ISIS is weaponising consumer drones and we can't stop them – yet
28 June 2017
The terrorist group is already strapping grenades to drones as it fights to retain the Iraqi city of Mosul, but what happens if airborne terror comes to the West?
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Drone blowback: High-tech weapons come home to roost
28 June 2017
The growing threat of weaponised drones can be traced back to controversial military hardware deployed after 9/11 and pursued with vigour ever since
Italy’s drying lakes imperil rare shrimp species found only here
22 June 2017
The survival of ancient and unique species thriving in mountain lakes in central Italy have been threatened by a double whammy of a quake and climate change
Smart doll fitted with AI chip can read your child's emotions
20 June 2017
A battery-powered chip inside a doll can run AI algorithms without needing to pass information to the cloud and so will help keep data private
Defibrillator drones could save lives before ambulance arrives
13 June 2017
A trial in Sweden has found that drones carrying defibrillators can shave minutes off emergency response time, which could save hundreds of lives a year
Smart jacket and VR headset let you pilot a drone with your body
12 June 2017
By converting body movements into commands, a pimped-up jacket could give people a more intuitive and fun way to pilot aerial drones
Underwater drones use sound to send snaps of the ocean floor
31 May 2017
Underwater unmanned vehicles that scour the ocean floor for submerged mines can now beam back their images to human operators in close to real-time
Robot inspector helps check bridges for dangerous defects
5 May 2017
Performing safety checks on bridges is slow and expensive work. A new autonomous robot can do the job quickly and cheaply
The Easter egg puzzles that are hiding inside video games
1 May 2017
Online communities are spending years picking over new releases, chasing up obscure references and cracking codes in the quest to find hidden messages
UK does more to protect marine areas overseas than at home
24 April 2017
The government is failing to designate marine protected areas off its coast as promised, says a parliamentary report
