Life size Mechanical Hummingbird

AeroVironment is an american organization that specializes in scientific research to develop futuristic solutions mostly for govt sectors and defense authorities. It is important to note here that world's first electric car prototype was developed by them. Their main focus however, is unmanned aircrafts and they have recently showcased a DARPA funded breakthrough project called Nano Hummingbird. 

We can imagine what can be achieved with an unmanned aircraft that looks, acts and weighs exactly like a hummingbird. Especially when its able to hover, fly up to 11miles per hour, withstand 5mph gusts, easily maneuver indoors and outdoors and sport an on-board camera. Close quarter Surveillance obviously!

Have a look at following public showcase video 

  

Also have a look at this video to see how the project evolved from experimentation

 Oh and it can even do a 360 degrees flip.

WindScreen of Future

I thought AutoGlass is a company expert only in Windscreen repairs. But they're more than that. They are actually inventing stuff in their field. First it was self repairing glass 

and now its their vision for intuitive future windscreen technology expected to arrive in 2020.

Next level input in modern devices?

I remember when I saw Sony Ericsson's P900 (a long time ago) with a touch screen and a stylus for navigation. I thought that was the next level. But then came phones with capacitative touch screens for smooth touch input and gyro sensors for movement control and front facing cameras for gesture control. 

And after watching this now, I wonder when can the next level really be it.