Drones with Tasers
Tech Life
BBC
4.4 • 221 Ratings
🗓️ 14 October 2025
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
We speak to the founder and CEO of Axon Enterprise, maker of the Taser, about the tech's future. And the future includes drones armed with Tasers.
Also in this edition of Tech Life: why an underwater glider is circumnavigating the globe, gathering data on the oceans. And find out why the quantum computing revolution could arrive sooner than expected.
Presenter: Chris Vallance Producer: Tom Quinn
(Image: A close-up photo of a Taser being aimed. Credit: Jordan Pettitt/PA Wire)
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| 0:47.1 | Hi and welcome to TechLife on the BBC World Service, the programme about technology and how it's changing all our lives. I'm Chris Valence. This week, his company's tech is used by police in |
| 0:53.2 | 100 countries around the world, maybe even yours. |
| 0:57.0 | The boss of Axon, which makes tasers, tells us about the future of the technology. |
| 1:02.3 | That's in a minute. |
| 1:04.0 | Also today, our planet's oceans are vast and deep and exert huge influence over our weather and climate. |
| 1:12.6 | We meet the robot that will glide underwater around the world gathering data. And if your tech life has been turned upside down |
| 1:19.7 | by artificial intelligence, you'd better get ready, because another computing revolution |
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