Drones listen in on bats to reveal their in-flight secrets
21 April 2017
Using ultrasonic detectors, drones in the air and on the water are detecting bat calls, in the hope of finding out what the mammals get up to when flying
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Found 789 results for drones
Drone maps mines to explore unsafe caverns and seek out minerals
11 April 2017
Australian government researchers are equipping drones with cameras and sonar so they can explore parts of old mines that are unsafe for people to visit
War by any means: The story of DARPA
22 March 2017
With the nature of war changing fast, what goes on in the Pentagon’s most secretive research agency, asks the first insider to lift the lid in The Imagineers of War
Can data save rhinos? How to attack wildlife crime at source
22 March 2017
By the time surveillance technology catches a poacher, it's already too late. Now researchers are training a new generation of technology on the demand for endangered animals, not the supply
Tomorrow's menu: Termites, grass and synthetic milk
22 March 2017
The population is set to rise by 2.5 billion in three decades. We have plenty of ingenious ideas about how to keep us all fed, but will they be too tough to swallow?
Morphing drone takes off like a helicopter, flies like a plane
24 February 2017
A drone for surveying farmers’ fields takes off vertically and then shape-shifts into a plane, making it easier to launch and allowing it to fly for longer
Tiny 3D-printed camera lens could give drones vision like ours
15 February 2017
The camera, measuring less than the width of a few human hairs, combines four lenses to mimic the natural vision of predators with precise detail only in the centre of an image
Robotic bee could help pollinate crops as real bees decline
9 February 2017
With bee populations tumbling, an autonomous drone just 4 centimetres wide could help pollinate crops by flying from flower to flower
Seeking refuge in the heat of the night
8 February 2017
Photographer Richard Mosse has captured stark images of refugees in various countries, using a long-distance infrared camera designed for military use
Bat-inspired robot swoops and dives like the real thing
1 February 2017
A lightweight drone with features mimicking the wings of bats is an agile flyer and could be used to monitor safety risks at construction sites
