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2017
Elon Musk Teases Video of Electric Sled for Boring Company
Drive onto the sled, let it catapult you at 125 mph. Boring indeed.
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2017
New world record set for longest drone delivery
A future where drones drop off your online orders is another step closer this week after a new record was set for the world's longest drone delivery. On May 5, a fixed-wing HQ-40 UAV carried a package more than 97 miles (156 km), under the watchful eye of
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2017
"Artificial blowhole" generates electricity from ocean waves
Wind and solar power are becoming increasingly attractive alternatives to fossil fuels, but renewables are a rich tapestry, and the more threads we can weave together, the better. Ocean waves could be one such thread, and Australian company Wave Swell Ene
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2017
Smart Exoskeleton for Seniors Prevents Falls
Forget the walking stick! Smart exoskeleton can recognise when you're off balance to prevent falls.
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2017
Smartwatch prototype has all the moves for grabbing your attention
If you've so far resisted the temptation to buy yourself a smartwatch, then a new prototype device called Cito could have enough moves to pique your interest again: It can rotate, lift, twist and more to grab your attention.
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2017
Robotic falcon will chase birds at Canadian airport
Canada's Edmonton International Airport handles about 8 million passengers and 168,000 flights annually, so it's vitally important that birds aren't smacking into flying aircraft or getting sucked into their engines.
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2017
Snipe Nano Quadrotor could reshape the battlefield
AeroVironment's new Snipe Nano Quadrotor is a man-packable drone with the potential to be carried by every foot soldier, vastly increasing situational awareness and individual capability.
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2017
Intel demonstrates drones' potential for automated infrastructure inspections
Intel thinks it could use drones to make infrastructure a little safer, perhaps even making safety checks for bridges something that's done automatically.
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2017
World's first all-electric autonomous container ship to set sail in 2018
Norwegian company Yara has teamed up with maritime technology company Kongsberg to build the world's first all-electric and autonomous container ship.
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2017
Bionic hand uses built-in camera to home in on objects
Biomedical engineers at Newcastle University are giving new meaning to hand-eye co-ordination by fitting a bionic hand with a camera. This is meant to make the usage of the bionic cameras to improve the dexterity of bionic arms and make it more natural fo
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