Expensive drones take flying lessons from cheaper stunt doubles
12 August 2016
Training an AI to fly a drone by trial and error involves a lot of crashing – best to get cheaper drones to pass on their knowledge to more expensive ones
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Three teams are competing in a US Air Force project to improve radio communication by directly seeding the ionosphere with plasma
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AI needs oversight – time to set standards for autonomous tech
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14 June 2016
New drones can fly without human control, so there is no signal to jam to stop them if they are a threat. Trained falcons, lasers and net-launching bazookas may help
