GE Aerospace turns to robots and 'Lean' methods to tackle jet engine repair crunch

GE Aerospace technician Suresh Sinnaiyan has spent more than a decade repairing jet‑engine compressor blades by guiding them across a sanding belt with practised precision.

You Can Now Buy A 2-Seater Drone That Comes With Its Own Giant Minivan Garage

Xpeng’s six-wheel Land Aircraft Carrier houses a real eVTOL aircraft, costs $287K, and production is already underway ...
Task & Purpose

When the military tried to give soldiers personal flying platforms

In the 1950s the Navy and Army worked on small VTOL machines to make troops go airborne. They worked, just not well enough. By Nicholas Slayton Updated Jan 1, 2026 12:53 PM EST For decades the United ...
Futurism

Chinese Man Unleashes Swarm of Flying Swords

When it comes to swords, Fan Shisan’s no slouch. An influencer from China’s Sichuan Province, his short-form video content is swarming with handcrafted blades — sometimes literally. Case in point, Fan ...
Ars Technica

Valve’s Steam Machine looks like a console, but don’t expect it to be priced like one

After Valve announced its upcoming Steam Machine living room box earlier this month, some analysts suggested to Ars that Valve could and should aggressively subsidize that hardware with “loss leader” ...
IGN

How Much Will The Steam Machine Cost?

Valve announced a new Steam Machine this week, and while I think it’s going to have a major impact on the next generation of gaming hardware – however PC-like that looks – there’s still one big ...
Gizmodo

Valve’s New Steam Machine Could Disrupt Console Gaming as We Know It

It's not a "GameCube" per se, but Valve's Steam Machine will bring your Steam library to your living room. Reading time 4 minutes Valve is entering the console race, and it’s doing so in the most ...
IFLScience

The New York Times Said Machines Wouldn’t Fly For A Million Years (69 Days Before The First Flight)

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment. Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the ...
Flying

Zapata’s AirScooter—a Personal Flying Machine—Heads to Las Vegas

Zapata, the French company known for its jetpack, will debut its AirScooter, a personal vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft, for public recreational flights in Las Vegas starting in early ...
MLive

Michigan getting Da Vinci inventions exhibition with 40 full-scale working machines

DETR0IT - You can immerse yourself in the mind of Leonardo da Vinci at a new exhibition coming to Michigan featuring his inventions. “Leonardo da Vinci: Machines in Motion” is coming to the Michigan ...
WFAA8

Unlikely engineers put their flying machines to the test this weekend in Irving

IRVING, Texas — Like many crazy ideas, it all started with a drink. “Margaritas are definitely what inspired us on this one,” said David May. Earlier this year, May and his friends were out to dinner ...