In this round of 'Real life or Black Mirror episode', drones that hunt down humans by listening to their screams Plus: UAVs that can smell your poop – both for benign purposes, mind Edge + IoT09 Jun 2021 | 29
Three thousand sea birds abandon nests amid nature reserve drone crash hullabaloo Breeding season takes a tern for the worse Offbeat07 Jun 2021 | 28
That AI scanning your X-ray for signs of COVID-19 may just be looking at your age In brief Plus: DARPA wants to spend $1m on AI research studying information warfare AI + ML07 Jun 2021 | 7
Flying dildo poses a slap in the face for serious political debate 'Is that a dong on a drone?' Bootnotes04 Jun 2021 | 48
Tools down: Singapore’s training bots and drones to digitize construction work Research agency and housing board sign a deal as COVID-19 makes manpower and materials scarce Science30 Mar 2021 | 3
Boeing successfully flies unmanned autonomous military 'wingman' aircraft that may become pilot's buddy First test flight saw drone take off, follow orders, land by AI control AI + ML04 Mar 2021 | 46
Dangerous flying car drone zoomed into UK's Gatwick Airport airspace after killswitch failed Goodwood Festival of Speed took a nasty turn in 2019, finds AAIB Edge + IoT19 Feb 2021 | 107
Drone smashes through helicopter's windscreen and injures passenger Two feet sideways and it could have been the pilot: report Edge + IoT26 Jan 2021 | 56
Police drone plunged 70ft into pond after operator mashed pop-up that was actually the emergency cut-out button Updated Another unfortunate UAV episode for Sussex cops Edge + IoT19 Jan 2021 | 122
Hollywood drone pilot admits he crashed gizmo into cop chopper, triggering emergency landing Idiot faces up to a year in the cooler after FBI tracks him down from SD card found in prang wreckage Science16 Jan 2021 | 129
Intel accused by distributor of breaking promises, shipping subpar enterprise-friendly Falcon 8+ drones Tech slinger upset it can't unload $560,000 worth of flying Chipzilla gizmos Science04 Jan 2021 | 6
Sony launches ‘Airpeak’ drone division Hints at fun to come in 2021, for photographers and industry alike Science10 Nov 2020 | 10
Please, tell us more about how just 60 hydrogen-powered 5G drones could make 400,000 UK base stations redundant Gartner's finest – a former vulture – draws clouds over eyebrow-raising connectivity plan Networks04 Nov 2020 | 62
Brit startup would like to beam 5G connectivity down at you from hydrogen-fuelled drones And Deutsche Telekom's happy with this airborne base station plan Security27 Oct 2020 | 11
Boeing puts Loyal Wingman robot fighter jet through its paces... on the ground Rise of the Machines I feel the need, the need for 16mph taxiing in safety Science22 Oct 2020 | 45
Beware, drone fliers, of Scotland's black-headed gulls. For they will tear your craft from Mother Nature's skies Innocent survey UAS brutally smashed into roof by Stranraer seabird Security12 Oct 2020 | 38
British Army develops AI shotgun drone with machine vision for indoor use Rise of the Machines 2020 just gets better and better Bootnotes29 Sep 2020 | 89
Airbus drone broke up in-flight because it couldn’t handle Australian weather ‘Zephyr’ is designed to either beam down data or spy for weeks, but lasted about 90 minutes Science29 Sep 2020 | 67
We want weaponised urban drones flying through your house, says UK defence ministry as it waves a fistful of banknotes £150k up for grabs if you can help create the dystopian future of warfare Edge + IoT16 Sep 2020 | 62
Drone firm DJI promises 'local data mode' to fend off US government's mooted ban Protectionist public policy prompts fresh focus on infosec fears Edge + IoT10 Sep 2020 | 20
Sounds like the black helicopters have come for us. Oh, just another swarm of FAA-approved Amazon delivery drones Imagine everyone placing 30-minute orders for stuff all day. In fact, let's turn to those who have lived under it Science01 Sep 2020 | 63
You there. Person, corp, state. Doesn't matter. You better not shoot down or hack a drone. That's our job – US govt DoJ, FAA, FCC, Homeland Security warning highlights legal mess Science19 Aug 2020 | 33
Eagle-on-EGLE* violence: American icon sends govt-flown drone hurtling into the waters of Lake Michigan *Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy Bootnotes14 Aug 2020 | 34
Uncle Sam says it's perfecting autonomous AI-powered drone, vehicle swarms to 'dominate' battlefields Don't panic... still in the testing phase AI + ML11 Aug 2020 | 69
Oh deer! Scotland needs some tech smarts to help monitor its rampant herbivore populations Drones and satellite imagery probably better than sending out four helicopters at a time – or counting poop Science17 Jul 2020 | 41
Couple wrongly arrested over Gatwick Airport drone debacle score £200k payout from cops Add that to the £790k wasted on Xmas 2018 shutdown investigation Edge + IoT15 Jun 2020 | 66
Vietnam bans drone flights near all government buildings, borders and factories Even the Fatherland Front Central Committee is a no-fly zone Science15 Jun 2020 | 1
As Uncle Sam flies spy drones over protest-packed cities, Homeland Security asks the public if that's a good idea Because nothing says freedom like a Predator circling overhead Security11 Jun 2020 | 70
Unmanned drones to slash NHS delivery times to one-fifth of road 'n' rail transport Scottish trial will courier PPE and COVID-19 tests to remote hospital Security26 May 2020 | 31
Runaway Latvian drone found meditating in tree after shutting down nation's skies It crashed the same day it went missing despite 3-day closedown and hunt Edge + IoT22 May 2020 | 37
Railway cables overpowered errant drone's compass and flung it back to terra firma 25kV + lots of wiggly amps = big local magnetic field Edge + IoT21 May 2020 | 68
Latvian drone wrests control from human overlords and shuts down entire nation's skies Please phone us if you see our missing 26kg aircraft, say authorities Edge + IoT04 May 2020 | 48
Police drone fliers' wings clipped to prevent them bumping into real aircraft The Civil Aviation Authority giveth the CAA and taketh away Edge + IoT20 Apr 2020 | 19
Sunday: Australia is shocked UK would consider tracking mobile data to beat pandemic. Monday: Australia to deploy drone intimidation squads Updated Bloody poms are full of great ideas Science31 Mar 2020 | 41
Delivery drones: Where are they when we really need them? Amazon promised. Google trialled. UPS got a licence. But only 1% of retailers are interested because they're still mostly rubbish Science30 Mar 2020 | 77
Drones intone 'you must stay home,' eliciting moans from those in the zone: Flying gizmos corral Brits amid coronavirus lockdown Big Brother refitted for Big Hover Science28 Mar 2020 | 86
Drones must be constantly connected to the internet to give Feds real-time location data – new US govt proposal 'Does it have its own satellite dish, sir?' 'You can tell your son it has its own satellite' Edge + IoT02 Mar 2020 | 99
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's a flying solar panel: BAE Systems' satellite alternative makes maiden flight in Oz Spindly thing claimed to stay airborne for a year with 15kg payload Edge + IoT17 Feb 2020 | 76
US government grounds drone fleet (no, not the military ones with Hellfire missiles) over Chinese espionage fears Paranoid stance comes as Interior Department website falls over Science30 Jan 2020 | 22
Metasploit for drones? Best of luck with that, muses veteran tinkerer Black Hat Europe Been down this path and it ain't that easy, says man who knows Security09 Dec 2019 | 10
Let's learn from drone cockups: Confidential reports service opens up to unmanned fliers +Comment Manned aviation spreads its wings over growing young industry Personal Tech29 Nov 2019 | 8
You're drinking morning coffee in 2019. These eggheads are in 2119 landing drones on their arms like robo-falconers With the help of what looks like vibrating dinner plates Science27 Nov 2019 | 26
Questions hang over Gatwick Airport after low level drone near-miss report Whither the £4m drone detection system? Police? Security? Bueller? Science20 Nov 2019 | 130
'Peregrine falcon'-style drone swarms could help defend UK against Gatwick copycat attacks MoD offshoot names winners who dipped into £2m anti-drone ideas pot o' gold Security05 Nov 2019 | 63
The UK's Civil Aviation Authority asked drone orgs to email fliers' data in an Excel spreadsheet Plus: Solution to 250g drone weight limit is 249g drone Science31 Oct 2019 | 58
Criminalise British drone fliers, snarl MPs amid crackdown demands Geoblocking, weaponisation and more in Parliamentary committee's sights Edge + IoT11 Oct 2019 | 145
Spin doctors: UPS gets permission to expand drone delivery fleet in the US Close the window and put back the fishing net, it's only for hospitals right now Science01 Oct 2019 | 20
Chinese sleazeball's 17-year game of hide-and-seek ends after drone finds him on mountain Back to jail for people trafficker Edge + IoT01 Oct 2019 | 33
Sussex Police gives up on £790k Gatwick drone shutdown probe No new arrests, no idea what happened Edge + IoT27 Sep 2019 | 37
Those furious gun-toting Aussies were just a glitch. Let's try US drone deliveries, says Wing Updated Prepare for aerial droppings, Virginians Edge + IoT20 Sep 2019 | 73
Eco-activists arrested by Brit cops after threatening to close Heathrow with drones Five nabbed over conspiracy to commit a public nuisance Security12 Sep 2019 | 137
Uncle Sam is asking Americans if they could refrain from slapping guns on their drones Right to bear arms doesn't cover armed UAVs Legal23 Aug 2019 | 110
Police costs for Gatwick drone fiasco double to nearly £900k – and still no one's been charged Omnishambles just keeps on rolling and you're paying for it Security16 Aug 2019 | 115
The sea is dangerous and no one likes robots, so why not send a drone on rescue missions? UK.gov offers £990k for pilotless pilot Security05 Aug 2019 | 21
You'll never guess what US mad lads Throwflame have strapped to a drone (clue: it does exactly what it says on the tin) America. Fsck yeah Edge + IoT19 Jul 2019 | 57
Well I'm looking to AI to save me, looking 'cos it's my design: Could you make my drone learn to fly hybrid? Pssst. You don't need to manually code it, neural networks will do it for you AI + ML17 Jul 2019 | 2
Drone fliers are either 'clueless, careless or criminal' says air traffic gros fromage He's only in charge of fitting them into UK airspace Edge + IoT27 Jun 2019 | 79
*Spits out coffee* £4m for a database of drone fliers, UK.gov? Defra did game shooters for £300k Comment And guess who picks up the bill Edge + IoT19 Jun 2019 | 109
Japan drops banhammer on drunk-droning for the sake of public safety Have you appointed your designated droner? Science13 Jun 2019 | 14
Now Chinese-made drones rubbing US govt up the Huawei: 'Strong concerns' DJI kit threat to national security Memo warns of regime having access to American data – remind you of anything? Edge + IoT21 May 2019 | 65
MoD plonks down £2m on table in exchange for anti-drone tech ideas Slingshots? Hawks? Anything that will stop airports grounding planes during holibobs, really Edge + IoT09 Apr 2019 | 67
In the West, we're worried about shooting down drones. In Russia, drones shoot you Video Watch a flying shotgun blast capitalist scum balloon, socialist devil model airplane Bootnotes30 Mar 2019 | 75