This year’s strange, but totally cool sci/tech stories (so far!)

Time to have a look at some of the most interesting and sometimes weird and wacky high-tech stories of the year. Have a look at everything from fireworks displays in space to mermaid robots – just to name a few cool stories.

Drone Art - An aerial performance, featuring 100 illuminated drones, flies above the Sydney Harbour Bridge and Opera House during the Vivid Sydney light festival in Sydney, Australia.

Stratolaunch - It is likely to be the world’s largest aircraft. At roughly 1.3 million pounds and using six 747 jet engines, the Stratolaunch is designed to ferry rockets to a high altitude and release them where they can blast into Low Earth Orbit to deliver satellites.

Mermaid Robot - Humanoid Diving Robot OceanOne, with a humanoid torso and a mermaid-like tail section, studded with thrusters and sensors to keep the mer-bot swimming. The OceanOne team said they want their robotic co-worker to eventually find work in disaster relief, ship repair, oil and gas drilling, and other oceanographic research.

Solar-powered Aquila - Facebook said in July 2016, it had completed a successful test flight of the solar-powered drone that it hopes will help it extend internet connectivity to every corner of the planet.

Tesla Autopilot car - The interior of a Tesla Model S is shown in Autopilot mode. The NHTSA said in June it was opening a preliminary investigation into 25,000 Tesla Motors Model S cars after a driver of one of the vehicles was killed using the Autopilot mode.

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