The world's first waterproof drone capable of submerging under water, floating like a boat and flying through the air at over 40mph (60kmh) has been unveiled by US engineers. The $765 (£585) gadget, known as Spry, features a built-in 4K camera that can both record video and snap photos on the fly. Footage is beamed back to a monitor embedded into a waterproof remote control, which the drone's developers claim is another world first for the drone industry. The world's first waterproof drone capable of submerging under water, floating like a boat and flying through the air at over 40mph (60kph) has been unveiled by US engineers SwellProUSA and Florida-based Urban Drones say it has taken two years of designing and prototyping to cross the line'between science fiction and reality by allowing users to fly and swim, something never before possible'. 'The Spry's ability to submerge under water and fly in the air makes it the most versatile drone ever created,' said Alex Rodriguez, Urban Drones' CEO.

What do you think of when you hear the phrases "Future Tech" or "Science Fiction Technology?" Humanoid robots walking the streets? Today we're looking at science fiction #technology that was once just a fantasy, that is now part of our daily life. We are also going to take a peek at some of our favorite sci-fi tech, and see how close it is to being a reality. "Individual science fiction stories may seem as trivial as ever to the blinder critics and philosophers of today - but the core of science fiction, its essence, the concept around which it revolves, has become crucial to our salvation if we are to be saved at all." ("My Own View," The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction) Believe it or not, credit cards were first mentioned in science fiction. You might expect that the individual who envisioned the credit card to be a genius businessman or bank executive of some sort, however the person who first developed the idea of the modern credit card system was a Utopian science fiction author Edward Bellamy.

As you start to make robots smarter, you also in some ways make them less predictable, because they become more complex systems. Very complex systems tend to go wrong in unpredictable ways… If you're looking for a cast-iron guarantee that a robot is not going to hurt someone, it's like asking for the same guarantee with a person, and you just can't give it.