Robotics
A new energy-efficient data routing algorithm developed by an international team could keep unmanned aerial vehicle swarms flying—and helping—longer, report an international team of researchers this month in the journal ...
Jun 11, 2019
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Machine learning & AI
A new machine-learning method developed by ETH scientists makes it possible to predict burglaries even in sparsely populated areas.
May 3, 2019
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Energy & Green Tech
Solar panels and wind turbines coupled with energy storage offer a better hope for tackling climate change than trying to capture carbon from fossil fuel power stations, according to new research published by Nature Energy.
Apr 8, 2019
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Energy & Green Tech
How easily, how conveniently, how fast, will I be able to charge my electric car? Simple questions and car makers are quite busy giving us answers that will impress.
Energy & Green Tech
Though the days of hardwired wall-mounted phones are ending and wireless internet connections are common at home and on the go, people are still dependent on cords to charge their mobile devices. My research, and that of ...
Dec 14, 2018
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Engineering
Researchers at the University of Washington have created a sensor package that is small enough to ride aboard a bumblebee.
Dec 12, 2018
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Robotics
Finding lost hikers in forests can be a difficult and lengthy process, as helicopters and drones can't get a glimpse through the thick tree canopy. Recently, it's been proposed that autonomous drones, which can bob and weave ...
Nov 2, 2018
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Engineering
Europe's first 3D printer designed for use in weightlessness, printing aerospace-quality plastics, has won the prestigious Aerospace Applications Award from design-to-manufacturing specialist TCT Magazine.
Oct 18, 2018
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Energy & Green Tech
Hurricane Florence may affect the operations of several of the 16 nuclear reactors located in the Carolinas and Virginia, raising concerns about safety and power outages. Ted Kury, director of energy studies at the University ...
Sep 14, 2018
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Engineering
IBM's announcement that they had produced the world's smallest computer back in March raised a few eyebrows at the University of Michigan, home of the previous champion of tiny computing.
Jun 23, 2018
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