China is using mass surveillance tech to fight new coronavirus spread
19 February 2020
QR codes, tracking apps and drones at toll booths are just some of the tech tools China is deploying to monitor the spread of the new coronavirus
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US military face recognition system could work from 1 kilometre away
15 February 2020
The US Special Operations Command is developing a portable face-recognition system designed to identify people 1 kilometre away. It could also be used by law enforcement
Mysterious drone swarms flying at night are baffling US authorities
16 January 2020
Swarms of drones have been seen flying over Colorado, Nebraska and Wyoming in the past few weeks, but no one has claimed responsibility
Koalas and apes have evolved similar ways of walking in trees
17 December 2019
On the ground, koalas run in a bounding motion with both hind legs hitting land at once. But in the trees, they move more like primates
Turkey is getting military drones armed with machine guns
12 December 2019
Many countries and groups already use military drones, but Turkey is about to be the first to have a military drone armed with a machine gun
Delivery drones could land on public transport to extend their range
31 October 2019
By landing on the roofs of buses, delivery drones could travel four-and-a-half times as far, making them more useful for transporting packages
All-seeing eyes: The epic plan to track almost everything on Earth
30 October 2019
Firms are racing to create a real-time database of every object on Earth larger than a car. It would help investors and conservationists, but could it be abused?
AI could help work out how many people are in large crowds
21 October 2019
How many people really attend gatherings or protests, such as the recent Brexit march? Artificial intelligence may be able to figure it out
Humpback whales use their flippers to swat salmon into their mouths
15 October 2019
Humpback whales use their flippers to create a barrier that traps gathered prey, which they can then usher towards their mouths by swatting the water
Autonomous killer drones set to be used by Turkey in Syria
20 September 2019
Turkey is to become the first nation to use drones able to find, track and kill people without human intervention, when it deploys them in Syria in a few months
