France’s Supreme Administrative Court has backed data protection campaigners by banning the use of police drones to monitor public demonstrations in Paris.
The goal is to overload the enemy and destroy it without logistical difficulties.
The U.S. Department of Commerce has blacklisted the world’s largest drone manufacturer, DJI, for espionage and human rights abuses. Nevertheless, the company’s products will continue to be available in the United States.
Unmanned aerial vehicles cannot be flown at night, take off over people, and someone must always keep an eye on their movements – strict rules prevent buzzing structures or their careless owners from harming people, objects or other aircraft.
Researchers at the Department of Biological Physics at Eötvös Loránd University have discovered how flocks of birds can overcome the theoretical difficulties of moving in a group and can now coordinate the fast-reacting, yet harmonious co-movement of more drones than ever before with a solution from nature.
The five, so far only smaller, autonomous flying structures have made a few laps in Australia, sharing essential information as a swarm of bees thanks to artificial intelligence.