The US military launches 103 miniature swarming drones from a fighter jet during a test in California.

The AirSelfie is the latest advance in the never-ending technological pursuit of the perfect selfie. The minuscule quadcopter fits in the palm of your hand and slides into a custom phone case for storage and charging. It can only fly for three minutes, but that is enough time for its intended use of capturing a quick group selfie when arms and even selfie sticks can’t extend far enough to get everyone in the picture. The drone can be controlled with one hand via the app (iOS and Android) and can fly up to 20 meters high. When you’re ready to snap a photo or video, it will hover autonomously — whether indoor or out.

Amazon has been awarded a patent for a giant flying warehouse that acts as a launchpad for drones to deliver items within minutes. The U.S. e-commerce giant described plans for an "airborne fulfillment center" (AFC) such as an airship or blimp that would float at an altitude of around 45,000. The airship will be stocked with lots of products.

7-Eleven, the world’s largest convenience store chain, shared new numbers from its drone delivery experiment today. Seventy-seven customers in Reno, Nev., have now received items ordered from 7-Eleven delivered to their doorsteps via drone. All 77 flights were from one store to a dozen select customers who live within a mile of the shop. 7-Eleven has partnered with the drone maker Flirtey for its delivery pilot.

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The Pentagon is demanding that China return an "unlawfully seized" underwater drone after a Chinese warship took the device from waters near a US oceanographic vessel. "We call upon China to return our UUV immediately, and to comply with all of its obligations under international law," Pentagon press secretary Peter Cook said in a statement, using the abbreviation for "unmanned underwater vehicle." In the latest encounter in international waters in the South China Sea region, the USNS Bowditch was sailing about 100 miles off the port at Subic Bay when the incident occurred, according to the official.drones.

Project Wing won’t be profitable in the U.S. for years, if it even takes off.

Privacy campaigners express alarm after company contracts Sodexo to ‘capture individual insights’ from staff in Western Australian mining camps. By Max Opray.

DARPA's goal to develop a UAV that can launch from small-deck ships in the US Navy and Marine Corps fleets, for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, as well as targeting and strike missions, is a step closer to getting off the ground, according to Northrop Grumman's latest progress report on the Tern program.

During the 1970s, the CIA experimented with a tiny spy drone called the inectothopter as a discreet way of collecting audio intelligence.

The sale of drones is up, and so too is the likelihood they will be used as part of a criminal act. In Iraq, it has already been reported that terrorist group Isis is converting shop-purchased drones to be able to carry and drop hand grenades. Along with an increasing number of drones almost colliding with planes, a number of anti-drone technologies are being developed. The latest? The DroneGun from Australian and US firm DroneShield. The firm's six-kilogram gun is apparently able to disable drones at a range of 2km (1.2 miles).

The American military’s increasing use of drone strikes is a radically new and geographically unbounded use of state-sanctioned lethal force. What are we risking?

What will other nations will have to say about the U.S. openly stating its plan to dominate all of the oceans on planet Earth with a drone network? By Nicholas West.

Tired of spending money on flight controllers? Bored with your flight controller? Simply want to make your own flight controller? Want to add custom features to your drone? If you answered yes to any of those questions, your not alone.After this tutorial, you will be an astute student in the art of creating custom flight controllers for planes, helicopters, tricopters, quadcopters, hexacopters, octocopters, and more. We will use the the power of MultiWii's open source code and Arduino in this project. All PCB designs and potential hardware options will be shared. Good luck on your own custom PCB and enjoy!

Study paves way for personnel such as drone operators to have electrical pulses sent into their brains to improve effectiveness in high pressure situations. By Ian Sample.

America has played a special role in the post-WWII era, repeatedly unleashing horrors on the world. We started the nuclear arms race by bombing Japan, staged the first cyberattack on Iran (we now live in fear of the next being on us), and now we’re flooding the world with armed drones. Here Stratfor explains the likely consequences. By Fabius Maximus,

Forget billboards—motorists now have ads buzzing a few feet above their windshields.