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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

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


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Today on 51¶¯Âþ

1 July 2013

All the latest on newscientist.com: Gaia's comeback, citizen science, throttling HIV, megaquakes make volcanoes sink, and more


Printed drones to hunt down drug-running boats

Printed drones to hunt down drug-running boats

1 July 2013

A 3D-printed UAV called 2Seas is designed to fly lengthy surveillance missions for coastguards in the UK, the Netherlands, Belgium and France


Wood is key ingredient in cheap rechargeable battery

Wood is key ingredient in cheap rechargeable battery

21 June 2013

Sodium-based batteries containing wood could be the ideal replacement for lithium-based rechargeables, which are expensive to use on a large scale


Steered by thoughts, drone flies through hoops

Steered by thoughts, drone flies through hoops

4 June 2013

Look, no hands... A pilot has used thoughts alone to guide a remote-controlled drone around an aerial obstacle course


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23 May 2013

All the latest stories on newscientist.com, including: how genes shape food preferences, first interview with a dead man, space brain threat, and more


Swarm of drones to give early warning of flash floods

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


Why we need to stop military killer robots now

Why we need to stop military killer robots now

15 May 2013

Artificial intelligence expert Mark Bishop says a ban on weapons that can deploy and destroy without human intervention is vital


Parcels find their way to you via the crowd

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


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