Delays at UK airports after e-gate failure
UK airports were chaotic on Saturday after glitches in the passport e-gate system held up people arriving in the country for hours.
May 27, 2023
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Robotics
A gyroscope-free system to efficiently control the flight of insect-size robots
Light-weight and flying robots the size of small insects could have highly valuable real-world applications, for instance supporting search & rescue missions, inspections of hazardous sites, and even space exploration.
Energy & Green Tech
A damage-free way to gauge the health of next-gen batteries for electric vehicles
Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have demonstrated that electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) can be a powerful non-destructive tool to study the degradation mechanisms of all-solid-state lithium metal ...
Sep 19, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
In Germany, the stuttering bid to jumpstart coal plants
A year after the last wisps of smoke disappeared into the skies from the imposing chimneys of the Moorburg coal plant, hopes had grown that the mothballed site would see new life as Germany scrambles to secure energy supplies.
Aug 28, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
NZ is touting a green hydrogen economy, but it will face big environmental and cultural hurdles
In its plan to retool the economy, the New Zealand government highlighted green hydrogen as a game-changing fuel. It can indeed be used to make climate-friendly fertilizers and steel or to power some modes of transport that ...
Aug 2, 2022
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Computer Sciences
Beating hackers at bug hunting
An innovative new collaboration between EPFL's HexHive Laboratory and Oracle has developed automated, far-reaching technology in the ongoing battle between IT security managers and attackers, hoping to find bugs before the ...
Jul 14, 2022
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Robotics
Study examines the effects of personally relevant robotic failures on users' perceptions of collaborative robots
Over the past few decades, roboticists and computer scientists have developed increasingly advanced systems that can interact with humans and complete numerous everyday tasks. While robots are rapidly advancing, for humans ...
Automotive
Former VW boss to pay firm $13 million over diesel scandal
Former Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn has agreed to pay 11.2 million euros ($13.6 million) in compensation for what the company called his failure to quickly get to the bottom of the 2015 scandal over diesel engines rigged ...
Jun 9, 2021
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Robotics
Hyundai TIGER vehicle rolls smoothly, walks around obstacles
Autos today warn us of potential collisions, park themselves in tight spots, drive up to us from the parking lot to where we exit from a store on a rainy day, and they steer and change lanes for us as we coast along major ...
Business
Warning light halts Boeing 737 MAX flight in Canada
Canadian airline Westjet on Friday cancelled a flight just prior to take-off after a warning light went off in the cockpit of the Boeing 737 MAX aircraft.
Jan 23, 2021
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