Teaching robots to see and feel
More and more industrial tasks are being performed by robots, but human operators are still needed for the more complex manipulation actions, such as handling and processing food products.
Apr 16, 2020
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A deep dive into subsea monitoring: Keeping an eye on the ocean floor
The coastline of Norway is peppered with more than a thousand oil wells, most of which will be plugged once they're no longer profitable. They have to be monitored in case they leak—but keeping an eye on them isn't easy. ...
Apr 7, 2020
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Robotics
Are robots designed to include the LGBTQ+ community?
In a new short paper in the journal Nature Machine Intelligence, Roger A. Søraa from Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) and co-authors Eduard Fosch-Villaronga from Leiden University in the Netherlands, ...
Feb 12, 2020
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Energy & Green Tech
Turning waste heat into hydrogen fuel
Hydrogen as an energy carrier can help us move away from fossil fuels, but only if it is created efficiently. One way to improve efficiency is to use waste heat that's left over from other industrial processes.
Nov 7, 2019
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Energy & Green Tech
Hydrogen plant will make the 'whisky island' Myken self-sufficient in electricity
Surrounded by the sea off the coast of Helgeland in Mid-Norway, lies an island called Myken. This small island has about ten permanent inhabitants, and for more than 50 years has been supplied with electricity via a 32-kilometer ...
Oct 24, 2019
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Internet
What young people ask about when guaranteed anonymity
An analysis of almost 300,000 unsolicited questions written by young Norwegians on the website ung.no, has provided major insights into what they're really interested in today. Their bodies, health and identity are among ...
Oct 21, 2019
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Energy & Green Tech
Ammonia may hold key to greener combustion
One way to reduce flight shame may lie in a ring of flames. And in the gas that's generated in an outhouse.
Oct 8, 2019
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Engineering
Sensors made this company a world leader in tool production
A small machining company in Norway is the first in the world to use digitalized tools for advanced turning. The technology enables the prevention of damage to complex and expensive parts used in the aircraft and gas industries.
Sep 19, 2019
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Computer Sciences
Building computers the way our brains work
We are approaching the limit for how much more microprocessors can be developed. Gunnar Tufte proposes building computers in a completely new way, inspired by the human brain and nanotechnology.
Aug 27, 2019
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