More from Rob Verger (Page 4)

Little devices that use huge cloud servers to do your bidding
Gear

Little devices that use huge cloud servers to do your bidding

By Rob Verger

Should you be worried about privacy with Amazon Sidewalk? Yes and no.
Security

Should you be worried about privacy with Amazon Sidewalk? Yes and no.

By Rob Verger

illustrated modern ejection seat & plane emergency evacuation
Aviation

Here’s how people jumped out of planes decades ago—and eject from them today

By Rob Verger

This company is retrofitting airplanes to fly on missions with no pilots
AI

This company is retrofitting airplanes to fly on missions with no pilots

By Rob Verger

Buying MGM may only be the beginning of Amazon’s content dominance
Internet

Buying MGM may only be the beginning of Amazon’s content dominance

By Rob Verger

How to go ultralight backpacking—the right way
DIY

How to go ultralight backpacking—the right way

By Rob Verger

Greece fires helicopter
Aviation

How aerial firefighters battle blazes from the skies

By Rob Verger

How the burning heart of a jet engine functions without melting
Aviation

How the burning heart of a jet engine functions without melting

By Rob Verger

How a ransomware attack shut down a major US fuel pipeline
Military

How a ransomware attack shut down a major US fuel pipeline

By Rob Verger

fire proof clothing
Aviation

Fire-resistant clothing is a hot choice. Here’s how it works.

By Rob Verger

headlights
Technology

Are car headlights getting brighter?

By Rob Verger

Senator Tammy Duckworth stands on a helicopter.
AI

Senator Tammy Duckworth on why AI should never fully replace humans in the cockpit

By Rob Verger

The ship blocking the Suez is finally unstuck, but we could see bottlenecks like this again
Technology

The ship blocking the Suez is finally unstuck, but we could see bottlenecks like this again

By Rob Verger

jump rope
COVID-19

Jumping rope is an unbeatable cardio workout—if you do it correctly

By Rob Verger

A bomber is refueled behind a tanker airplane.
Air Force

Refueling B-52s in the sky is hard, so the Air Force is trying VR simulators

By Rob Verger

An F-15EX arrives at Eglin Air Force Base.
Air Force

Everything to know about the Air Force’s new fighter jet, the F-15EX Eagle II

By Rob Verger

A Joby electric aircraft in flight.
Aviation

Joby’s electric aircraft inches us closer to a future full of flying taxis

By Rob Verger

B-52 Bomber
Air Force

Gallery: From hatch to dials, a look around and inside a B-52 bomber

By Rob Verger

Samsung
Gear

All the shiny new ‘mystic bronze’ gadgets Samsung announced today

By Rob Verger

Three paratroopers walk across a snowy field.
Army

The Army put fitness trackers on paratroopers in Alaska to fine-tune its training

By Rob Verger

A Boeing drone flying in Australia.
Air Force

Watch this Boeing fighter jet drone fly for the first time

By Rob Verger

A self-unloading ship in the water.
Technology

To move cargo with less mess, these ships unload themselves

By Rob Verger

New electric Ranger from Polaris Off Road.
Electric Vehicles

Polaris and Zero Motorcycles just revealed their first electric vehicle collaboration

By Rob Verger

Boeing's damaged 777-200 parked in a hanger following an incident with its engine on Flight 328 on February 20.
Aviation

The United Airlines Flight 328 engine failure, explained

By Rob Verger

A fighter jet takes off from an Air Force base in Nevada.
Aviation

Two fighter pilots passed out over Nevada last year. Software saved them both.

By Rob Verger

A Reaper drone on the ground armed with a missile.
Aviation

DARPA’s new combat drones could catch a ride from other aircraft

By Rob Verger

A speeding Porsche.
Self Driving

How self-driving vehicles of the future could curb carsickness

By Rob Verger

A helicopter flying at sunset.
Aviation

This surprisingly common flight issue contributed to Kobe Bryant’s helicopter crash

By Rob Verger

Three U.S. Air Force bombers fly over Super Bowl LV.
Aviation

Everything to know about the bombers that flew over Super Bowl LV

By Rob Verger

The ElemX liquid metal printer.
Military

This huge Xerox printer can create metal parts for the US Navy

By Rob Verger

An interior view of the new Tesla Model S, including a yoke-like steering wheel and big center screen.
Electric Vehicles

The Tesla Model S ‘Plaid’ will go from 0-60 with record-breaking acceleration

By Rob Verger

A rendering of the Defiant X helicopter from Sikorsky and Boeing.
Army

Check out the double-rotor helicopter that could be the US Army’s next Black Hawk

By Rob Verger

A floating balloon from Project Loon.
Aviation

RIP Loon, Google’s balloon-based cellular network

By Rob Verger

A Black Hawk helicopter with a rescue basket beneath it.
Army

Getting rescued by helicopter has risks. This gadget could make it safer.

By Rob Verger

Air Force One does a practice landing and take off.
Aviation

The new Air Force One arrives in 2024. Here’s what we know so far.

By Rob Verger

A head-up display from Panasonic.
Technology

The coolest car screens and displays from CES

By Rob Verger

An electric aircraft from Joby parked on the ground.
Aviation

These new flying taxis offer a glimpse at our future commutes

By Rob Verger

A helicopter with a person on the hoist below it.
Health

Stay calm under pressure with lessons learned in the world’s most stressful careers

By Rob Verger

An F-15C Eagle fighter jet takes off.
Aviation

These fascinating flying stories soared above a turbulent year

By Rob Verger

A U-2 spy plane lands.
AI

An AI just copiloted a U-2 spyplane for the very first time

By Rob Verger

Chuck Yeager at a flying event in 1998
Aviation

Chuck Yeager has died at 97, but the legacy of his record-breaking flight lives on

By Rob Verger

Hotwalk Carbon
Gear

With no pedals, Specialized’s ultralight kid’s bike makes learning to ride easy

By Rob Verger

Airbus A350-900
Aviation

The world’s longest commercial flights, by the numbers

By Rob Verger

Wahoo rival watch
Fitness Gear

This new workout watch can tell when you switch activities

By Rob Verger

virgin hyperloop
Technology

The first hyperloop passengers just took a short but important ride

By Rob Verger

robotic hawk
Animals

This robotic hawk can shape-shift as it flies

By Rob Verger

GE9x engine
Aviation

The world’s biggest jet engine, explained

By Rob Verger

XB-1 Boom
Aviation

This test plane could be a big step towards supersonic commercial flights

By Rob Verger

A toddler with a black mask on
COVID-19

We already know how to keep the next pandemic from catching us off guard

By Rob Verger

Celera 500L
Aviation

This weird-looking plane could someday be a fast, clean option for air travel

By Rob Verger

ADS
Military

The US military’s heat weapon is real and painful. Here’s what it does.

By Rob Verger

Garmin G-Shock watches
Gear

These solar-powered smartwatches have seriously long battery lives

By Rob Verger

Boom supersonic
Air Force

Air Force transport jets for VIPs could have a supersonic future

By Rob Verger

AI knee
AI

Artificial intelligence creates better, faster MRI scans

By Rob Verger

Amazon drone
Aviation

Amazon is one big step closer to delivering packages by drone

By Rob Verger

F-16
AI

Watch a computer clobber a human pilot in a simulated fighter jet duel

By Rob Verger

Microsoft Flight Simulator
Aviation

Microsoft’s new Flight Simulator makes flying—and turbulence—a lot more realistic

By Rob Verger

phone
Environment

Millions of Android phones could soon start detecting earthquakes

By Rob Verger

TikTok Will Smith
Internet

Go ahead and use TikTok all you want

By Rob Verger

Samsung
Gear

The Note20, bean-shaped earbuds, and all the other products Samsung just announced

By Rob Verger

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020
Gaming

Microsoft’s new Flight Simulator looks real enough to scratch your air-travel itch

By Rob Verger

baseball pitcher
Technology

It’s time to explain some game theory

By Rob Verger

F-35 Nellis Air Force Base
Air Force

The US’s flagship fighter jet simulator is now multiplayer

By Rob Verger

B-52 Bomber
Air Force

Inside a training mission with a B-52 bomber, the aircraft that will not die

By Rob Verger