Surveillance drones can now spot violent attacks as they happen
7 June 2018
A drone surveillance system can spot violence in a crowd, including stabbing and strangling, but some worry the consequences have not been thought through
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AI construction worker plans the fastest way to put up buildings
6 June 2018
By considering hundreds of millions of potential schedules, an AI construction manager works out the best and fastest way for builders to put up a new building
Drones plus AI help to spot sick trees and plants in time
17 May 2018
Drones fitted with multispectral cameras are scanning forests for beetle attack, and orchards and vineyards for signs of disease before it’s too late
Trump’s Iran U-turn could restart the global nuclear arms race
16 May 2018
The US has demonstrated that it cannot be trusted to stick to its word on arms control deals. The result may be a return to the dark days of growing nuclear arsenals
China is building a huge weather-control machine – will it work?
9 May 2018
Water shortages are a huge problem for Chinese agriculture, so the country has just begun the world's largest ever weather control experiment
Flying beetle cyborgs guided with tiny battery-powered backpacks
3 May 2018
Beetles have been turned into autonomous flying robots. They could one day swarm through disaster zones on search and rescue missions
UK smart missile will decide where to look for its next target
27 April 2018
Giving the Brimstone weapon system greater autonomy could reduce the number of civilian casualties but critics worry about lack of human control
The US army has made a virtual North Korea to train its soldiers
20 April 2018
The US army has built a system that can quickly create virtual locations for soldiers to train in. It took only three days to make North and South Korea
Watch a swarm of underwater drones hunt and surround a boat
16 April 2018
Dozens of underwater SwarmDiver drones can autonomously explore an area or encircle an object. To launch them they are just thrown into the sea
Palm trees have been spotted changing sex for the first time
5 April 2018
Four Quindío wax palms in Colombia have changed sex from male to female, which was thought to be impossible for such plants
