Unmanned aerial vehicle

Fires can be a headache to fight, especially in hard-to-reach forest areas. One inventor thinks a flying saucer might be the answer – using sound waves to quell the flames.

Amsterdam will host the first ever drone circus later this year. Rose Eveleth talks to the man behind the machines.

Sit back and watch mesmerising footage of a drone flying through the Crossrail tunnels under London.

Aerial vehicles are the latest tool for private detectives – but for how long? Rose Eveleth reports.

The highs and lows in air tech in images – from supersonic selfies to the mysterious disappearance of flight MH370.

Who should take responsibility for decisions made by “intelligent” machines like killer drones or autonomous cars?

Futurism meets champion camel jumpers, when the exclusive ideas forum arrives in the poorest country in the Middle East.