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First Manned, Hydrogen-Powered Flight

Boeing announces that one of its pilots recently cruised in a fuel-cell-powered aircraft

Yesterday Boeing announced that one of its pilots recently took to the air in an airplane powered by hydrogen fuel cells. This marks the first time a manned aircraft running on fuel cells has ever successfully completed a flight, though robotic drones have done so in the past.

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Is that a Drone in Your Pocket?

Engineer designs a video-camera equipped, pocket-sized flying robot

Two years ago we wrote about Norwegian engineer Petter Muren's effort to build a mini copter weighing only 3.3 grams. that radio-controlled craft, the Picoflyer, could take off from the palm of your hand. Now Muren has designed the larger but more capable Black Hornet.

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Miami Might Have New Spies in the Sky

Police Department hopes to use flying drones as an extra set of eyes

Behave yourself in Miami, because the eyes-in-the-sky may soon be watching. We're still not sure about all those rumors concerning insect-sized flying vehicles keeping watch over cities, but larger versions certainly seem to be on the way.

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