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11 October 2013
All the latest on newscientist.com: theories of everything – what good are they? the future of 3D printing, life with a purpose, here be dragons and more
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Found 451 results for drones
Animals tracked with tiny tags summon their own drones
9 October 2013
Keeping tabs on threatened species just got easier, thanks to sensor-laden, networked tracking tags, and automated drones that fly out to gather the data
Matchstick-sized sensor can record your private chats
25 September 2013
A sensor previously used for military operations can now be tuned to secretly locate and record any single conversation on a busy street
Underwater robot gliders are the eyes of the storm
18 September 2013
Ocean-going robots off the east coast of the US promise to predict the magnitude of hurricanes with unprecedented accuracy
Safety in numbers
11 September 2013
The bureaucracy of naming objects in space, virtual zombies, the wider benefits of vaccines, and more
Forget roads – drones are the future of goods transport
4 September 2013
In rural parts of the world, building a reliable road infrastructure seems nigh on impossible. Andreas Raptopoulos has another idea: vast networks of drones
Today on 51¶¯Âþ
22 August 2013
All the latest on newscientist.com: six health myths to ignore, fresh interstellar travel plans, mind-altering drug helps heroin addiction, and more
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
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
Today on 51¶¯Âþ
5 July 2013
All the latest on newscientist.com: the end of colour blindness, black hole blitzars, killer quantum apps, hipster toad, drone strikes on the farm, and more
