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Submarine-hunting drones take off and land on water vertically

Submarine-hunting drones take off and land on water vertically

6 April 2016

Solar-powered and equipped with sonar, a new breed of marine drone that can operate even in stormy weather may soon be used by the US navy to scan the seas


People using cellphones in Zambia

AI helps answer thousands of health queries in Zambia via SMS

4 April 2016

UNICEF is testing a machine learning system to boost the quantity and quality of health advice provided via a popular text-based service in Zambia and Uganda


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I used robots to help save drowning refugees off the Greek coast

30 March 2016

From mechanical lifeguards to aerial drones, robots are already helping save lives. It's time they took their place in the rescuer's toolbox, argues Robin Murphy


Atlas robot

One Per Cent

2 March 2016

Humanoid robot walks over slippery ground and Facebook's AI hits the books


Bed Down Location, showing time-lapse video projections of night skies in Yemen, Somalia and Pakistan

How Astro Noise show interrogates the world of surveillance

1 March 2016

Art shows about surveillance are a dime a dozen in New York, but this exhibition by film-maker Laura Poitras goes for the jugular, finds Brendan Byrne


Facebook can map more of Earth in a week than we have in history

Facebook can map more of Earth in a week than we have in history

24 February 2016

Facebook’s incredible mapping feat shows that neural networks are starting to do serious volumes of work seriously fast. Here’s why it matters


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Underwater drones may make hiding a nuclear missile sub harder

24 February 2016

Will a rise in anti-submarine drones mean it's game over for Earth’s best hiding place for a nuclear deterrent as critics claim, wonders David Hambling


Bat-drone uses shape-shifting wings to skim over water

Bat-drone uses shape-shifting wings to skim over water

19 February 2016

A new wing design for small flying vehicles takes inspiration from bats to improve flight efficiency


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One Per Cent

17 February 2016

Drone forecasters follow the storm, will machines make us idle? and super-speedy home broadband, yes, really


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Robot weather forecasters drop sensors on storms from above

15 February 2016

Drones that can collect valuable weather data on their own could deliver the daily forecast during severe storms


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