"Where we're going, we don't need roads.

Yesterday, Vijay Kumar from the University of Pennsylvania's GRASP Lab presented some of their research at the TED2012 conference.

Researchers at UPenn's GRASP Lab taught quadrotor helicopters "precise aggressive maneuvers" then gave them claws and programmed them to lift objects in unison and recover from violent throws.

Not content with teaching a quadrotor helicopter how to be a Researchers study high-performance flight, fast-changing flight maneuvers and other topics [Ed.

"Kick it over here," said the quadrocopter, before murdering everyone.

How have I gone my whole life up to this point without knowing a $99 remote-controlled flying shark exists.

Awhile back The Martin Aircraft Company released their $75,000 jetpack for sale to the public.

We've been following Daniel Mellinger and Vijay Kumar's work at UPenn's GRASP Lab for awhile, mostly so we can be cursed to know the exact nature of our death, like a cyclops.

Don't you hate it when you leave a perfectly good can of Guinness just lying on the ground somewhere.