Collaborate Disseminate
Earlier this year, we heard how two separate groups had developed the world’s first lab-grown rib-eye steak and Waygu beef. Israeli startup MeaTech 3D is now joining their ranks, with a “cultivated steak” of its own.Continue ReadingCategory: ScienceTag… Continue reading Israeli firm is the latest to print out a “real beef” lab-grown steak
If corals are going to survive on today’s ecologically stressed reefs, they’ve gotta be tough. Scientists have therefore been developing a special “turbo-charged” coral, which has recently been found to be reproducing on the Great Barrier Reef.Continue… Continue reading Special boosted coral is now reproducing on degraded areas of reef
Although today’s earbuds may seem fairly small, they’re limited in form and function by the fact that their speakers require membranes and magnets. A new prototype microspeaker overcomes those limitations, potentially providing more uses for in-ear hea… Continue reading NED microspeaker tech may open up new uses for earbuds
Why bother transferring between a bus and a train, if you could just stay in one vehicle that travels on both roads and tracks? That’s the thinking behind a new dual-mode vehicle (DMV), which is slated to begin operations in Japan on December 25.Contin… Continue reading World-first road/rail-traveling bus to enter use on Christmas Day
It’s possible that someday in the future, sunlight-powered robots may be able to swim across marine oil spills, soaking up the oil as they go. A tiny functioning prototype has already been created, and it was inspired by both the steam engine and an in… Continue reading Water-strider-inspired robot may one day clean up oil spills
There may be new hope for people with certain types of blindness, as an experimental sight-restoring device has been deemed safe for implantation. It still has to be tested on humans, though, and it will likely provide a fairly rudimentary form of visi… Continue reading “Sight”-restoring bionic eye proceeds along the path to human trials
ETH Zurich’s ANYmal robot was already impressive back when it simply walked on four legs. It got more interesting when wheels were added to those legs, letting it both walk and roll. That wheeled version is now also able to stand up, and could soon be … Continue reading Wheeled, legged quadruped robot is now set to stand and deliver
Autonomous aerial delivery drones do potentially risk getting caught in branches, losing their way, or falling onto people’s heads. That’s where the Coco 1 comes in, as it’s a ground-based delivery robot that is entirely remotely controlled.Continue Re… Continue reading Coco 1 remotely piloted delivery robot is headed for the streets of LA
It was back in 2015 that we first heard about the Sno-Go Bike, a three-skied seatless snow “bike” that let its rider carve into turns. Well, it’s now in its fourth incarnation, which is claimed to be much lighter, nimbler and more secure than the origi… Continue reading Sno-Go carving snow bike brings on the carbon to shed 12 pounds
While manually hoeing weeds out of crops can be very time- and labor-intensive, spraying those crops with herbicides is definitely not eco-friendly. A German consortium is developing a third choice, in the form of the AMU-Bot weed-killing robot.Continu… Continue reading AMU-Bot robot kills weeds as it makes its way through crops