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For the future of self-driving technology, look to … bats?

December 1, 2017Science

Scientists still aren’t sure how bats avoid colliding with one another in swarms. Solving the mysteries of their “biological sonar” could give us clues for our own technology.

High-technology drones and surveillance: How the US tracks terrorists

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