As the drone whirrs into the sky, something unusual trails behind it: a fibre optic cable barely visible to the naked eye. The other end of the cable is attached to a pilot using a remote control unit ...

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A drone controlled via a fiber-optic cable is seen during a test flight on December in Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine. On the Chinese ecommerce giant Alibaba’s online shopping platform, with a couple of clicks, ...