Medicine & TechnologyThe United States Department of Defense (DOD) has recently approved five manufacturers to sell small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (sUAS) to the US Government - it's military and associated federal agencies - as a culmination of an 18-month effort.
Engineers have successfully developed four-winged bird-like drones inspired by the agility of hummingbirds and insects. They were able to do this by reverse engineering the aerodynamics and biomechanics of the two creatures.
According to the study of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), drones can reduce costs in using nuclear techniques in suppressing the disease-carrying mosquitoes.
Animal Dynamics company has designed a drone that flies like a dragonfly. the Skeeter dragonfly drone could fight wars and might potentially save lives.
The Aerius drones are the world's smallest high-tech drones developed by Axis Drones which has the size of not even tall as a coin. And because its tiny, it can even be docked inside its remote controller.