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Everyone knows that walking on soft sand is more difficult than walking on a hard sidewalk. By that same token, MIT scientists are now suggesting that if road surfaces were to be made stiffer, large trucks would use less fuel.Continue ReadingCategory: … Continue reading Study suggests that stiffer roads would improve trucks’ mileage
While legged robots are able to perform feats such as climbing stairs, their wheeled counterparts are faster and less complex. The Ascento robot offers the best of both worlds, as it has two jumping legs – each one with a wheel on the bottom.Continue R… Continue reading Two-wheeled, two-legged robot rolls and jumps
Everyone knows that vinyl LPs have experienced a resurgence in recent years, but it seems that the humble analog cassette tape may also be due for a comeback. With that in mind, a French entrepreneur is now offering a portable cassette player that’s de… Continue reading We Are Rewind gives the portable cassette player a modern makeover
Russia has a long history of experimenting with wing-in-ground-effect (WIG) vehicles, most notably the huge ekranoplans dating back to the 1960s. Now, Russian scientists are developing a smaller unmanned WIG, that’s solar-powered.Continue ReadingCatego… Continue reading Unmanned solar wing-in-ground-effect vehicle being developed in Russia
Currently the only way of getting stable video of insects in flight involves tethering them in place – which some people would say isn’t really “flying” at all. Now, however, French scientists have developed a camera platform that moves through the air… Continue reading Robotic camera system moves along with insects in flight
Radio waves travel poorly through the water, which makes it difficult for divers or submersibles to wirelessly transmit information to the surface. Scientists are trying to change that, though, by developing an underwater version of Wi-Fi.Continue Read… Continue reading Aqua-Fi could bring Wi-Fi-like tech to the underwater world
Multitools certainly are handy and everything, but let’s be honest – a lot of the tools on them are things that you’re never going to use. That’s where the Windeler system comes in, as it can be user-customized to contain only the tools that you want.C… Continue reading Modular magnetic multitool is only what you need it to be
When it comes to farm animals being raised in subpar conditions, chickens often have it particularly rough. A new system that analyzes chick vocalizations, however, could help alert farmers (or authorities) when things really need to change.Continue Re… Continue reading Automated analysis of chick chirps may ensure better living conditions
A substance known as calcium phosphate cement is already commonly used to repair broken bones, both holding them together and encouraging the growth of new bone tissue. Now, scientists have added carbon fibers to the material to also make it self-heali… Continue reading Carbon fibers allow bone cement to heal itself
If you’re a wardrobe manager on a film, TV or theater set, then you likely have to send a lot of clothes out for dry cleaning. That’s where Presso is intended to come in – it’s a portable device that dry cleans clothing on-location, in five minutes.Con… Continue reading Presso aims to make dry cleaning fast and portable