One Per Cent
3 July 2013
Telescopic contact lens, drones scour seas for drug-runners and how your router betrays you
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Found 519 results for drones
Precision herbicide drones launch strikes on weeds
3 July 2013
A drone zipping over fields can spot the colour variations that give away weeds amongst crops, before sending in a ground vehicle to spray the densest patches
Printed drones to hunt down drug-running boats
1 July 2013
A 3D-printed UAV called 2Seas is designed to fly lengthy surveillance missions for coastguards in the UK, the Netherlands, Belgium and France
Wood is key ingredient in cheap rechargeable battery
21 June 2013
Sodium-based batteries containing wood could be the ideal replacement for lithium-based rechargeables, which are expensive to use on a large scale
Steered by thoughts, drone flies through hoops
4 June 2013
Look, no hands... A pilot has used thoughts alone to guide a remote-controlled drone around an aerial obstacle course
Swarm of drones to give early warning of flash floods
22 May 2013
A drone monitoring system that tracks flash floods in real time can buy time to escape before the waters hit
Parcels find their way to you via the crowd
15 May 2013
A new delivery concept uses the location of random strangers to TwedEx parcels directly to you – wherever you are
Passenger plane flies 800 kilometres without a pilot
10 May 2013
A plane has flown an 800-kilometre round trip in civilian airspace, controlled entirely from the ground, as the on-board pilot took it easy
Drone-wrecking laser gun to sail on US warship
12 April 2013
Combat lasers that blow up hostile craft and are cheap to fire will soon be deployed at sea, but issues such as the risk of friendly fire remain unsolved
Virtual traveller: Beam a live, 3D you into the world
10 April 2013
Thanks to a virtual reality and telepresence mashup, you no longer have to travel the globe to visit friends or wander around ancient ruins
