Autonomous Drones E-Book

Fouad Sabry

• Herausgeber: One Billion Knowledgeable
• Kategorie: Fachliteratur
• Serie: Encyclopedia of Emerging Technologies
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2021

Seitenzahl: 195

Beschreibung

What Is Autonomous Drone

An autonomous drone can conduct a safe flight without the intervention of a pilot. It does so with the help of artificial intelligence, and many other emerging technologies, enabling it to cope with all kinds of unforeseen and unpredictable emergency situations.

How You Will Benefit

- Answering the public top 100 questions about Autonomous Drones with insight, validation, and creativity.
- Real world examples for the usage of drones in 38 industries and 21 corporations.
- Glossary with 187 terms serves as a complete list of essential drone terms for pilots, professionals, and enthusiasts.
- 17 appendices to briefly explain 266 emerging technology in each industry to have 360-degree full understanding of drones’ technologies.

Who This Book Is For

Professionals, undergraduate and graduate students, enthusiasts, hobbyists, and those who want to go beyond basic knowledge or information for any kind of drone.

Leseprobe

Autonomous Drones

Other Books by The Author

1 - Smart Machines: From Vision to Reality

2 - Brain Computer Interface: Can't Beat'em, Join'em

3 - Swarm Intelligence: A Brain of Brains

4 - Autonomous Vehicles: Nah, What’s Wrong with the Horses?

5 – Autonomous Drones: From Fighting War to Forecasting Weather

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One Billion Knowledgeable

Autonomous Drones

From Fighting War to Forecasting Weather

Fouad Sabry

Copyright

Autonomous Vehicles Copyright © 2021 by Fouad Sabry. All Rights Reserved.

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means including information storage and retrieval systems, without permission in writing from the author. The only exception is by a reviewer, who may quote short excerpts in a review.

Cover designed by Fouad Sabry.

This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

Bonus

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Preface

Why did I write this book?

The story of writing this book started on 1989, when I was a student in the Secondary School of Advanced Students.

It is remarkably like the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) Schools, which are now available in many advanced countries.

STEM is a curriculum based on the idea of educating students in four specific disciplines — science, technology, engineering and mathematics — in an interdisciplinary and applied approach. This term is typically used to address an education policy or a curriculum choice in schools. It has implications for workforce development, national security concerns and immigration policy.

There was a weekly class in the library, where each student is free to choose any book and read for 1 hour. The objective of the class is to encourage the students to read subjects other than the educational curriculum.

In the library, while I was looking at the books on the shelves, I noticed huge books, total of 5,000 pages in 5 parts. The books name is “The Encyclopedia of Technology”, which describes everything around us, from absolute zero to semiconductors, almost every technology, at that time, was explained with colorful illustrations and simple words. I started to read the encyclopedia, and of course, I was not able to finish it in the 1-hour weekly class.

So, I convinced my father to buy the encyclopedia. My father bought all the technology tools for me in the beginning of my life, the first computer and the first technology encyclopedia, and both have a great impact on myself and my career.

I have finished the entire encyclopedia in the same summer vacation of this year, and then I started to see how the universe works and to how to apply that knowledge to everyday problems.

My passion to the technology started mor than 30 years ago and still the journey goes on.

This book is part of “The Encyclopedia of Emerging Technologies” which is my attempt to give the readers the same amazing experience I had when I was in high school, but instead of 20th century technologies, I am more interested in the 21st century emerging technologies, applications, and industry solutions.

“The Encyclopedia of Emerging Technologies” will consist of 365 books, each book will be focused on one single emerging technology. You can read the list of emerging technologies and their categorization by industry in the part of “Coming Soon”, at the end of the book.

365 books to give the readers the chance to increase their knowledge on one single emerging technology every day within the course of one year period.

Let us go…

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Introduction

How did I write this book?

In every book of “The Encyclopedia of Emerging Technologies”, I am trying to get instant, raw search insights, direct from the minds of the people, trying to answer their questions about the emerging technology.

There are 3 billion Google searches every day, and 20% of those have never been seen before. They are like a direct line to the people thoughts.

Sometimes that’s ‘How do I remove paper jam’. Other times, it is the wrenching fears and secret hankerings they would only ever dare share with Google.

Figure 1: Google Auto-Complete of "Autonomous Drones"

In my pursuit to discover an untapped goldmine of content ideas about “Autonomous Drones”, I use many tools to listen into autocomplete data from search engines like Google, then quickly cranks out every useful phrase and question, the people are asking around the keyword “Autonomous Drones”.

Figure 2: Illustration 1 of questions related to "Autonomous Drones"

Figure 2: Illustration 1 of questions related to "Autonomous Drones"

Figure 3: Illustration 2 of questions related to "Autonomous Drones"

Figure 3: Illustration 2 of questions related to "Autonomous Drones"

Figure 4: Illustration 3 of questions related to "Autonomous Drones"

Figure 4: Illustration 3 of questions related to "Autonomous Drones"

Figure 5: Illustration 4 of questions related to "Autonomous Drones"

Figure 5: Illustration 4 of questions related to "Autonomous Drones"

It is a goldmine of people insight, I can use to create fresh, ultra-useful content, products and services. The kind people, like you, really want.

People searches are the most important dataset ever collected on the human psyche. Therefore, this book is a live product, and constantly updated by more and more answers for new questions about “Autonomous Drones”, asked by people, just like you and me, wondering about this new emerging technology and would like to know more about it.

The approach for writing this book is to get a deeper level of understanding of how people search around “Autonomous Drones”, revealing questions and queries which I would not necessarily think off the top of my head, and answering these questions in super easy and digestible words, and to navigate the book around in a straightforward way.

So, when it comes to writing this book, I have ensured that it is as optimized and targeted as possible. This book purpose is helping the people to further understand and grow their knowledge about “Autonomous Drones”. I am trying to answer people’s questions as closely as possible and showing a lot more.

It is a fantastic, and beautiful way to explore questions and problems that the peoples have and answer them directly, and add insight, validation, and creativity to the content of the book – even pitches and proposals. The book uncovers rich, less crowded, and sometimes surprising areas of research demand I would not otherwise reach. There is no doubt that, it is expected to increase the knowledge of the potential readers’ minds, after reading the book using this approach.

I have applied a unique approach to make the content of this book always fresh. This approach depends on listening to the people minds, by using the search listening tools. This approach helped me to:

Meet the readers exactly where they are, so I can create relevant content that strikes a chord and drives more understanding to the topic.

Keep my finger firmly on the pulse, so I can get updates when people talk about this emerging technology in new ways, and monitor trends over time.

Uncover hidden treasures of questions need answers about the emerging technology to discover unexpected insights and hidden niches that boost the relevancy of the content and give it a winning edge.

Stop wasting time on gutfeel and guesswork about the content wanted by the readers and fill the book content with what the people need and say goodbye to the endless content ideas based on speculations.

Make solid decisions, and take fewer risks, to get front row seats to what people want to read and want to know — in real time — and use search data to make bold decisions, about which topics to include and which topics to exclude.

Streamline my content production to identify content ideas without manually having to sift through individual opinions to save days and even weeks of time.

It is wonderful to help the people to increase their knowledge in a straightforward way by just answering their questions.

I think the approach of writing of this book is unique as It collates, and tracks the important questions being asked by the readers on search engines.

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Acknowledgments

Writing a book is harder than I thought and more rewarding than I could have ever imagined. None of this would have been possible without the work completed by prestigious researchers, such as Rob Harwood, and I would like to acknowledge their efforts to increase the knowledge of the public about this emerging technology.

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Dedication

To the enlightened, the ones who see things differently, and want the world to be better -- they are not fond of the status quo or the existing state ... You can disagree with them too much, and you can argue with them even more, but you cannot ignore them, and you cannot underestimate them, because they always change things... they push the human race forward, and while some may see them as the crazy ones or amateur, others see genius and innovators, because the ones who are enlightened enough to think that they can change the world, are the ones who do, and lead the people to the enlightenment.

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Epigraph

Drones overall will be more impactful than I think people recognize, in positive ways to help society.

—Bill Gates, Microsoft, Co-Founder

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Table of Contents

Autonomous Drones

Other Books by The Author

Autonomous Drones

Copyright

Bonus

Preface

Introduction

Acknowledgments

Dedication

Epigraph

Table of Contents

Table of Figures

Part 1: The Drones

Question 1: What Is the Autonomy Of Drones?

Question 2: How Drones Solve Problems and Bring Challenges?

Question 3: What Is the True Autonomy?

Question 4: What Are the Capabilities Of Autonomous Drones?

Question 5: What Is Real-Time 3D Mapping for Autonomous Drones?

Question 6: What Is Object Recognition for Autonomous Drones?

Question 7: What Is Motion Prediction for Autonomous Drones?

Question 8: What Is Advanced AI Pilot Assistance for Autonomous Drones?

Question 9: What Is Workflow Automation for Autonomous Drones?

Question 10: What Are the Aerial Solutions Provided By Autonomous Drones?

Question 11: What Is the Difference Between Autonomous And Automatic Drone?

Question 12: What Are the Degrees Of Autonomy Of The Aerospace Industry?

Question 13: What Are the Challenges To Develop Fully Autonomous Drone Technology?

Question 14: What Is the Difference Between the Drones And The UAVs?

Question 15: How Are We Going to Get Autonomous Drones?

Question 16: What Are the Limitations of Drones’ Technology?

Question 17: How to Secure Airspace with Fully Autonomous Drones And Aircraft?

Question 18: What Equipment from The Air Traffic System Should Be Applied to The UAV System?

Question 19: What Is the Role of Simulation In The Drone Technology?

Question 20: What Are the Benefits Of Simulations For The Drone Technology?

Question 21: In Which Ways Drones Will Affect the Society?

Question 22: What Is the Value Of The Emerging Global Market For Drone Services?

Part 2: The Role of Drones In The Industry

Question 23: What Is the Role Of Drones In The Industry?

Question 24: What Is the Role Of Drones In Defense?

Question 25: What Is the Role of Drones In Emergency Response?

Question 26: What Is the Role of Drones in Humanitarian Aid and Disaster Relief?

Question 27: What Is the Role of Drones in Conservation?

Question 28: What Is the Role of Drones in Disease Control?

Question 29: What Is the Role of Drones in Healthcare?

Question 30: What Is The Role Of Drones In Agriculture?

Question 31: What Is The Role Of Drones In Weather Forecasting?

Question 32: What Is The Role Of Drones In Maritime?

Question 33: What Is The Role Of Drones In Waste Management?

Question 34: What Is The Role Of Drones In Energy?

Question 35: What Is The Role Of Drones In Mining?

Question 36: What Is The Role Of Drones In Construction Planning?

Question 37: What Is The Role Of Drones In Infrastructure Development?

Question 38: What Is The Role Of Drones In Insurance?

Question 39: What Is The Role Of Drones In Realty?

Question 40: What Is The Role Of Drones In Urban Planning?

Question 41: What Is The Role Of Drones In Personal Transportation?

Question 42: What Is The Role Of Drones In Airlines?

Question 43: What Is The Role Of Drones In Telecommunications?

Question 44: What Is The Role Of Drones In Internet?

Question 45: What Is The Role Of Drones In Outdoors?

Question 46: What Is The Role Of Drones In Tourism And Hospitality?

Question 47: What Is The Role Of Drones In Live Entertainment?

Question 48: What Is The Role Of Drones In Sports?

Question 49: What Is The Role Of Drones In Hollywood?

Question 50: What Is The Role Of Drones In Advertising?

Question 51: What Is The Role Of Drones In Retail?

Question 52: What Is The Role Of Drones In Manufacturing And Inventory Management?

Question 53: What Is The Role Of Drones In Underground Economies And Fighting Crime?

Question 54: What Is The Role Of Drones In Fitness?

Question 55: What Is The Role Of Drones In Food Services?

Question 56: What Is The Role Of Drones In Journalism And News Coverage?

Question 57: What Is The Role Of Drones In Air Travel?

Question 58: What Is The Role Of Drones In Gaming?

Question 59: What Is The Role Of Drones In Space?

Question 60: What Is The Role Of Drones In Education?

Question 61: What Is The Role Of Drones In Security?

Part 3: The Role Of Drones In The Business

Question 62: What Are The Corporations Which Are Using Drone Technology?

Question 63: What Is The Role Of Drones In Amazon?

Question 64: What Is The Role Of Drones In Alphabet?

Question 65: What Is The Role Of Drones In Fedex?

Question 66: What Is The Role Of Drones In Uber?

Question 67: What Is The Role Of Drones In Microsoft?

Question 68: What Is The Role Of Drones In Facebook?

Question 69: What Is The Role Of Drones In Apple?

Question 70: What Is The Role Of Drones In IBM?

Question 71: What Is The Role Of Drones In Bechtel?

Question 72: What Is The Role Of Drones In DHL?

Question 73: What Is The Role Of Drones In Walmart?

Question 74: What Is The Role Of Drones In Balfour Beatty?

Question 75: What Is The Role Of Drones In Easyjet?

Question 76: What Is The Role Of Drones In UPS?

Question 77: What Is The Role Of Drones In JD.Com?

Question 78: What Is The Role Of Drones In GE?

Question 79: What Is The Role Of Drones In Shell?

Question 80: What Is The Role Of Drones In Allstate?

Question 81: What Is The Role Of Drones In BBC?

Question 82: What Is The Role Of Drones In Intel?

Question 83: What Is The Role Of Drones In USAA?

Part 4: Drones Frequently Asked Questions

Question 84: Where To Buy Drone?

Question 85: Where To Fly Drone?

Question 86: How Do The Transmitted Videos Reach Us?

Question 87: What If The Drone Gets Out Of Sight/Range?

Question 88: What If I Face A Battery Discharge During The Flight?

Question 89: Which Drone Follows You (Follower Drone)?

Question 90: Which Drone To Buy?

Question 91: How May I Categorize My UAV Into Public And Civil Aircrafts?

Question 92: Which Drones Have To Be Registered?

Question 93: What Is Section 333 By FAA?

Question 94: What Is An Experimental Airworthiness Certificate?

Question 95: What Is A Certificate Of Waiver Or Authorization (COA)?

Question 96: How May I Use My Drone For Business Purposes?

Question 97: How Drone Is Controlled?

Question 98: Are All Drones Associated With Camera?

Question 99: How Hard It Is To Operate A Drone And Is It Dangerous?

Question 100: What Are The Future Considerations Regarding The Rapidly Growing UAS Industry?

Part 5: Summary and Conclusion

Drone Technology Summary

Drone Technology's Past And Current Applications

Drone Technology For Military

Drone Technology For Business

Drone Technology For Individuals

Drone Technology For Future

The Technological Generations Of Autonomous Drones

Epilogue

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About the Author

Bio

Where to Find the Author Online

Coming Soon

Glossary

A

A Mode

Accelerometer

Aerial Photography/Video

AGL (Above Ground Level)

Altitude Hold Function

AMA (Academy of Model Aeronautics)

ARTF or ARF (Almost Ready to Fly)

ATC/ATM (Air Traffic Control or Management)

Autonomous Aircraft

Autonomous Flight

Autopilot

AUW (All Up Weight)

Axis

B

Balanced Battery Charger

Barometric Pressure Sensor

Bind

BVLOS (Beyond Visual Line of Sight)

C

Carbon Fiber

CG or CoG (Center of Gravity)

COAs (Certificate of Authorizations)

Collision / Obstacle avoidance

Commercial Drones

Controlled Airspace

Controller

Corridor Mapping

D

Daisy Chain

Direct Georeferencing (DG)

DJI

DJI Drone Flight Modes

Drone

E

Electromagnetic Interference

Elevator

ESC (Electronic Speed Control)

F

FAA (Federal Aviation Administration)

FC (Flight Controller)

FHSS (Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum)

Firmware

Fixed Wing

Flight Controller

Flight Envelope

Fly Away Protection System

FOV (Field of View)

FPV (First Person View)

Frequency

G

GCS (Ground Control Station)

Geofencing

Geotagging

Gimbal

GIS (Geographic Information System)

GLONASS (Global Navigation Satellite System)

GNSS

GoPro®

GPS (Global Positioning System)

Ground Control Points (GCPs)

Gyroscope

H

Headless Mode

Hexacopter or Hexicopter

Hobby Drone or Hobby-Grade

Hobbyists

I

IMU (Inertial Measurement Unit)

INS (Inertial Navigation System)

Inspire 1

IOC (Intelligent Orientation Control)

IP Rating or Code

L

LAANC system (Low Altitude Authorization and Notification Capability system)

Landing Gear

LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging)

Line of Sight (LOS)

Linear mapping

LiPo (Lithium Polymer)

M

Magnetometer

mAh (Milliampere Hours)

Manual mode

MAVLink (Micro Air Vehicle Link)

mdCockpit

METAR(Meteorological Terminal Aviation Routine Weather Report)

Micro-air vehicle

Mission

Mode 1 transmitters

Mode 2 transmitters

MSL (Mean Sea Level)

Multicopter

Multirotor

Multispectral Imagery

N

No Fly Zone

NOTAM (Notice to Airmen)

NUAIR

O

OAS (Obstacle Avoidance System)

Octocopter

Orthomosaic

OSD (On Screen Display)

P

P Mode (Positioning Mode)

Part 107

Payload

PDB (Power Distribution Board)

Phantom

Photogrammetry

PIC (Pilot in Command)

Pitch

POI (Point of Interest)

Post-processing

PPK (Post-Processing Kinematic)

Pre-Flight Planning

Props (Propellers)

Q

Quadcopter (Quadrocopter, QUAD)

R

R/C (RC, or Radio Control, or Radio Controlled)

Radio

Receiver

Resume Flight

Roadmap

Roll

Rotary

Rotorcraft

RPAS (Remotely Piloted Aerial/Aircraft System)

RPM (Revolutions Per Minute)

RSSI (Received Signal Strength Indicator)

RTF (Ready to Fly)

RTH (Return to Home) or RTL (Return to Launch)

RTK (Real-Time Kinematic)

RTK (Real-Time Kinetics)

Rudder

Rx (Receiver)

S

S Mode (Sport Mode)

Sense and Avoid

Sensor

Servo (Servomotor or Servomechanism)

Sidelap

SKB

Skydio

Small UAV

Spatial Awareness

Spotter

sUAS (Small Unmanned Aircraft System)

T

Telemetry

Test beds

TFR (Temporary Flight Restriction)

The roadmap

Throttle

Thrust

Trim

Tx (Transmitter)

U

UAS (Unmanned Aerial System)

UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle)

UAV, UAS

Ultrasonic sensors

Uncontrolled Airspace

Upright Launch

UTM (Unmanned Traffic Management)

V

Video Latency

VLOS (Visual Line of Sight)

VO (Visual Observer)

VTOL (Vertical Take-Off and Landing)

W

WAAS (Wide Area Augmentation System)

Water-jet Foam

Waypoint(s)

WiFi FPV

X

X8

Xwing

Y

Y6

Yaw

Ywing

Appendix: Emerging Technologies

Appendix 1: Emerging Technologies in Agriculture

Agricultural Robotics

Closed Ecological Systems

Cultured Meat

Vertical Farming

Appendix 2: Emerging Technologies in Aviation

Neural-Sensing Headset

Ion Propulsion

Plasma Propulsion

Appendix 3: Emerging Technologies in Construction

Claytronics

Four-Dimensional Printing

Molecular Assembler

Utility Fog

Appendix 4: Emerging Technologies in Architecture

Arcology

Domed City

Appendix 5: Emerging Technologies in Materials

Aerogel

Amorphous Metal

Bioplastic

Conductive Polymers

Cryogenic Treatment

Dynamic Armor

Fullerene

Graphene

Lab-On-A-Chip

High-Temperature Superconductivity

Magnetic Nanoparticles

Magnetorheological Fluid

Microfluidics

High-Temperature Superfluidity

Metamaterials

Metal Foam

Multi-Function Structures

Nanomaterials: Carbon Nanotubes

Programmable Matter

Quantum Dots

Silicene

Superalloy

Synthetic Diamond

Time Crystals

Translucent Concrete

Hypereutectic Alloy

Super-Plastic Alloy

Appendix 6: Emerging Technologies in Optoelectronics

Drone Display

Flexible Display

3D Displays and Volumetric Display

Laser Video Displays

Holography

Optical Transistor

Screenless display

Appendix 7: Emerging Technologies in Electronics

Biometrics

Digital Scent Technology

Electronic Nose

E-Textiles

Flexible Electronics

Memristor

Molecular Electronics

Nanoelectromechanical Systems

Solid-State Transformer

Spintronics

Thermal Copper Pillar Bump

Three-Dimensional Integrated Circuit

Twistronics

Appendix 8: Emerging Technologies in Energy

Airborne Wind Turbine

Americium Battery

Artificial Photosynthesis

Concentrated Solar Power

Cryogenic Treatment

Electric Double-Layer Capacitor

Energy Harvesting

Flywheel Energy Storage

Fusion Power

Generation IV Nuclear Reactor

Gravity Battery

Grid Energy Storage

Home Fuel Cell

Hypercapacitor

Lithium-Air Battery

Lithium Iron Phosphate Battery

Lithium–Sulfur Battery

Magnesium Battery

Magnonics

Molten Salt Reactor

Nanowire Battery

Nantenna

Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion

Solid-State Battery

Smart Grid

Space-Based Solar Power

Thorium Nuclear Fuel Cycle

Vortex Engine

Wireless Energy Transfer

Zero-Energy Building

Appendix 9: Emerging Technologies in Entertainment

Computer-Generated Imagery

Immersive Virtual Reality

Ultra-High-Definition Television

Appendix 10: Emerging Technologies in Telecommunications

5G Cellular Communications

6G Cellular Communications

Li-Fi

Nanoradio

Navigation Doppler Lidar

Quantum Radar

Radio-Frequency Identification

Software-Defined Radio

X-Ray Communication

Appendix 11: Emerging Technologies in Information Technology

Ambient Intelligence

Artificial Brain

Artificial General Intelligence

Atomtronics

Augmented Reality

Blockchain Or Distributed Ledger Technology

Carbon Nanotube Field-Effect Transistor

Civic Technology

Cryptocurrency

DNA Digital Data Storage

Exascale Computing

Gesture Recognition

Internet Of Things

Emerging Memory Technologies

Emerging Magnetic Data Storage Technologies

Fourth-Generation Optical Discs (3D Optical Data Storage, Holographic Data Storage)

General-Purpose Computing On Graphics Processing Units

Exocortex

Machine Translation

Machine Vision

Mobile Collaboration And E-Learning

Multimodal Contactless Biometric Face/Iris Systems

Neuromorphic Engineering

Optical Computing

Quantum Computing

Quantum Cryptography

Semantic Web Or Answer Machine

Smart Speaker

Speech Recognition

Subvocal Recognition

Virtual Reality

Hybrid Forensics

Appendix 12: Emerging Technologies in Medical

Artificial Uterus

Body Implants, Prosthesis

Cryonics

De-Extinction

Human DNA Vaccination

Enzybiotics

Genetic Engineering Of Organisms And Viruses

Hibernation Or Suspended Animation

Life Extension, Strategies For Engineered Negligible Senescence

Nanomedicine

Nanosensors

Omni Processor

Oncolytic Virus

Personalized Medicine, Full Genome Sequencing

Phage Therapy

Plantibody

Regenerative Medicine

Robotic Surgery

Senolytic

Stem Cell Treatments

Synthetic Biology, Synthetic Genomics

Tissue Engineering

Tricorder

Virotherapy

Vitrification Or Cryoprotectant

Appendix 13: Emerging Technologies in Neuroscience

Brain-Computer Interface

Brain-Reading, Neuroinformatics

Electroencephalography

Head Transplant

Neuroprosthetics

Sonogenetics

Appendix 14: Emerging Technologies in Military

Caseless Ammunition

Cloaking Device

Directed Energy Weapon

Electrolaser

Electromagnetic Weapons

Electrothermal-Chemical Technology

Force Field

Green Bullet

Hypersonic Cruise Missile

Laser Weapon

MAHEM

Particle-Beam Weapon

Plasma Weapon

Precision-Guided Firearm

Pure Fusion Weapon

Sonic Weapon

Stealth Technology

Telescoped Ammunition

Lightweight Small Arms Technologies Program

Appendix 15: Emerging Technologies in Space

Artificial Gravity

Asteroid Mining

Hypertelescope

Starshot

Stasis Chamber

Solar Gravitational Lens

Inflatable Space Habitat

Miniaturized Satellite

Reusable Rocket Technology For Orbital Rockets

Appendix 16: Emerging Technologies in Robotics

Android, Gynoid

Gastrobot

Molecular Nanotechnology, Nanorobotics

Powered Exoskeleton

Self-Reconfiguring Modular Robot

Swarm Robotics

Unmanned Vehicle

Appendix 17: Emerging Technologies in Transport

Airless Tire

Alternative Fuel Vehicle

Autonomous Rail Rapid Transit

Beam-Powered Propulsion

Electro Hydrodynamic Propulsion

Flexible Wings

Flying Car

Fusion rocket

Hoverbike

Hovertrain, Ground Effect Train

High Altitude Platforms

Jet Pack or Backpack Helicopter

Maglev Train or Vactrain

Magnetic Levitation

Mass Driver

Nuclear Photonic Rocket

Personal Rapid Transit

Photon Rocket

Photonic Laser Thruster

Physical Internet

Scooter-Sharing System

Vactrain

Propellant Depot

Pulse Detonation Engine

Reusable Launch system

Self-Driving Car

Space Elevator

Spaceplane

Supersonic transport

Vehicular Communication Systems

Citations & Bibliography

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