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After being granted FAA certification for package delivery by drone last year, UPS Flight Forward has now joined forces with German drone maker Wingcopter to get a new breed of vertical takeoff and landing delivery drones into US skies.

We've seen flexible supercapacitor designs before, but how about one that's stretchable? A new discovery by researchers at Duke University and Michigan State University could lead to an excellent stretchable power source for wearable electronics.

The fossilized remains of the oldest known ancestor of almost every animal have been discovered. The creature, named Ikaria wariootia, is a wormlike animal about the size of a grain of rice, and it's the earliest example of the bilaterian body shape.

This supercharged, three-wheeled, ice-racing monstrosity once lived a happy, peaceful life as a Ducati Hypermotard, until Vitaliy Selyukov of Balamutti got hold of it and turned it into a mutant Trikenstein perfect for today's apocalyptic mood.

The most cheek-pinchingly adorable 4x4 on the market is now a workhorse. Or a work pony, really. Suzuki New Zealand is selling the mighty mini Jimny as a fully certified "ute" (pickup) conversion, and it's somehow even cuter than the original.

A street in the City of Westminster in London has been dubbed Electric Avenue, W9 after Siemens and Ubitricity installed EV charging points in streetlamps, making it the first in the UK where all of its streetlamps have been given double duty.

Happier Camper adds a little size to its lineup of super-flexible modular campers with the new Traveler trailer. The latest Happier camper fills its belly with a fixed kitchen and wet bathroom but still packs plenty of freeform flex space.

When a driverless car or autonomous drone loses GPS contact, it utilizes a tool known as an inertial measurement unit (IMU) to keep track of its orientation. Such devices could soon be more accurate than ever, thanks to a tiny new gyroscope.

EAV's family of quadracycles is one of the more interesting urban delivery solutions of recent years. EAV now teams with Finnish electric drive hardware/software specialist Revonte in further evolving its pedal-assist electric drive platform.

NASA has developed a new 3D map to not only keep track of methane sources but follow its movement as it builds up and travels through the atmosphere, offering a new tool in the efforts to mitigate its impacts.

​If you’re in the market for a new phone, Apple’s 2018 flagship phones are attractive, but there are plenty of other options out there. New Atlas is comparing the specs and features of the iPhone XR, XS and XS Max to 3 of the best underdog phones: the LG G7 ThinQ, the HTC U12+ and the OnePlus 6.

Wyss Institute's forays into soft robots have borne more ripe fruit in the shape of a soft robotic arm fit for use on submarines to handle delicate marine life like coral and jellyfish. This isn't the Harvard institute's first, but its latest iteration moves with "unprecedented dexterity."