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If one of the motors conks out on a quadcopter drone, the aircraft usually just crashes. Thanks to new research, however, such disabled drones could soon not only remain airborne, but even complete their trip.Continue ReadingCategory: Drones, Technolog… Continue reading Onboard cameras allow disabled quadcopters to fly on three motors
As a species, sharks pre-date even the earliest dinosaurs, so it’s not surprising to hear that they’ve changed a bit over the years. It was recently discovered, for instance, that they were once able to rotate the two sides of their jaw outwards, helpi… Continue reading Study suggests ancient sharks fed with a split, rotating lower jaw
Most autonomous drones are capable of taking off and landing and flying in straight lines, but scientists at the University of Zurich have developed a new navigation algorithm that enables unmanned quadcopters to pull off some impressive acrobatics, a … Continue reading AI algorithm enables autonomous drones to do barrel rolls and flips
Likely measuring more than 5 meters (16 ft) in length, Titanichthys was a giant armored fish that swam the oceans 380 million years ago. It may sound intimidating, but new research suggests that it fed in a manner much like that of today’s harmless bas… Continue reading Giant armored prehistoric fish may have fed on plankton
Obstacle avoidance is a crucial piece of technology for drones, but commercially-available systems just aren’t fast enough for some situations. Now, engineers at the University of Zurich have developed a new system that gives drones such fast reflexes … Continue reading Drone plays dodgeball to demo fast new obstacle detection system
Researchers in Europe and the UK have managed to connect biological and artificial neurons together – and allow them to communicate long distances through the internet. The biological neurons were grown in one country, sent signals through an artificia… Continue reading Biological and artificial neurons connect and communicate online
Our solar system has several “belts” of rocky planetesimals that are essentially the crumbs left over from the formation of the planets and moons. But new research suggests some of them could actually be alien, captured during close flybys wi… Continue reading Close encounter with alien star could explain ’Oumuamua, debunk Planet Nine
25 billion galaxies populated with 2 trillion particles will help calibrate a satellite on the hunt for dark matter. Continue reading Behold, the Largest Simulated Universe Ever Made