Drones are becoming a more and more common sight. What was once little more than a cool toy for hobbyists has blossomed into an array of new applications. It’s not uncommon to encounter a drone at a concert or other public gatherings, quietly capturing video to document the event. We find them at weddings, taking photos, and on movie sets catching shots you couldn’t get any other way. As the technology advances and becomes more affordable, we’re likely to see drones being used in all new ways.
They’re already being used to quickly deliver heart defibrillators to the scene of medical emergencies and protect our crops from pest animals. Agricultural use of drones was the inspiration for the movie Hover which imagines a world in which the ubiquity of drones causes dire consequences. Faced with environmental collapse, humanity turns over the tending of our crops to drones — or, more accurately, the corporation which owns and operates the drones — to dystopian results.
Whether drones become a threat to our species in the future remains to be seen, but in the meantime, they continue to move into more and more industries. In a recent issue of the journal Nature, an international team of scientists revealed a collaborative swarm of 3D printing drones which could be the construction crew of the future.
While drones have been slowly filling our skies, 3D printing has likewise been gaining ground among hobbyists and scientists. It was only a matter of time before the two technologies joined forces to create machines which can construct new structures on the fly.
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They’re already being used to quickly deliver heart defibrillators to the scene of medical emergencies and protect our crops from pest animals. Agricultural use of drones was the inspiration for the movie Hover which imagines a world in which the ubiquity of drones causes dire consequences. Faced with environmental collapse, humanity turns over the tending of our crops to drones — or, more accurately, the corporation which owns and operates the drones — to dystopian results.
Whether drones become a threat to our species in the future remains to be seen, but in the meantime, they continue to move into more and more industries. In a recent issue of the journal Nature, an international team of scientists revealed a collaborative swarm of 3D printing drones which could be the construction crew of the future.
While drones have been slowly filling our skies, 3D printing has likewise been gaining ground among hobbyists and scientists. It was only a matter of time before the two technologies joined forces to create machines which can construct new structures on the fly.
Continue reading: https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/future-houses-could-be-built-by-3d-printing-drones
