When disaster strikes in remote regions, the fault lines in inter-state crisis management, official communication, and the very fabric of Indian federal solidarity come to the surface. Such was the case in recent days as a devastating sequence of rain-induced landslides and flash floods battered...
Establishing emergency communication networks in disaster-hit areas can often take time, hampering rescue teams in their efforts to save lives.
But a new system of autonomous flying robots being developed at the Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL) could make establishing...