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drones

  1. maximus otter

    Man-Hunting A.I. Drone Built In Just Hours

    It only takes a few hours to configure a small, commercially available drone to hunt down a target by itself, a scientist has warned. Luis Wenus, an entrepreneur and engineer, incorporated an artificial intelligence (AI) system into a small drone to chase people around "as a game," he wrote on...
  2. maximus otter

    Rheinmetall Unveils Multi-Purpose ‘Game Changer’ Drone

    "Rheinmetall recently unveiled a multi-purpose unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) with reconnaissance and combat features. The Rheinmetall Combat Drone is based on the German arms maker’s Luna NG reconnaissance drone and can carry the Hero-R type loitering munition."...
  3. maximus otter

    US Scientists Turning Dead Birds Into Drones To Study Flight Techniques

    A research team in New Mexico is converting taxidermic birds into drones in order to study flight patterns. Mostafa Hassanalian, a mechanical engineering professor leading the project at the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology in Socorro, said the team started looking into deceased...
  4. Comfortably Numb

    Proxy Warfare Using Robots; Drones; Etc.

    Anyone else remember reading this in the Beano. :p Who would have thought, that one day, we would seriously be talking about remote-controlled, miniature armies... (or suchlike!)
  5. rynner2

    Drone Mischief (Harassment; Crime; Pranks; Etc.)

    Luckily this was an incident rather than an accident: 'Reckless drone operator' in 'near miss' with Flybe flight 11 August 2016 A "reckless drone operator" is being sought by police after reports of a "near miss" between a drone and plane. The Flybe passenger aircraft was flying at about 900ft...
  6. maximus otter

    Mysterious Drones Fly Night-Time Patterns Over North-East Colorado

    A band of large drones appears to be flying nighttime search patterns over northeast Colorado — and local authorities say they don’t know who’s behind the mysterious aircraft. The drones, estimated to have six-foot wingspans, have been flying over Phillips and Yuma counties every night for...
  7. Ermintruder

    Fascinating Formations: Aerial Light Shows Using Drones

    This is really impressive: drones as sky-pixels, making 3D images that are astounding. (just imagine how impressive a 200ft diameter 'flying saucer' would look, made-up from drones. Unfortunately....if you follow the logic in my concern)
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