A PhD student has been found guilty of building a potentially deadly drone for Islamic State terrorists, in part using his home 3D printer.
The prosecution said he had designed the single-use, video-transmitting"kamikaze" drone"somewhat inspired by the design of the Tomahawk missile," and used a 3D printer to build the wings., so that the terrorist group could copy his designs, and this earned his chunky-looking drone a starring role in a propaganda video that the fanatics shared on Telegram. One wonders if it could have actually flown, but that's perhaps by the by.
During a raid, officers seized the drone, the 3D printer, and electronic devices including phones and laptops. The plod also found hand-written notebooks containing recipes for chemical weapons, it's reported.