Japan wants people to virtually embody avatars orbiting in space
7 September 2018
The Japanese space programme has partnered with an airline to build humanoid robots to assist astronauts and allow people on the ground to experience space
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Found 311 results for drones
Hundreds of ancient mummified penguins found in Antarctic graveyard
5 September 2018
On a peninsula in east Antarctica there are hundreds of mummified Adélie penguins that died centuries ago, and it seems extreme weather was to blame
The US Army is making a laser-powered drone that can fly indefinitely
3 September 2018
Drones use so much power they can only fly in the air for a short period. So the US Army is creating a system to power them in mid-air from lasers on the ground
The underwater drones that hunt for oil spills beneath the waves
8 August 2018
Oil behaves strangely in water – now a combination of AI and super-expensive underwater vehicles are being used to track it. Joshua Howgego went along for the ride
Radio jammers saved Venezuela's president from deadly drone attack
6 August 2018
Radio jamming systems apparently thwarted an attempted presidential assassination with improvised drone bombs in Venezuela
Drones are checking up on insurance claims to look for fraudsters
17 July 2018
Insurance companies are training hundreds of drone pilots to check property damage from the air to make sure claims are legitimate
Delivery drones can learn to see and dodge obstacles in-flight
10 July 2018
A drone learned to navigate unexpected obstacles for itself by being manually carried around a racetrack. It could be used for future delivery drones
Landmine muncher automatically sifts soil and explodes them
9 July 2018
A giant landmine-munching machine that can sift through tonnes of soil every hour will soon be clearing landmines in Zimbabwe
Spiders can use electricity in the air to balloon for kilometres
5 July 2018
Spiders can detect atmospheric electricity and use it to fly - and maybe drones of the future could fly the same way too
A friendly introduction to AI proves oddly unnerving
4 July 2018
Statisticians Nick Polson and James Scott want us to use AI for good. But their new book AIQ struggles to show us how, says Julie Freeman
