In a world first, Japanese researchers flew a lightning-proof drone in a thunderstorm, using it to induce and direct natural ...

DEADLY lightning could soon be a worry of the past thanks to a new power-hungry drone that may generate free electricity in ...

About 1.4 billion lightning strikes occur around the world each year — if we could harness them, it would meet roughly 1.5 ...

Developed by The Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT), these drones have successfully induced and guided ...

On a stormy day, engineers at Japan’s Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT) launched a small aircraft into the ...

Japanese researchers have successfully triggered and guided lightning using specially made and protected drones, marking a ...

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Japanese tech conglomerate NTT has created a drone that triggers lightning, is then struck by a heavenly bolt it instigated, ...

Strong thunderstorms in Iowa and Nebraska on Thursday night caused several lightning strikes in the area, one of which ...

You're not going to actually have to worry about a gremlin on the wing of the plane or anything like that, but something like a lightning strike is a very realistic and understandable concern.