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What happened to Helios RTH?

In memory (I hope not) of a great open hardware project for stratospheric research.

Beyond the drone bubble, part 1

Eight reasons to hope in drones, and two to not be fooled by them.

Our self-flying car future? Not so flying

Self-flying cars can fly very fast… until they meet two obstacles: transport optimization and… other self-flying cars.

If you want REALLY clean solar energy, you need Open Source lawn mowers

Yes, we do. Because “clean energy” from photovoltaic installation may pollute a lot without them.

Ford just patented a hijacking system

Ford has applied for a patent that would let criminals attach themselves to your vehicle and hijack you and your kids wherever they want.

Smart dust: coming soon to a lung near you?

You really can’t make this stuff up: I have just found, one after another in my RSS feed, two unrelated articles on Smart Dust that you must really read side by side: one about a wonderful future, another unintentionally exposing some of its, apparently, not-yet-considered consequences.