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Parachuting Quadcopter Shoots Off Its Own Propellers to Take Out Other Drones
The same qualities that make drones fantastic tools for capturing amazing aerial footage can also make them a genuine threat that’s difficult to intercept when misused. But a clever new design for an anti-drone countermeasure uses a second drone that sacrifices itself mid-flight to disable its target.
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It’s Not a Bird, or a Plane, It’s the Colonel With a Drone
Can chickens fly? On Friday, Wing and KFC revealed that yes, they can fly, at least with the help of drones in southeast Queensland.
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Aussie Ravens Have Had Enough of Alphabet’s Delivery Drones
Alphabet’s drone delivery company Wing has been forced to halt aerial deliveries in Canberra due to attacks from local ravens.
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Russian Engineers Supersized a Dragonfly With This Over-the-Top Flapping Wing Plane
If even the tiniest bit of turbulence during a flight has you reaching for the barf bag, then you’ll never want to climb aboard this Russian contraption that uses flapping wings to take flight. But it demonstrates that Mother Nature’s designs can be supersized to one day revolutionise air travel.