Engineering
The catastrophic effects of global environmental degradation, health deterioration and diminishing energy resources are demanding remedy measures aimed at environmental conservation, health interventions and harnessing of ...
Jul 14, 2020
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Robotics
Researchers from Brown University have designed a new type of wing that could make small fixed-wing drones far more stable and efficient.
Jan 29, 2020
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Engineering
Mosquitoes flap their wings not just to stay aloft but for two other critical purposes: to generate sound and to point that buzz in the direction of a potential mate, researchers at Johns Hopkins University have discovered.
Nov 7, 2019
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Engineering
Alphabet (Google) subsidiary Wing has become the first company in the United States to deliver packages by drone.
Oct 19, 2019
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Software
Delivery drones zipping across skies is a business model that can work if there is a safety system in place for avoiding collisions. Think major events such as sporting matches, concerts and emergency response incidents. ...
Robotics
Drawing inspiration from biology and the toy shelf, researchers at Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth College and City University of Hong Kong have developed a swimming robot with a light-controlled cellular engine ...
May 15, 2019
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Robotics
What can fly like a bird and hover like an insect?
May 9, 2019
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Hi Tech & Innovation
A Google-linked firm will start delivering takeaways and other small items to Canberra residents after the company received approval from aviation watchdogs in Australia on Tuesday.
Apr 9, 2019
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Engineering
Although, winglets have been around since the mid-1970s, there is still a wide variety of shapes, sizes, and angles.
Oct 23, 2018
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Engineering
(Tech Xplore)—Reliable perching? Roboticists working with fixed-wing drones know that is not so easy if the drone is to qualify as a useful UAV. Well, now there is a drone capable of landing on walls like a bird, and drone ...
