CES 2016: Chinese manufacturer Ehang has unveiled the world's first passenger-carrying drone, which will transport individuals through the air without a pilot (+ movie). More about World's first passenger drone unveiled by Ehang at CES 2016
After initial tests with flying robots, online retail giant Amazon has launched a video showing the latest version of its self-piloted delivery drones at work (+ movie). More about Amazon unveils video of its Prime Air delivery drones in action
Foster + Partners has unveiled designs for a drone port in Rwanda, which will be used to transport urgent medical supplies to remote parts of the East African country via unmanned flying vehicles (+ slideshow). More about Foster reveals plans for Rwandan Droneport to deliver medical supplies in remote areas
Communications firm Darkhorse has used a camera mounted to a drone to capture footage of Via 57 West, the residential building by Bjarke Ingels Group that is now rising in New York (+ movie). More about Drone video shows progress on New York "courtscraper" by BIG
An unofficial drone movie shot over the site of the new Apple Campus 2 in Cupertino, California, shows the latest progress on Foster + Partners' "doughnut" office design (+ movie). More about Drone movie shows Foster + Partners' Apple Campus 2 beginning to rise out of the ground
Dezeen and MINI Frontiers: Superflux has built a series of drones, which the London studio suggests could one day be used in cities for surveillance, traffic control and advertising (+ movie). More about Superflux research project imagines London patrolled by a fleet of drones
News: the UK's House of Lords has called for stricter rules on drone management, but says that the production of unmanned aerial vehicles in the European Union could create 150,000 jobs. More about UK calls for EU database to track active drones
Dezeen and MINI Frontiers: in the second part of our video interview with Ammar Mirjan, the architect explains how drones with cable dispensers attached can be used to quickly build lightweight architectural structures. More about Drones can "weave structures in space in just a few minutes"
Dezeen and MINI Frontiers: architect and researcher Ammar Mirjan explains how drones could be programmed to construct buildings in the first of two movies about the use of unmanned aerial vehicles in architecture. More about Drones can "collaborate to build architectural structures"
We've picked five of the best realised prototypes and proposed uses for unmanned aerial vehicles from Dubai's World Cup of Drones. More about Five useful ideas from the World Cup of Drones
News: updated footage of construction work on the Foster + Partners-designed Apple Campus 2 in California has been published on YouTube by another amateur videographer using a drone-mounted GoPro video camera (+ movie). More about Drone movie shows progress on Apple Campus construction
News: NASA is testing an unmanned aerial vehicle that would scope out the terrain of the red planet to decide the best routes for rover vehicles to explore (+ movie). More about NASA plans to use drones for exploring Mars
News: a decade after the final beam was placed atop the Norman Foster-designed Hearst Tower in New York, the architect has returned to the building to mark its anniversary with a film captured using a drone (+ movie). More about Norman Foster narrates drone tour of New York's Hearst skyscraper
A team of researchers has completed a working prototype for a drone made from a fungal material that will biodegrade if it crashes outdoors. More about Drone grown from fungus-like material melts if it crash lands
News: a TU Delft graduate has presented an unmanned aerial vehicle with built-in defibrillation equipment, which could fly to a patient suffering from a heart attack in a fraction of the time it would take an ambulance to drive. More about Ambulance Drone could deliver life-saving equipment "within one minute"
Circus troupe Cirque du Soleil teamed up with drone specialist Raffaello D'Andrea to create Sparked – a short movie that transforms 10 autonomous flying machines into lampshades that seem to come alive and "dance" with a human performer (+ movie). More about Drones become a flock of dancing lampshades in this movie by Cirque du Soleil
News: a YouTube user has uploaded aerial footage of the construction site for the Foster + Partners-designed Apple Campus shot using a GoPro video camera mounted on an unmanned aerial vehicle (+ movie). More about First images of Apple Campus under construction captured using a drone-mounted GoPro
News: Google's research division has tested a delivery service using unmanned aerial vehicles in Queensland, Australia (+ movie). More about Google tests Project Wing drone delivery service
London Design Festival 2014: crystal brand Swarovski and organisers of the London Design Festival have cancelled an installation of flying drones planned for this year's event over fears for "safety of members of the public". More about Drone installation for London Design Festival cancelled due to safety concerns
Life-sized outlines of military drones drawn on the ground to depict their "invisible" presence by London artist James Bridle topped the Graphics category at Designs of the Year 2014 (+ slideshow). More about Drone Shadows by James Bridle evoke the presence of unmanned aircraft