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This year's winner of the "Prize for the Most Original Work", sponsored by the German Chancellor, wants to prevent drones from being misused for espionage purposes or even terrorist attacks: Tassilo Schwarz (17) from Seeon has developed a special defense system - a technology that can detect unwanted drones and determine their position. The principle: two digital cameras record the airspace to be monitored in stereo. If a drone enters the airspace, the system uses sophisticated software to target it and track its flight path. Using a microphone, the drone defense system is even able to distinguish buzzing mini-planes from passing birds. The use of drones has also been the subject of ...