Transport

Future travel: How will we get around?c 30. March 2004

Air:
• EU backing for 'open skies' deal 22. March 2007
• Uncrewed aerial vehicles: no pilot, no problem? 1. December 2006 The military are already using remote-controlled aircraft to do their dirty work for them. And on the civilian front, using pilot-free planes for tasks such as search-and-rescue missions, or the surveillance of fires or criminals, sounds promising. ... Aerospace companies' desire to develop civilian pilotless planes stems from the recent success of military UAVs, which have allowed US pilots to undertake reconnaissance (and even strike) missions in the Balkans, Iraq and Afghanistan without leaving their offices in California.
• 'Silent aircraft': How it works 6. November 2006
• Invisible drone 2. October 2006 "Persistence of vision" turns the fast-moving rotors of any helicopter into a near-transparent blur, while the slow-moving body looks solid. So why not make the entire aircraft spin as it flies, turning it into a single faint blur in the sky?
• Passenger plane crashes in Russia 9. July 2006
• Revolutionary jet engine tested 25. March 2006
• Greece hunts for air crash clues 15. August 2005 Post-mortems have shown that passengers' bodies were "frozen solid ... If the aircraft is at 30,000 feet [9,144m], you don't stay conscious for long, maybe 15 to 30 seconds.
• Your minicab has landed 22. June 2005
• 'Son-of-Concorde' plans unveiled 15. June 2005
• Nasa's Mach 7 technology 28. March 2004
• Balloonists set new solar target 26. December 2003
• The forgotten father of flight 5. July 2003

Road:
• Vehicle warning system trialled 17. March 2007
• Air Cari
• Clever cars shine at intelligent transport conference 11. October 2006 Futuristic vehicles follow the flow of traffic, park themselves and warn distracted drivers to keep their eyes on the road ahead.
• Electric car speed record attempt 4. May 2005
• Revolutionary bike 'too quiet' 16. March 2005
• Robotic pods take on car design 10. December 2004
• Epic trip for 'alternative' car 27. December 2003
• World Solar Challenge Known as the ‘Brain-Sport’ of our time, the World Solar Challenge entrants will traverse more than 3,000km of the Australian continent from tropical Darwin to balmy Adelaide, in cars powered by nothing more than the sun.

Rail:
• French set new rail speed record 3. April 2007 A French high-speed train (TGV) has smashed the world record for a train on conventional rails by a big margin, reaching 574.8km/h.

Water:
• Super liner sails into Southampton 26. December 2003