The (flying) drones, or otherwise UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicle), became internationally known as an American invention, at the beginning of the NATO invasion of Afghanistan. Against lightly armed insurgents: a …
Flying old bangers
The technology of flying, autonomous, electric vehicles is ready or almost ready. And here, as in many other sectors, Chinese capitalism has the lead: after years of testing, Chinese-made “flying …
Swarms…
Many species have group behaviors without “leaders”. This “anti-authoritarian” behavior has for years attracted the attention of developers in the fields of artificial intelligence and “machine learning”. And their efforts …
Counting beans
How many people make a “crowd”? Ten? Fifty? A hundred? Based on experience, we may be able to distinguish a crowd from a group of friends, but if no auxiliary …
Turbo
Soul flyers are a team of reckless air acrobats -whatever “acrobatics” may mean in this case, from skydiving to… Vince Reffet is a member of the team. He was “booked” …
Absolute evil; and the state as absolute good
The above image depicts the favorite incident of those who predict the danger posed by the 21st-century technological developments: a rather microscopic drone puts a bullet in a head… Who …
Shanghai 2020
Drones. In Shanghai. The New Year’s spectacle (“New Year’s Eve” with the western calendar – not chinese…) was cute. With one difference: these hundreds of drones that make these flawless …
Flying clunkers
Totally electric passenger cars have also arrived in Greece, although charging infrastructure is still limited. (In Bulgaria, proportionally, there are noticeably more charging points). It’s a matter of time – …
Caution!
If you see a vehicle like the one in the photos, do not cross yourselves. It is the new robotic truck of the swedish Scania, which has no driver (it …
Collaboration above all…
The announcement itself is undeniably dystopian. Last November, the American DARPA (who else?) announced that it had successfully conducted a live-fire exercise of collaborative robotic weapons—airborne, ground and maritime—without real-time …
Step on it!
All right, we’ve grasped the plan: the future belongs to flying cars that will shatter every norm of urban planning, sever all ties with the glorious asphalt boulevards and urgently …
Monitoring details
It’s not just “facial recognition” from a distance that captures the interest of law enforcement mechanisms (and perhaps others). With the title “Eyes in the sky: real-time surveillance system via …
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