3D-printing earthquake-proof towns, brick by brick
27 October 2015
We can build structures that resettle after quakes, and self-cooling homes – the trick is to 3D print custom building blocks, not whole buildings
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Mandatory drone registration in US will help tame rogue flyers
20 October 2015
Hobby drone owners will soon have to register on a US government database amid safety worries. It's a step in the right direction, says Justin Peters
Earthquake artificial intelligence knows where damage is worst
30 September 2015
Algorithms can use seismic data and structural knowledge of buildings to judge which parts of a city will be most at risk and prioritise rescue efforts
New Urbanist: Why your windowsill will need its own address
29 September 2015
As we begin to share our cities with autonomous machines, street names and house numbers could soon be a thing of the past
Painting bot follows your eyes to create art
25 September 2015
Robots that can interpret human gaze offer the chance to extend control outside our bodies
Can Europe's arts festivals illuminate our crisis-ridden world?
23 September 2015
Climate change and technological dystopia were centre stage at three recent festivals in Norway and Austria, but the artworks struggled to rise to the challenge
One Per Cent
16 September 2015
Control a drone swarm, AI takes school tests and robo-reporter files its first story
Watch 50 drones controlled at once in a record-breaking swarm
15 September 2015
A team at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California, has succeeded in launching 50 drones that were all piloted by a single person
Autumn's science books weigh up humanity's future options
9 September 2015
Are we fighting and tinkering our way to destruction – or finding solutions to every problem? We take the temperature of the new season's smart thinking
Armchair fossil hunters use drone photos to find ancient bones
8 September 2015
A citizen science project is seeking volunteers to scour photos of Kenyan rocks in a bid to reconstruct past landscapes and environments
