A Tokyo-based tech giant claims to have created the first drone in the world to induce and guide lightning strikes. Like Zeus on his winged chariot, or – more realistically – a flying lightning rod, ...
In a world first, Japanese researchers flew a lightning-proof drone in a thunderstorm, using it to induce and direct natural lightning strikes. The team is now working on how this flying lightning rod ...
When a bolt of lightning cracked through the sky over Japan last December, it didn’t come by chance. It came because a drone asked for it. On a stormy day, engineers at Japan’s Nippon Telegraph and ...
Sakurajima volcano in Japan is one of the most active volcanoes in the world. A Reuters photographer captured a photo of the exact moment volcanic lightning struck the mouth of the volcano. The ...
Japan’s Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT) has successfully developed and tested the world’s first drone-based system capable of triggering and guiding lightning. Between December 2024 ...