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Sci-Tech

CeBIT: drones, robots, self-driving buses and smart homes

There is something in the air at the world's biggest computer fair in the German city of Hanover CeBIT

22/03/2017

China

Watch: Siberian tigers take on a drone in China

A pack of Siberian tigers in an enclosure in northeast China have engaged in a game of chase with a drone.

23/02/2017

France

Where Eagles Dare: France trains birds to bring down drones

The French Air Force is training baby eagles to bring down remote-controlled drones that have strayed into restricted airspace.

16/02/2017

Next Series

Europe's drone challenge: addressing the threat to scheduled air traffic

Integrating drones into airspace: what is being done to prevent drones straying dangerously close to passenger flights?

08/02/2017

USA

US pay drone strike victim's family

The US government has paid over €1 million to the family of a 37 year-old Italian aid worker who was killed by a US drone attack whilst being held hostage in…

17/09/2016

World News

'Claw drone' mimics bird of prey

A “clawed” drone that can perch like a bird and pick up objects is the latest addition to the crowded market for unmanned aerial vehicles.

13/09/2016

Sci-Tech

Farmers use drones to fight drought

In drought-stricken California, every drop counts.

12/09/2016

Sci-Tech

Rescue drones a new generation of lifeguards

Not quite Pamela Anderson in a red swimsuit, but a new generation of life saver.

31/08/2016

Afghanistan

Afghan-Pakistan ISIL leader killed in US drone strike

ISIL’s leader in Afghanistan and Pakistan has been killed in a US drone strike.

12/08/2016

Business Planet

Here come the drones

Learn more about the enormous market potential of civilian jobs.

10/08/2016

Sci-Tech

Drones all the rage at CES Asia in Shanghai

Fast-growing markets such as robotics, virtual reality and especially drones were the main focus at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show Asia in

17/05/2016

World News

Drones detect illegal drink in Lithuania

The country is the largest consumer of alcohol in the EU

28/04/2016

Business Series

Japan: land of the rising drone - but only for golfers

The world's first commercial drone delivery service is being launched in Japan by the e-commerce giant Rakuten, but it is limited to delivering only to players on one golf course near Tokyo.

25/04/2016

United Kingdom

Drone hits plane landing at Heathrow

It had to happen, and now it has. After several near-misses and warnings from pilots and plane companies, a drone has hit a passenger jet trying to

18/04/2016

France

Air France plane narrowly avoids collision with drone

04/03/2016

World News

Dutch police train eagles to pluck amateur drones from the sky

Dutch police are training eagles to remove drones they say pose a threat to public safety. Sjoerd Hoogendoorn of “Guard from Above,” the company

02/02/2016

Netherlands

[watch] Dutch police train birds of prey to target ill-eagle drones

02/02/2016

Economy

Amazon unveils delivery drone

Amazon has unveiled its prototype delivery drone. Amazon announces Amazon Prime Air with an ad featuring its delivery drone prototype

30/11/2015

My Europe Series

Drones - for better or for worse?

The most hotly debated 21st century weapons – drones – have been an important means of fighting an adversary at no risk to the virtual pilots. But

15/10/2015

USA

Police foil drone plot to smuggle contraband into US prisons

Officials in the US state of Maryland said on Monday (August 24) they foiled a plot to use a drone to sneak contraband items into maximum-security

25/08/2015