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Drone with legs can perch, watch and walk like a bird

27 January 2014

A drone with kestrel-like legs can swoop and perch on a telephone wire or fence where it will then rest, spying on passers-by. You have been warned

Drones turned into zombies using an easy Wi-Fi hack

9 December 2013

A Californian hacker has shown just how simple it can be to use a quadcopter to hijack the control signal of another drone and take control of its flight

Metallic make-up lets you launch drones with a wink

16 October 2013

A new range of conducting cosmetics lets wearers activate electronics with a flip of their eyelids

Printed drones to hunt down drug-running boats

1 July 2013

A 3D-printed UAV called 2Seas is designed to fly lengthy surveillance missions for coastguards in the UK, the Netherlands, Belgium and France

Wood is key ingredient in cheap rechargeable battery

21 June 2013

Sodium-based batteries containing wood could be the ideal replacement for lithium-based rechargeables, which are expensive to use on a large scale

Steered by thoughts, drone flies through hoops

4 June 2013

Look, no hands... A pilot has used thoughts alone to guide a remote-controlled drone around an aerial obstacle course

Passenger plane flies 800 kilometres without a pilot

10 May 2013

A plane has flown an 800-kilometre round trip in civilian airspace, controlled entirely from the ground, as the on-board pilot took it easy

Drone-wrecking laser gun to sail on US warship

12 April 2013

Combat lasers that blow up hostile craft and are cheap to fire will soon be deployed at sea, but issues such as the risk of friendly fire remain unsolved