arrived on the Nintendo Switch, Psyonix and Mattel have teamed up to create the…
If you grew up in the ‘80s watching G.I. Joe and playing with the toys, you undoubtedly remember the Rattler, Cobra’s…
We all fantasize about what life would be like with the same superpowers that Marvel’s heroes wield. But inventor Allen…
There’s a good reason many superheroes are also billionaires: because the fancy gadgets that Iron Man and Batman rely…
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Peter Sripol is a talented engineer with an obsession for building RC planes using unorthodox materials. Instead of…
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If you’re going to call something a firetruck, should its sole purpose really be to extinguish flames? That’s like a…
As a follow-up to turning the classic Lego Solo Trainer set into a fully-functional RC plane, aerospace engineer Adam…
I might be the only person at Gizmodo that likes Sphero’s new Cars toy. My co-workers hate the way the robot announces…
Fueled by imagination, this 27-year-old Lego set—the Solo Trainer—flew thousands of hours in the hands of kids and…
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