Mind-controlled drones for the handicapped (video)

Chinese researchers at Zhejiang University have developed a system, called FlyingBuddy2 that allows users to control drones with their thoughts. Sound too much like SciFi? Read on.

The researchers developed the technology to help handicapped people, but it could also have many other applications.

The video above, produced by the researchers at Zheijiang University, shows how the system works. And it seems to be pretty simple... read more and watch video.

Video: 'Speed Sisters' — all-female motor racing in Palestine

The Speed Sisters are an all-female motor racing team living in occupied Palestine. They are the first ever women's racing team in the Middle East.

The Speed Sisters have managed to overcome their skeptical parents, public disapproval and the realities of the Israeli occupation of Palestine, and have become local heroes.

The team consists of six drivers, including both Muslims and Christians, ranging in age from their 20's to mid-30's.... read more and watch video.

Documentary: War and Peace Show, Kent, England

During July 2012, Hop Farm in Kent, England was home to the War and Peace Show, which has been held each year for the past 30 years. This 26-minute documentary gives more details.

The War and Peace show serves as an exhibition of military vehicles and a forum for the reenactment of armed conflicts that have been witnessed in the 20th century.

RT has produced this documentary, showing a Russian delegation traveling on the road from Moscow with period vehicles in tow, heading for Kent to meet other enthusiasts who share the same history... read more and watch video.

Video: Chinese man builds his own Lamborghini Reventon

Ever dreamed of owning a Lamborghini? This Chinese mechanic not only dreamed about it, he went ahead and built his very own.

A Lamborghini Reventon is a rare car, as there are only 21 in existence.

If you could find one to buy, it would knock you back about $1.5 million.

However, 28-year-old Wang Jian, son of a farmer in China's eastern Jiangsu province, is a mechanic with a dream.... read more and watch video.

Top general comments on possible Israel-on-Iran unilateral strike

Speaking of Israel's threat to attack Iran, General Martin Dempsey, Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, told reporters on Thursday, “I don't want to be complicit if they [Israel] choose to do it.”

General Dempsey is the highest ranking officer in the U.S. military and is currently in London, U.K, serving as head of the U.S. delegation at the Paralympic Games.

In a media statement, Dempsey announced that he is against U.S. participation in any Israel-led attack on Iran, even though pressure to destroy Iran's nuclear program continues... read more.

Iran’s first nuclear power plant operating at full capacity

Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant is open and operating at full capacity. This is the first power plant of its type in the Islamic Republic.

While Western nations continue to harass Iran on its nuclear program, the country insists that electricity generation is the core reason for the Islamic Republic's nuclear activities... read more.

Video: 'Legitimate rape' anti-Akin parody advert

This parody video explores the concept of 'legitimate rape', as quoted by U.S. Republican Congressman Todd Akin, as a method of birth control. It tells ladies how they can prevent pregnancy using the concept.

Todd Akin's now "famous" comment, made during an interview with the KTVI television station, has now gone viral in this pharmaceutical advertising parody, which mocks the concept of "legitimate rape" as the ultimate in contraception... read more and watch ad.

Assange interviewed by Venezuelan TV station teleSUR

Venezuelan TV station teleSUR interviewed Julian Assange at London’s Ecuadorian Embassy. During the interview, allegations by Sweden, the grant of Ecuadorian asylum and WikiLeaks were discussed.

Assange is currently holed up in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London, and whilst Ecuador has granted him diplomatic asylum on the grounds of political persecution, he is unable to leave, as the U.K. will not grant him safe passage out of the country. The U.K. government seeks to extradite him to Sweden to face questioning in an alleged sexual assault case. U.K. officials have vowed to arrest him should he step outside the embassy building... read more.

Video: Aftermath of Isaac south of New Orleans

The video shows the aftermath left by Hurricane Isaac as it hit the New Orleans area on Tuesday, and pushed water over the 18-mile levee.

Dozens of homes are surrounded by water and the flood also unearthed caskets, and uprooted trees, at a local cemetery.

The aerial footage shows the devastation, with houses submerged to their rafters in water... read more and watch video.

World personalities pledge support to Ecuador asylum for Assange

Intellectuals, musicians and world personalities have make public their support of the decision by Ecuador to grant asylum to Julian Assange and to the protection of Ecuador's diplomatic premises in London.

According to a press release on the website of the Minister of Foreign Affairs in Ecuador, around 270 personalities from 32 countries have signed an open letter of support to Ecuador's grant of diplomatic asylum to Julian Assange, founder of WikiLeaks, and also to the inviolability of Ecuador's diplomatic premises in London, U.K... read more.