Engineering

Why building collapses are all too common in Lagos

The rising status of Lagos as an emerging megacity and a commercial nerve center in sub-Saharan Africa has come with a number of challenges. One of these is the safety of buildings.

Engineering

Tech would use drones and insect biobots to map disaster areas

Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a combination of software and hardware that will allow them to use unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and insect cyborgs, or biobots, to map large, unfamiliar areas ...