Zano, which is a tiny, portable drone that takes photos and videos, has raised a whopping $1.5 million on Kickstarter over the course of two weeks.

Imagine an unmanned flying ambulance that can reach otherwise inaccessible areas, pick up the wounded and make its way to a hospital. As unbelievable as that may sound, it is already being developed by Israeli company UrbanAero.

An Israeli research team is harnessing millions of years of evolution to create the world's smallest unmanned aerial vehicles. The researchers are decoding the muscular activity of insects in flight, then translating it into a code that can be used to trigger their movement.