Coming soon: Oil spill-mapping swarms of flying drones
Thousands of ants converge to follow the most direct path from their colony to their food and back. A swarm of inexpensive, unmanned drones quickly map an offshore oil spill.
Thousands of ants converge to follow the most direct path from their colony to their food and back. A swarm of inexpensive, unmanned drones quickly map an offshore oil spill.
Engineering
Feb 27, 2017
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The buzzword in drone research is autonomous—having the unmanned aerial vehicle do most or all of its own flying.
Engineering
Feb 23, 2017
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Crop breeders grow thousands of potential varieties at a time; until now, observations of key traits were made by hand. In a new study, unmanned aerial vehicles, or drones, were used successfully to remotely evaluate and ...
Ecology
Feb 20, 2017
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Forget delivering packages or taking aerial photographs—drones can even count small birds! A new study from The Auk: Ornithological Advances tests this new approach to wildlife monitoring and concludes that despite some ...
Ecology
Feb 15, 2017
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Marine researchers have made sure that their research drones aren't disturbing their research subjects, shows a report in Frontiers in Marine Science. And they're hoping that others will follow their example to help protect ...
Ecology
Feb 13, 2017
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Answers about shark populations could come from the skies, new research finds.
Ecology
Jan 25, 2017
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Dr. Anthony Cummings sat down with leaders of an indigenous community in Guyana last summer to share an unconventional idea to help them conserve the land their people have lived on for thousands of years.
Ecology
Jan 18, 2017
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You may have gasped with disbelief the first time you saw a photograph of a drone home-delivering a box from Amazon or cakes from a bakery or carrying a bag of crisps. Until recently, this was the stuff of science fiction. ...
Engineering
Jan 12, 2017
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Google parent company Alphabet confirmed that it is opting for balloons instead of drones in its quest to deliver internet service from the sky.
Internet
Jan 12, 2017
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The very first unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to perform a perched landing using machine learning algorithms has been developed in partnership with the University of Bristol and BMT Defence Services (BMT). The revolutionary ...
Engineering
Jan 11, 2017
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