More potent stun guns for British police will enrage critics
8 December 2016
Arming UK police with a new breed of taser must go hand in hand with greater efforts to address fears over safety and misuse, says David Hambling
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Found 783 results for drones
Smart skin patch listens to your body sounds, from heart to gut
16 November 2016
A new sensor-packed patch that sticks to the skin could monitor heart murmurs and failing implants – and even be used to control drones and video games.
Drones will fly life-saving blood supplies to clinics in Rwanda
13 October 2016
Just send a text and they’ll be there. The drone delivery service will save lives by getting supplies to remote locations much faster than possible by car
Quantum film sensor stops delivery drones crashing into things
13 October 2016
A sensor that uses infrared laser light and quantum film detects objects up to 20 metres away, helping drones to dodge collisions
Why shows like Westworld only show dark side of our robot future
10 October 2016
Series like Westworld and Humans show we struggle to embrace a peaceful robot destiny. Why such dystopian angst, asks Kate Devlin, who studies human-robot interaction
Budgies reveal the rule that means birds never collide in flight
28 September 2016
Birds have a trick for avoiding head-on collisions – now we know what it is, we could teach autonomous drones to do the same
When art and technology pull each other to bits
21 September 2016
The marriage between art and technology came apart at this year's Ars Electronica festival in Linz, Austria
Drones get first anti-laser lasers to stop being shot down
9 September 2016
With warships equipped with lasers to destroy drones and soldiers using lasers to dazzle the enemy, the first anti-laser defence system is now being tested
Mercedes van will be a mothership for fleets of delivery robots
7 September 2016
Delivery robots can’t get far by themselves – so the German car maker is developing a custom van to drive them to your neighbourhood
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
