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Untrained bystanders can administer drone-delivered naloxone, potentially saving lives of opioid overdose victims
Drone deliveries would be particularly effective in places where emergency responders can’t respond quickly. Vincent Walter/Purdue University, CC…
February 6, 2024
Drone-zapping laser weapons now effective (and cheap) reality
Dragonfire laser system test firing. UK Ministry of Defence/wikipedia, CC BY-SA Gianluca Sarri, Queen’s University Belfast A single…
February 5, 2024
Drone seeding and E-seeds sound exciting, but ecosystem restoration needs practical solutions
Simone Pedrini, Author provided Simone Pedrini, Curtin University; Jorge Castro Gutiérrez, Universidad de Granada, and Kingsley Dixon, Curtin…
May 19, 2023
How shoring up drones with artificial intelligence helps surf lifesavers spot sharks at the beach
A close encounter between a white shark and a surfer. Author provided, Author provided Cormac Purcell, UNSW Sydney…
November 10, 2022
We can use drones to get inside and learn more about active, gassy volcanoes
An overhead shot of a volcano crater in east Java, Indonesia. (Shutterstock) Fiona D’Arcy, McGill University Volcanic eruptions…
October 6, 2022
Drones and DNA tracking: we show how these high-tech tools are helping nature heal
Gontran Isnard/Unsplash, CC BY Jake M Robinson, Flinders University; Jakki Mohr, The University of Montana; Martin Breed, Flinders…
July 15, 2022
Engineering a New Kind of Helicopter Wing
YouTuber Tom Stanton makes use of his engineering knowhow (and a couple of other crucial computer skills, like…
November 27, 2021
How to Make a Drone That Can Fly on Mars
This time, YouTube creator Derek Muller, from the YouTube channel Veritasium, gives his viewers a unique view into…
August 22, 2021
Ingenuity Takes Flight
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, U.S.A. (NASA) made history as Ingenuity, the small robotic helicopter aboard their…
April 20, 2021