Astronauts harnessed the microgravity environment at the International Space Station by developing an ‘exotic’ form of matter. We call it exotic because this form of matter has not been easily observed on earth – maybe due to gravity.
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Spherical Solar Cells Boost Up Solar Energy Harvesting
Flat solar panels dominate the world market when it comes to capture solar energy directly from the Sun. However, the flat design has a major limitation as it cannot keep track of sun’s apparent motion.
Read MoreXenobot: AI is Pushing the Best Way to Construct Itself
Scientists at the University of Vermont, have created a new class of artifact, called xenobots. They have used frog’s stem cells to fabricate first living robots.
Read MoreStarlink: The sole charge of IoT in 2020 and beyond
Our devices might never go out of internet coverage area. Musk plans to provide global internet connection to everyone and anywhere in the world. Connectivity speed too will be above average, that is, more than home WIFI (50Mb/s).
Read MoreRobot for Marine Salvage at Dubai (w/Video): Robotic Beach Lifeguard Technology
Emily – a remote controlled robotic lifeguard will be soon deployed at Dubai’s beaches for rescue missions. Boat shaped Emily is the latest technology used by the Dubai Municipality for ensuring safety of the beachgoers.
Read MorePlastic based Clothing that Cools the Wearer (w/Video): Nanoporous Polyethylene Textile
With summer getting more unbearable each year, scientists finally have come up with new clothing material that helps to keep the body cool naturally. Thus, reducing the need for air conditioners and saving considerable energy.
Read MoreScottish Energy Tidal Turbine Power Company Supplies Electricity to the National Grid: Renewable Power (w/Video)
Technology advancement in harnessing renewable sources of energy such as solar and wind has reached a long way. However, tapping marine energy efficiently and reliably at the same time has always remained a challenging task.
Read MoreNew Building Material From Waste Plastic: RePlast The Future Of Plastics
Plastic waste management is one of the major problems worldwide. Plastics production utilizes valuable fossil feedstock and has a notable carbon impact. They are not only hard to decompose but are also occupying our landfills and entering the oceans.
Read MoreUshering An Era of Quantum Computers with Built-in Optics: The Qubit Technology
Quantum computers are hypothetical devices with higher computational power than a traditional computer. The classical system involves bits as the smallest unit of data, that is represented by 0 or 1, while quantum computers are made up of quantum bits, also known as qubits. Unlike the conventional computer, where a bit has to be either 0 or 1, quantum mechanics grants a qubit to be in both the states at the same time. A qubit would be represented as 0 and 1 simultaneously, a hallmark which is rudimentary to quantum…
Read MoreMicrobeads To Deliver Medicines in the Body: Microswimmer Robots (w/Video)
With the advancement in the medical field, scientists are trying to develop non-invasive treatment techniques. In one such study carried out by scientists, from Drexel University in Philadelphia, have created a tiny magnetic robot that they believe can be used for targeted drug delivery or conduct non invasive small scale surgeries.
Read MoreChina’s Transit Elevated Bus Increases Utilization of Road Space: The Future of Traffic
Traffic Jams are one of the worst nightmares of urban commuters these days. China, which has some worst traffic jams ever, has come up with an innovative mode of transport known as the Transit Elevated Bus (TEB) to move around even in the most congested road.
Read MoreBiomimicry: Crawling, Swimming and Climbing Inchworm Robot (w/Video)
Adding to the existing list of bio inspired robot, researcher David Zarrouk and his team, from Ben Gurion University of the Negev has successfully developed an inchworm robot that employs a single motor to produce a pure wave motion and is known as SAW (Single Actuator Wave-like Robot).
Read MoreRain Drops Powered Solar Panels: Electric Rain
Over the years, advancement in technology has helped in harvesting sun’s energy to maximum potential using solar panels. A recent development takes solar technology to the next level, here, the technology will not only help in generating electricity during rainfalls but also when the sky is covered with clouds. Thus, rain and sun both can trigger the innovative solar cell design.
Read MoreBacterium Inspired Remote Controlled Microrobots: Biomimicry
Researchers a Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne have developed a technique that can be used for both, fabricating bio-inspired robots and secondly, furnishing them with higher configurations. Their newly constructed platform also helps in examining and researching robot designs along with their various modes of locomotion. Result of their platform is the production of complex yet reconfigurable microrobots – the nanobots can change their own shape by rearranging the connectivity of their parts- with high throughput.
Read MoreMercedes-Benz unveils Driverless Bus: Future of Public Transport
Future Bus is the new city bus coming straight from the vault of Mercedes-Benz. Unlike its previous autonomous semi-truck Actros that was targeted only for highways, CityPilot ridden technology bus is developed especially for an urban market. The German automaker has demonstrated that its self-driven bus is proficient enough of maneuvering through an urban environment stretching across a distance of 12-miles. It’s been nearly a decade since Mercedes-Benz has been working on automated driving technologies and the current CityPilot technology too is based on Actros Highway Pilot, the autonomous technology…
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