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Mar 22, 2024

This startup wants to fight growing global dengue outbreaks with drones

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, drones, food

“The challenge is getting into those hidden places,” says Machado. “It’s rare that Aedes aegypti breeding areas are found out in the open, like on a sidewalk, because when people see them, they destroy them. But with drones, we can get into areas we just can’t otherwise.”

Birdview has carried out studies with several partners since 2021, including the United Nations, the University of São Paulo (USP), and the state-owned Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa), to better understand the effectiveness of releasing the disease-fighting mosquitoes with drones. First they looked at how the mechanism of the drone and outside conditions, like wind turbulence, affected the survival rate of the mosquitoes and their ability to fly.

The results were positive, so they moved on to flight-and-release tests in the Brazilian states of Pernambuco and Paraná, as well as Florida, where they’ve been working with the Lee County Mosquito Control District to see how far the mosquitoes spread upon release. They used the “mark, release and recapture” method, which involves sterile male mosquitoes being marked with a certain color before being released and later recaptured with traps so the team could see how far they had flown. They also set traps where eggs could be laid and monitored.

Mar 21, 2024

Flying drone can roll on the ground to save energy over long distances

Posted by in categories: drones, robotics/AI

Researchers claim to have combined the benefits of rolling robots with those of flying drones by creating a device that rotates along the ground but hops over obstacles.

By Matthew Sparkes

Mar 13, 2024

Tesla Lithium Refinery construction making progress

Posted by in category: drones

Tesla is making construction progress on its upcoming lithium refinery in Texas, as shown in photos taken by one drone pilot this week.

Longtime Tesla construction observer Joe Tegtmeyer shared photos of Tesla’s forthcoming lithium plant near Corpus Christi, Texas, on Monday. The photos, as posted on X, show the foundations of what will eventually be Production Line 1, with other superstructure work and the beginnings of construction on Production Line 2, as Tegtmeyer explains.

Construction on the lithium plant was well underway by August, though Tegtmeyer’s latest photos show that the site has come a long way since then. He also points out that a new electrical substation has appeared at the site, while the installation of Rotating Kiln and Cooler Set 1 equipment has mostly been completed.

Mar 13, 2024

More than 500 drones light up the sky at SXSW

Posted by in categories: drones, robotics/AI

The show on Tuesday night was an abstract light show partially designed with AI.

Mar 12, 2024

Russian Fiber Optic Drone Can Beat Any Jammer

Posted by in category: drones

Lt solution for ht problem.


The Ukrainians recently captured a Russian drone which communicates via a fiber-optic link, making it jam-proof. This looks like a big headache and not just for Ukraine.

Mar 11, 2024

SXSW introduces military technology event

Posted by in categories: drones, military, robotics/AI

The event showcased Artificial Intelligence, drones and other forms of innovative technology aimed at boosting the U.S. Military’s defenses.

Mar 10, 2024

Startup Says Its Coin-Sized Nuclear Battery Could Fly Drones “Continuously”

Posted by in categories: drones, nuclear energy

Imagine never having to change a battery in a device ever again — or, in fact, a battery that could outlive you.

That’s what Betavolt, a Chinese tech company, is claiming with its newly unveiled miniature nuclear battery that it says can keep working for up to 50 years.

The Beijing-based company claims to have entered the “pilot stage” for the battery, which is smaller than a coin and will soon put it into mass production.

Mar 9, 2024

‘Guardian of drone’: Chinese scientists create new invisibility cloak

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Researchers in China create a cloak that maintains invisibility in dynamic conditions by neutralizing outside inputs, the ‘guardian of drone’

Mar 9, 2024

Designing a drone that uses adaptive invisibility: Towards autonomous sea-land-air cloaks

Posted by in categories: drones, information science, robotics/AI

The idea of objects seamlessly disappearing, not just in controlled laboratory environments but also in real-world scenarios, has long captured the popular imagination. This concept epitomizes the trajectory of human civilization, from primitive camouflage techniques to the sophisticated metamaterial-based cloaks of today.

Recently, this goal was further highlighted in Science, as one of the “125 questions: exploration and discovery.” Researchers from Zhejiang University have made strides in this direction by demonstrating an intelligent aero amphibious invisibility cloak. This cloak can maintain invisibility amidst dynamic environments, neutralizing external stimuli.

Despite decades of research and the emergence of numerous invisibility cloak prototypes, achieving an aero amphibious cloak capable of manipulating electromagnetic scattering in against ever-changing landscapes remains a formidable challenge. The hurdles are multifaceted, ranging from the need for complex-amplitude tunable metasurfaces to the absence of intelligent algorithms capable of addressing inherent issues such as non-uniqueness and incomplete inputs.

Mar 9, 2024

AI drone that could hunt and kill people built in just hours by scientist ‘for a game’

Posted by in categories: drones, robotics/AI

The scientist who configured a small drone to target people with facial recognition and chase them at full speed warns we have no defenses against such weapons.

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