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

2 February 2016

Netherlands

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

2 February 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 November 2015

Europe

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 October 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

24 August 2015

USA

Drone: the FAA investigates viral video of gun-firing device

An investigation is underway in the US after a video appearing to show a home-made drone firing a handgun went viral online. VIDEO: Footage of

22 July 2015

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Portuguese researchers discover the secret of Mind Control

Mind control is the stuff of pure science fiction, but today reading data from your brain has never been more accurate, and that opens the way to

20 April 2015

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Do you know: how will drones change the world?

20 April 2015

Europe

Drones: what are the rules?

This week on utalk, Angélique from Paris asks: “The subject of drones is coming up more frequently in the news. So what is the situation and what

6 March 2015

Europe News

EU officials set sights on new drone directive

EU officials want to set up a legal framework to govern the use of drones, amid safety and security concerns. The European Commission is collecting

2 March 2015

Turkey

Drone does the shopping in Ankara

24 February 2015

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Rise of the machines

15 September 2014

Pakistan

Drone strikes: Pakistani officials were aware of civilian victims

24 July 2013