Smart jacket and VR headset let you pilot a drone with your body
12 June 2017
By converting body movements into commands, a pimped-up jacket could give people a more intuitive and fun way to pilot aerial drones
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Life aloft: The unexplored ecosystem above your head
7 June 2017
We have nature reserves on land and at sea, but the sky has never been considered a habitat, let alone one worth preserving, until now
Underwater drones use sound to send snaps of the ocean floor
31 May 2017
Underwater unmanned vehicles that scour the ocean floor for submerged mines can now beam back their images to human operators in close to real-time
Drones won't work very well underground
24 May 2017
Wake-up call: How turbulence could reveal secret nuclear subs
24 May 2017
If there's truth in cold war claims about tracking subs, it would rewrite our theories of turbulence and foil our nuclear deterrent
Where the wind blows: Mapping our wildest gusts
17 May 2017
A new wind atlas will help turbines avoid the doldrums – and solve some of wind's enduring mysteries
Robot inspector helps check bridges for dangerous defects
5 May 2017
Performing safety checks on bridges is slow and expensive work. A new autonomous robot can do the job quickly and cheaply
The Easter egg puzzles that are hiding inside video games
1 May 2017
Online communities are spending years picking over new releases, chasing up obscure references and cracking codes in the quest to find hidden messages
Eyes on the skies: ensuring drones enhance city life
26 April 2017
We need a wider public conversation about the drones that will soon be widespread in urban areas, says innovation charity Nesta
UK does more to protect marine areas overseas than at home
24 April 2017
The government is failing to designate marine protected areas off its coast as promised, says a parliamentary report
