In a striking sign of the future to come, the car-kingmakers at Motor Trend magazine have for the first time named an all-electric vehicle their Car of the Year. The Tesla Model S is the first car without an internal combustion engine to win the coveted award. It's also much-loved by PopSci, FYI.

To quote a certain moustachioed British comedian, don’t mention the war. Just don’t. Specifically, don’t mention all those remote controlled, explosive-payload-carrying aerial drones, the ones that are as much a part of modern warfare as the guys on the ground. In much the same way that the internal combustion engine, planes, and even the internet came from military roots, Unmanned Aerial Systems (as civil industry prefers to call the peaceful variety) have to bear the burden of past lives as cutting edge military tech before coming into civilian use. In some ways, they’re in the position of the kid that always got picked on at school. Or Microsoft. Or all sides of Australian politics. Basically, UAVs have an image problem.

To win our Innovation of the Year award, the Lytro had to captivate us enough for us to pass over significant medical diagnostic breakthroughs and a complete reinvention of the internal combustion engine - and it did. So we're naturally excited about the opportunity to spend a little QT with the Light-Field camera.