An online marketplace for suppliers to buy and sell surplus food has been created by British supermarket Asda to cut waste.

European aerospace giant Airbus has unveiled plans to develop a "flying car" to function as an aerial taxi and carry cargo.

The year 2016 was a dramatic year for stock markets, world economies and the global population. We have experienced major political events, multiple acts of terrorism, a migrant crisis and, to top it all off, a number of iconic celebrities left us.

Amazon has filed a patent for a flying warehouse that would deliver packages using a fleet of drones. The "airborne fulfilment centre", patented in the U.S., would consist of a giant airship that remains at high altitude while drones collect packages from it to deliver to locations on the ground.