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Defense company Kratos has announced that it will show two low-cost combat drones at the Paris Air Show next week, offering an insight as to what military conflicts might look like in the foreseeable future – a manned combat jet leading dozens of 1,000 km/h lethally-armed unmanned companions.

​For some time now, crumbs of rubber from ground-up tires have been used to produce a more resilient form of asphalt. Researchers from the University of British Columbia are taking things in a different direction, however, by using polymer fibers obtained from old tires to make concrete stronger.

GPS can be a useful inclusion in a drone's navigational toolkit. But there are areas where the technology just doesn't cut it. Nvidia researchers are currently working on a navigation system that relies on visual recognition and computer learning to make sure drones don't get lost in the woods.

Prebuilt expedition rigs are cool, but some of the best things come to those who convert their trucks themselves. Salt Lake City's Equipt has done just that with "Sleepy," a dual-personality Toyota Tundra that can easily switch layouts based upon the day's agenda.

With less than 10 percent of people surviving an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, the time it takes to get a defibrillator to a patient can be the difference between life and death. A new study has shown that a drone can transport a defibrillator over four times more quickly than an ambulance.

The SkEye Wide-Area Persistent Surveillance system offers a billion-pixel coverage of an 80 sq km area. Already operated by the military of several countries, SkEye enables many users to investigate areas of interest by zooming in and going back-in-time, all in real-time.

​Sometimes, instead of trying to defeat a cyclist's high-security lock, bicycle thieves will actually saw through the rack to which a bike is locked. It's been happening in Portland, Oregon, so the city is installing a new type of bike-parking rack that just says No to saws.

Boeing's 51-ft (15-m)​ autonomous submarine Echo Voyager has taken to the seas off the coast of Southern California. The eXtra Large Unmanned Undersea Vehicle (XLUUV) is being subjected to a series of tests in the lead up to the robotic cruiser's first deep water long endurance run.

When an Italian manufacturer with a legendary history announces the creation of a special vehicles division, we instinctively think exotic bikes limited to the few that can afford them. Such is the case as MV Agusta officially presents the Reparto Veicoli Speciali #1.​

A team at the University of Adelaide has been working to create an AI system that can predict a person’s lifespan just by studying images of their organs, and its early results show its predictions are just as good as a human doctor.

This latest instalment in our series looking at the impact of digital technologies on the art world focuses on the ways artists are taking the torrent of big data being produced and transforming it into works of art.

Video conference calls have become a regular occurrence in offices, but squeezing everybody into frame can be a challenge. To make sure everyone in a tight space can be seen and heard, Logitech has announced MeetUp, a 4K webcam with a wide-angle lens and microphones tuned for small-space acoustics.