NASA's X-57 Maxwell aircraft is its first all-electric X-plane. Developing the X-57 is NASA's way of keeping pace with the growing market for electric aircraft and the regulatory challenges they present. EV airplanes may be ideal for short hop air taxi services.

The RoboGlove originated in 2011 when General Motors worked with NASA to launch a humanoid robot into space. This technology has now been miniaturized and translated into the wearable RoboGlove. Its battery pack with microcontrollers and actuators clips to the wearer's belt. That's connected...