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Experts have given their top predictions for what house technology will revolutionise home living in the near future. When British people were asked which inventions they would most like to see in their future homes, house robots were the most popular, followed by cleaning drones and washing balls. The majority of Brits remain sceptical on … Read more
What is the coronavirus? A coronavirus is a type of virus which can cause illness in animals and people. Viruses break into cells inside their host and use them to reproduce itself and disrupt the body’s normal functions. Coronaviruses are named after the Latin word ‘corona’, which means crown, because they are encased by a … Read more
High altitude drones create detailed 3D model of Peru’s shrinking glaciers as researchers aim to understand why they’re melting so rapidly A pair of researchers from the University of Edinburgh traveled to Peru The hiked some of the country’s famous glaciers with custom-built drones They spent several days capturing detailed visual and thermal information with … Read more
Elon Musk believes the era of fighter jets is over and future warfare will be carried out by autonomous drones. The Tesla and SpaceX CEO made the prediction while speaking with US Air Force Lt. Gen. John Thompson at the Air Warfare Symposium in Orlando, Florida on Friday. ‘Drone warfare is where the future will … Read more
Drones are flying underground in Japan to inspect parts of the Tokyo Metro’s sprawling subway tunnels that are difficult for people to see The remote-controlled 2.5 pound (1.15kg) drone is encased in a plastic sphere This 8.5-inch wide casing protects the machine from any potential damage Fitted with cameras it searches for signs of damage … Read more
New class of ‘extra-large’ Manta Ray underwater drones will be built by Lockheed Martin after Pentagon awards the firm $12.3 million Lockheed Martin has been chosen by DARPA to start its Manta Ray program The firm received a $12.3 million contract to start the first phase of the program It will have long distance and range … Read more
Monitoring climate change from the sky: DRONES could play a ‘critical role’ in tracking the effects of global warming but only if their battery life improves, expert claims Longer-range drones already exist but they are expensive to deploy at scale Three teams of researchers from Southampton will create new types of drones Future drones will … Read more
They are not just cute and stripy, but devastatingly efficient when it comes to locating the best pollen-rich flowers. As a result, the humble bee is at the centre of a £4.8 million project to create drones and driverless cars. In a unusual experiment, scientists painstakingly stuck tiny radar transponders to hundreds of bumblebees and honey … Read more