The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will announce its first rules permitting businesses to fly drones for limited purposes Tuesday, the Wall Street Journal reported. The move is likely to spark further demands for easing restrictions on unmanned aircraft. The announcement, which will allow drones weighing roughly 50 pounds to fly at low altitudes only in daylight and within sight of operators, is imminent, agency officials reportedly said. The Journal reported that the rules are unlikely to please some proposed commercial operations of drones, which would like the aircraft to be allowed to operate at nights and outside the operator's line of sight. Millions of new users have been attracted annually by commercial drone operations in the U.S. alone.

Mason Halton, 10, put together a drone during Drone Camp on Tuesday, June 14, 2016. INDIANAPOLIS -- Ten-year-old Jade Bacon probably knows more about drones than most people do. She knows what stabilizers and a gimbal do and can point them out. She can tell you to what altitude someone can legally fly a drone (500 feet, if you didn't know), and where you can't fly drones (stay away from prisons and airports). Most of her knowledge about drones came from attending a two-day drone camp in Fishers, Ind., that taught kids about drones, then let them fly.

The company's UAVs sound like they have what it takes to be effective inspectors: they can can roam plants for 10 minutes at a time, were designed to withstand collisions and can capture 1280x1080p resolution videos. However, human personnel still play a part by analyzing footage and images to figure out what the company needs to repair. Margarett Jolly, Con Edison director of Research and Development, said using drones can help them "speed up the process while still upholding and perhaps improving quality and safety." The energy company has uploaded videos of the inspection below, if you're interested in seeing what a steam plant looks like from the inside.

Nasa has announced that it has found evidence of flowing water on Mars. Scientists have long speculated that Recurring Slope Lineae -- or dark patches -- on Mars were made up of briny water but the new findings prove that those patches are caused by liquid water, which it has established by finding hydrated salts. Several hundred camped outside the London store in Covent Garden. The 6s will have new features like a vastly improved camera and a pressure-sensitive "3D Touch" display

"By late spring, we plan to finalize Part 107, our small UAS rule, which will allow for routine commercial drone operations," Huerta said at an event in May, reiterating the proposed timeline. Pointing out that its drones require minimal human intervention, Amazon recommended that the rules "specifically permit the operation of multiple small UAS by a single UAS operator when demonstrated that this can be done safely." New safety rules in the Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization Act of 2016, passed by the U.S. Senate in April, propose a pilot program to develop and test technologies to intercept or shut down drones when they are near airports. To avoid conflict between the variety of laws enacted by the states and federal regulations on drones, the bill has proposed that the FAA rules on drones get preemption over local and state laws.

Just as ATMs changed banking and computers took over the home and workplace, robots and artificial intelligence are going to transform a bunch of industries over the next decade. By 2025, a machine may be putting together your driverless car in a factory with no human oversight. A robot maid could be cleaning up after you at home, and your financial advisor might be a computer investing for you automatically. And with at least 90 countries operating unmanned aerial vehicles, the wars of the future may increasingly be fought with "drone" aircraft. These are just some of the interesting -- and sometimes scary -- predictions to come from a 300-page report released by Merrill Lynch in November, which estimates the global market for robots and AI will grow from 28 billion to more than 150 billion just five years from now.

This is a real laser gun that's marketed to real militaries in our real reality. Drones are smaller, slower, cheaper, and lower-flying targets than most airplanes, which makes them a weird threat to modern militaries. Even when just scouting, and especially if outfitted with explosives, the unmanned aerial vehicles are dangerous enough to warrant their destruction, but cheap enough that it doesn't make sense to use a missile. Enter the laser cannons, like this one on display at the Eurosatory 2016 Land and Airland Defence and Security tradeshow. Made by Germany's Rheinmetall, the Oerlikon Skyshield High Energy Laser is part of a larger system of sensors and weapons.

Wal-Mart could finally end the frustration of not being able to find the final food item on your shopping list - and becoming completely bewildered the second you set foot in one of their stores. It is working with a robotics firm to develop'driverless' shopping carts that allows customers to scan in their shopping list - and then guides them to the right aisle and shelf. This new innovation is a way for Wal-Mart to compete with the convenience that Amazon and other online stores offer consumers. Wal-Mart is working with a robotics firm to develop'driverless' shopping carts that will help customers find items on their lists. Wal-Mart is working with a robotics firm to developing'driverless' shopping carts that help customers find items on their lists. It has implemented tools that allow consumers to scan and purchase items using their mobile phones –without ever having to step foot in a checkout line.

The soft buzz of a drone flying overhead is becoming a more common sound across the world. An increasing number of amateur flying enthusiasts are starting to experiment and have fun with drones as the technology becomes cheaper. New regulations could have a big impact on the drone industry's future, as Dave Lee reports from San Francisco.

Scientists believe its only a matter of time before a devastating earthquake hits southern California. The'Big One', expected to be triggered by the San Andreas fault, could leave thousands dead or displaced. Now, scientists are preparing for the worst - and the latest defence is a steel frame building that experts believe could withstand a major tremor. Researchers at the University of California in San Diego rocked and rattled a six-story steel frame building on a giant shake table to see how the structure would withstand major earthquakes. The shaking simulated an earthquake of the 6.7 magnitude that occurred in 1994 in Los Angeles, causing significant damage.