Manufacturing Minute: Hummingbird Wings-Inspired Turbine

As part of the company’s IntelligentEngine project, Rolls-Royce showed off a handful of small robots that could help inspect and repair airplane engines in the future.

Who says a car’s interior has to remain static? A collaboration between MIT’s Self-Assembly Laboratory and BMW Design Department has resulted in adaptable, inflatable structures that one day could allow for customizable and multi-functional interiors

This single-seat ultralight plane is the latest push toward the retro dream of flying cars. The BlackFly from Canadian company Opener has an electric engine and can fly up to 62 miles per hour. It takes off and lands not quite vertically, and the com