Passenger plane flies 800 kilometres without a pilot
10 May 2013
A plane has flown an 800-kilometre round trip in civilian airspace, controlled entirely from the ground, as the on-board pilot took it easy
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Stealth drugs: Panacea pills make targeted kills
24 April 2013
A new generation of drugs promises diagnosis, monitoring, stealth, precision and cure – all in one package
Drone-wrecking laser gun to sail on US warship
12 April 2013
Combat lasers that blow up hostile craft and are cheap to fire will soon be deployed at sea, but issues such as the risk of friendly fire remain unsolved
Virtual traveller: Beam a live, 3D you into the world
10 April 2013
Thanks to a virtual reality and telepresence mashup, you no longer have to travel the globe to visit friends or wander around ancient ruins
Clawed drone grabs prey on the fly just like an eagle
13 March 2013
Drones with arms and legs will be able to help out with tasks like bridge repair, pruning trees and using hand tools
First mind-reading implant gives rats telepathic power
28 February 2013
Brain implants have allowed rats to share information with each other through thought alone
Backlash against civilian drones begins
27 February 2013
Hide from them, shoot them down or just have them banned? Privacy fears are sparking widespread rejection of civilian drones by the US public
Armband adds a twitch to gesture control
25 February 2013
The Myo band turns electrical activity in the muscles of a user's forearm into gestures for controlling computers and other devices
The computer that never crashes
13 February 2013
A revolutionary new computer based on the apparent chaos of nature can reprogram itself if it finds a fault
Moth navigation probed to improve micro-drone flight
18 January 2013
Flying through a virtual forest, hawkmoths tailor their navigation according to visibility conditions
