Turkey is getting military drones armed with machine guns
12 December 2019
Many countries and groups already use military drones, but Turkey is about to be the first to have a military drone armed with a machine gun
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By landing on the roofs of buses, delivery drones could travel four-and-a-half times as far, making them more useful for transporting packages
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Autonomous killer drones set to be used by Turkey in Syria
20 September 2019
Turkey is to become the first nation to use drones able to find, track and kill people without human intervention, when it deploys them in Syria in a few months
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20 September 2019
A drone equipped with a nail gun can autonomously hover over a roof and fix tiles in place. Tests showed it was highly precise and held steady while firing
Most people in the UK back limits on flying to tackle climate change
17 September 2019
A majority of people in the UK support imposing limits on air travel to curb carbon emissions, a sign that social attitudes on climate change may be shifting
Robot pilot that can grab the flight controls gets its plane licence
30 August 2019
A robot pilot is learning to fly. It has passed its pilot’s test and flown its first plane, but it has also had its first mishap too
Elon Musk's plans for mind-controlled gadgets: what we know so far
17 July 2019
Elon Musk’s company Neuralink has finally broken its silence, unveiling a brain-computer interface it says people could use to control devices with their minds
