Ten-engine electric plane prototype takes off
A team at NASA's Langley Research Center is developing a concept of a battery-powered plane that has 10 engines and can take off like a helicopter and fly efficiently like an aircraft. The prototype,...
View ArticleCentimeter-long origami robot climbs inclines, swims, and carries loads
At the recent International Conference on Robotics and Automation, MIT researchers presented a printable origami robot that folds itself up from a flat sheet of plastic when heated and measures about a...
View ArticleGoogle self-driving car involved in first injury accident
Google says one of its self-driving cars has been involved in an injury accident for the first time.
View ArticleNew prototype purifies air and removes pollution
In order to reduce the presence of pollutants in the atmosphere, Raul Suarez Parra, researcher at the Institute for Renewable Energy (IER) of the National University of Mexico (UNAM), created a...
View ArticleEagle-eyed subsea camera
A new subsea camera has been developed that can see two to three times further under water than existing cameras and calculate distances to objects. This will make work carried out under water much...
View ArticleIndustry 4.0 and additive manufacturing
At the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos a key topic is focusing on the "Digital Transformation of Industries". The fourth industrial revolution is imminent. It goes by the name "Industry 4.0" and is...
View ArticleEngineers consider how to collect dust from low-gravity surfaces
Analysing the dusty layers of low-gravity moons or asteroids using robots is on the agenda for ESA's exploration of the Solar System. Engineers are thinking of ways to collect and analyse the surface...
View ArticleDoppio: Researchers unveil dual screen smartwatch
A Dartmouth researcher and his collaborators have unveiled a prototype of a smartwatch with dual touchscreens called Doppio.
View ArticleEdible worms, pingpong bots: Startups find mecca in Shenzhen
Shenzhen is the world's electronics manufacturing capital, so what better place to be for entrepreneurs with ideas they want to turn into actual devices?
View ArticleWireless EEG headset for emergency room and intensive care unit patients
The world-leading nanoelectronics research center imec and Holst Centre (set up by imec and TNO) announced that they have collaborated with Nihon Kohden, a Japanese manufacturer, developer and...
View ArticlePublic safety increased with the ability to remotely disable vehicles
To increase public security, the EU SAVELEC project has demonstrated a prototype device that can stop non-cooperative vehicles, both safely and at distance.
View ArticleResearchers find vulnerabilities in cars connected to smartphones
Many of today's automobiles leave the factory with secret passengers: prototype software features that are disabled but that can be unlocked by clever drivers.
View ArticleHow to detect water contamination in situ?
Scientists from Tomsk Polytechnic University have developed a device for the rapid analysis of liquids on the content of hazardous substances such as heavy metals. Polytechnicers use a method based on...
View ArticleFacebook's Oculus pushes virtual reality with new gear (Update)
Facebook on Thursday worked to ramp up enthusiasm for its virtual reality line, unveiling new gear including a lower-end wireless headset prototype.
View ArticleMagnetic mirror could shed new light on gravitational waves and the early...
Researchers have created a new magnetic mirror-based device that could one day help cosmologists discover new details about ripples in space-time known as gravitational waves, particularly those...
View ArticleA compact chip realizing highly precise simultaneous single-cell analysis of...
Hitachi announced the development of a compact 1-mm square chip that can efficiently analyze small amounts of various genetic material, specifically mRNA, expressed from DNA with high precision. The...
View ArticleNext generation of robots for use in nuclear sites
The University of Manchester is to lead a consortium to build the next generation of robots that are more durable and perceptive for use in nuclear sites.
View ArticleEarly quake warning system expands to Oregon, Washington
An early warning system for earthquakes has been expanded to Oregon and Washington, joining California in testing a prototype that could give people seconds or up to a minute of warning before strong...
View Article'Personal flying machine' maker plans deliveries this year
A Silicon Valley "flying car" startup, Kitty Hawk, reportedly backed by Google co-founder Larry Page, released a video Monday of its airborne prototype and announced plans for deliveries of a "personal...
View ArticleBreakthrough curved sensor could dramatically improve image quality captured...
If you've ever tried to take a picture in a dark restaurant, you know that it is difficult to get a clear, quality image. In the future, cameras might not struggle under these conditions thanks to a...
View ArticleA functional prototype nonvolatile ferroelectric domain wall memory
(Phys.org)—A team of researchers from institutions in Australia, the U.S. and China has developed a functional prototype nonvolatile ferroelectric domain wall memory. In their paper published on the...
View ArticleA dual-arm construction robot with remote-control function
A group of Japanese researchers developed a new concept construction robot for disaster relief situations. This robot has a double swing dual arm mechanism and has drastically improved operability and...
View ArticleThree European firms join in robot ship project
Three European companies are to work on a pioneering project to build a fully-automated supply ship, the French member of the scheme announced on Tuesday.
View ArticleTesting kit identifies genetic variations without need for lab analysis
Scheme Lab, a biotech startup incubated at the Center for Innovation, Entrepreneurship & Technology (CIETEC), in São Paulo, Brazil, is developing genetic tests that can be used anywhere—in...
View ArticleCalifornia moves toward public access for self-driving cars
California regulators took an important step Wednesday to clear the road for everyday people to get self-driving cars.
View ArticleToyota to highlight reading of driver emotions at Tokyo show
Driving sleepy? Hungry? Toyota will be highlighting an array of experimental technologies aimed at improving safety and anticipating drivers' desires at the Tokyo Motor Show later this month.
View ArticleScientists develop artificial photosynthesis device for greener ethylene...
A team of scientists from the National University of Singapore (NUS) has developed a prototype device that mimics natural photosynthesis to produce ethylene gas using only sunlight, water and carbon...
View ArticleImage: 3-D-printed satellite imager design
Weirdly organic in appearance, this prototype is the first outcome of an ESA project to develop, manufacture and demonstrate an optical instrument for space with 3D printing.
View ArticleNew technique allows rapid screening for new types of solar cells
The worldwide quest by researchers to find better, more efficient materials for tomorrow's solar panels is usually slow and painstaking. Researchers typically must produce lab samples—which are often...
View ArticleLife-supporting pilot plant
A prototype version of a self-sustaining life-support system, intended to allow humans to live in space indefinitely, is seen in Spain's University Autònoma of Barcelona.
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