DeepMind’s AI cuts energy costs for cooling buildings
20 December 2022
Research firm DeepMind has built an AI to optimise cooling systems in buildings. In tests, it reduced energy usage by around 10 per cent
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Found 333 results for drones
Watch this robot bird use a talon-like claw to land safely on a perch
15 December 2022
A talon-like claw with sharp ends and a softer middle helps this flying robot grasp onto thin perches just like a bird
A noisy flashing drone could stop bats crashing into wind turbines
14 December 2022
A drone equipped with lights and speakers can deter bats from wind farms to protect them from potentially deadly turbine blades
Melting sounds of an entire glacier recorded for the first time
14 December 2022
A 9-kilometre fibre-optic cable that captured the sounds of melting ice across an entire glacier could improve how researchers measure ice loss
Drone used to map radioactive vault at former US weapons site
13 December 2022
A drone has mapped a vault full of radioactive powder as part of a decades-long project to clean up a former weapons and nuclear energy test site in Idaho
Drones on strings could puppeteer people in virtual reality
25 November 2022
Having drones on strings attached to a person could provide a more realistic simulation of interacting with physical objects in virtual reality
Ants appear to feel more optimistic after a sugary treat
11 November 2022
A sweet reward influences ants’ decision-making when they encounter ambiguous situations, hinting that they might have internal states like our emotions
Unpiloted military helicopter flies 134 km in simulated mission
2 November 2022
A retrofitted Black Hawk helicopter flew autonomously between mountains to deliver blood supplies in a simulated mission. It also picked up a simulated medical casualty
First 3D quantum accelerometer could let ships navigate without GPS
28 October 2022
A device that measures acceleration very precisely using quantum effects could be used for navigation when GPS is unavailable
Dredging in crucial habitat sparks row over UK marine protected areas
5 October 2022
Footage showing protected Scottish waters raked clean by scallop dredgers shows that marine protected areas are "paper parks", say campaigners
