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
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Can Google Express deliver on same-day shopping?
17 October 2014
Google has found another way to reach into our lives with its same-day delivery service. But it needs to harness new technology to make Google Express viable
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
Air-chaeological drones search for ancient treasures
24 September 2014
A pair of drones is flying over ancient Greek cities, building precise 3D maps and searching for clues to still-buried artefacts
US opens 'drone zones' for a year of pioneer testing
17 September 2014
From farming to firefighting, drones will soon fly into everyday life in the US – the Federal Aviation Administration has six flight zones paving the way
Ethical trap: robot paralysed by choice of who to save
10 September 2014
Can a robot learn right from wrong? Attempts to imbue robots, self-driving cars and military machines with a sense of ethics reveal just how hard this is
What was the Malaysian jet doing over a war zone?
17 July 2014
Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down over war-torn eastern Ukraine. But why was it flying in such a dangerous area?
ButtonMasher: Photorealism takes gaming deeper
8 July 2014
A new wave of games uses thousands of photos to recreate every detail of the real world and heighten our sense of immersion
Polite drones open door for efficient robot armies
25 June 2014
Robots that can navigate in unknown spaces have been given manners to help them coordinate their in-flight movements
