Listen to the music of the drones to forecast weather
21 August 2013
A system that listens to the distinctive buzzing sound of drone propellers could one day measure air pollution and provide weather updates
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Found 65 results for drones
Drones tag and track quarry using nanoparticle sprays
21 August 2013
The US Air Force is funding work to let drones tag suspects or cars with a spray that gives them a distinct spectral signature, making them easy to track
One Per Cent
3 July 2013
Telescopic contact lens, drones scour seas for drug-runners and how your router betrays you
Precision herbicide drones launch strikes on weeds
3 July 2013
A drone zipping over fields can spot the colour variations that give away weeds amongst crops, before sending in a ground vehicle to spray the densest patches
Swarm of drones to give early warning of flash floods
22 May 2013
A drone monitoring system that tracks flash floods in real time can buy time to escape before the waters hit
Parcels find their way to you via the crowd
15 May 2013
A new delivery concept uses the location of random strangers to TwedEx parcels directly to you – wherever you are
Virtual traveller: Beam a live, 3D you into the world
10 April 2013
Thanks to a virtual reality and telepresence mashup, you no longer have to travel the globe to visit friends or wander around ancient ruins
Clawed drone grabs prey on the fly just like an eagle
13 March 2013
Drones with arms and legs will be able to help out with tasks like bridge repair, pruning trees and using hand tools
Armband adds a twitch to gesture control
25 February 2013
The Myo band turns electrical activity in the muscles of a user's forearm into gestures for controlling computers and other devices
The computer that never crashes
13 February 2013
A revolutionary new computer based on the apparent chaos of nature can reprogram itself if it finds a fault
