Robotics
Meet Axl and Slash. The pair of mechanical arms named after Guns N' Roses members each weigh more than a ton but possess the deftness to nail wood without splitting. "Metallic beasts," is how BotBuilt cofounder Brent Wadas ...
Jul 5, 2023
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Engineering
The Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology announced the development of Korea's first sand dam capable of supplying stable water to residents of mountainous highlands during periods of water shortage ...
Apr 27, 2023
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Consumer & Gadgets
Semiconductors for electric vehicles have been in short supply since 2020. The causes are multiple, including water shortages in producing countries and increasingly high-tech models in Europe.
Feb 1, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
South Africans had to deal with the worst ever series of power cuts in 2022. All in all the country lost a record 205 days of electricity due to constant breakdowns at the coal-fired power plants run by Eskom, the state-owned ...
Jan 24, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
In "Star Wars," Luke Skywalker grows up on the hot desert planet Tatooine. His family owns a moisture farm that uses devices called "vaporators" to pull drinking water from the air.
Nov 26, 2022
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Hardware
Every time we make a call on Zoom, upload a document to the cloud or stream a video, our computers connect to vast warehouses filled with servers to store or access data.
Sep 14, 2022
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Engineering
Clean freshwater is critical for sustaining human life. However, 1.1 billion people lack access to it worldwide. Desalination represents an increasingly popular way of addressing this.
Sep 2, 2022
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Robotics
A small robot with a clip-like hand and enough smarts to know which drinks are popular is part of an effort to make convenience stores even more convenient.
Sep 1, 2022
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Business
Taiwanese tech giant TSMC said Thursday its second quarter revenue rose more than 40 percent on continued strong demand for high-performance computing and auto chips.
Jul 14, 2022
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Samsung Electronics became the first chipmaker in the world to mass produce advanced 3-nanometer microchips, the company said Thursday, as it seeks to catch up with Taiwan's TSMC.
Jun 30, 2022
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