New Ugandan radio stations run on sun, smartphones and buckets
27 May 2015
Bare-bones radio stations, which use smartphones as their DJ booths, are setting information free in rural Uganda
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Found 65 results for drones
The no-drone zone: How to stop UAVs spying on us from above
28 April 2015
From politicians to celebrities, there are plenty of people who want to stop drones watching their every move. Now they have ways of doing so
Smart drones that think and learn like us to launch this year
15 April 2015
Mini drones with neural hardware that works like a brain could be in the skies within months – and carry out door-to-door deliveries or monitor crops
Drones cleared to check power lines after outages
25 March 2015
Electricity firm Commonwealth Edison, based in Illinois, become the first in the US to get permission to start sending drones to inspect damaged power lines
Falcons learn to hunt by chasing drones
18 March 2015
The ancient sport of falconry is embracing high-tech hunting, with falconers using robots to train their birds. The move could help conservation efforts
One Per Cent
11 February 2015
DARPA plans to send satellites into orbit form the back of a plane and people in the US are open to drone use - as long as it's not by their neighbours
One Per Cent
4 February 2015
Virtual reality at the Sundance Film Festival, and Japanese hotel to open with robot staff
Bio-drone simply melts away when it crashes
12 November 2014
Researchers have built the first "biological" drone, an autonomous aerial vehicle stitched together largely with materials from living things
Fly in the face of danger with first-person drone view
15 October 2014
Zip past obstacles at 160 kilometres an hour but without risking life and limb – the immersive sport of first-person video drone racing makes it possible
World's first space detective agency launched
8 October 2014
Satellite and drone images are increasingly being used as evidence in court. Now two experts in the field have started a specialist agency
