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Boeing has announced that it has retrofitted a number of retired Lockheed Martin F-16 fighter jets with equipment enabling them to be flown remotely without a pilot. In conjunction with the US Air Force, one of these unmanned jets was recently flown.

In order to keep cockroaches out of air conditioner pipes – along with keeping other insects out of other places – scientists from Germany's University of Freiburg have developed new bio-inspired surface coatings that even sticky-footed bugs can't cling to.

The Cota wireless charger uses steered phased array antennas to focus a beam of microwaves on a receiver module while avoiding obstacles in the path. The inherently safe technology delivers several watts of electrical power at up to 30 feet, and is projected to hit the market in 2015.

Industrial designer Tammy Kalinsky has come up with a simple yet ingenious accessory for the wheelchair which allows a friend, relative or caregiver to push the chair while walking beside rather than behind it.

Cambridge Audio has released an audiophile-pleasing all-in-one music player called the Minx Xi, and a new range of Aero speakers featuring its hybrid Balanced Mode Radiator driver technology.

Vietnamese firm H&P Architects has produced a new prototype modular dwelling constructed from bamboo. Dubbed Blooming Bamboo, the home is designed to withstand heavy flooding, and is also intended to be mass-produced at low cost.

Remotely hacking a pacemaker or insulin pump should be impossible, but sadly it isn't. It puts the millions of people who use wireless medical implants at risk. Researchers at Rice University believe they have a solution: a touch-based device that will use a person's own heartbeat as a password.

The Martin Jetpack has undergone a major design overhaul. Reemerging as the P12 prototype, the ducted-fan personal VTOL is fully certified for manned test flights as a Class 1 microlight. Sales of a first responder Jetpack are expected in 2014.

iPhones with cracked screens may become a less common sight, if Rhino Shield takes off. The clear coating, which is designed to applied over top of a device's existing screen, is said to be five times more impact-resistant than Gorilla Glass 2.

French manufacturer Venturi Automobiles is aiming to set a new land speed record for electric vehicles with what's billed as the most powerful electric car ever made – the Venturi VBB-3.

The Defender bike light is reportedly tough as nails, waterproof, and very theft-resistant. We got our hands on one, to see if it actually lives up to its makers' claims.

Researchers have found that the cryptographic functions of a chip can be compromised without changing its physical layout. Based on altering the distribution of dopants in a few components on the chip during fabrication, this method represents a big challenge for cyber-security.