Collaborate Disseminate
Back in 2018, scientists at Duke University discovered that each time our eyes move, our ears make an imperceptible squeaking noise. Now, the researchers have developed a method of telling where a person is looking by analyzing those sounds.Continue Re… Continue reading Scientists can now tell where you’re looking by listening to your ears
Building a wall by precisely stacking randomly shaped boulders could almost be the definition of hard work – both physically and mentally. It’s the sort of thing we might want robots to do one day, so it should come as no surprise that one has in fact … Continue reading Robotic excavator builds a giant stone wall with no human assistance
Trees such as maples have “fruits” known as samaras, which consist of a seed joined to a papery wing. Scientists have now created artificial samaras, which could be used to quickly and easily monitor soil temperature from the air.Continue ReadingCatego… Continue reading Airdropped spinning-seed-inspired sensors could monitor soil moisture
Ebikes may be an eco-friendly, economical form of transportation, but they’re also slower than cars. So, how might an electric-bike-delivered pizza stay hot? In the case of Domino’s Pizza’s new dXb ebike, the answer lies in an integrated Pizza Pod oven… Continue reading dXb delivery ebike packs an oven to keep Domino’s Pizzas hot
When it comes to electric vehicles, there’s definitely a gap between small, simple ebikes and larger, costlier electric cars. The new-and-improved Veemo velomobile is intended to firmly fill that niche – and I recently got to try it out for myself.Cont… Continue reading Hands-on: The Veemo pedal-electric velomobile gets put through its paces
Runners have treadmills for stationary indoor training, while cyclists have rollers and rowers have rowing machines, but … what is there for wheelchair users? Well, it turns out that they can utilize a li’l something called the Wheely-X.Continue Readin… Continue reading Wheely-X lets wheelchair users work out on the spot
Two years ago, American air mobility company Electra announced that it was partnering with the US Air Force on the development of an ultra-short takeoff and landing (ultra-STOL) aircraft. Earlier this month, a demonstrator version of that plane made it… Continue reading Electra’s eSTOL demonstrator aircraft makes its first flights
For centuries, shipworms have vexed mariners by boring into – and consuming – the hulls of wooden ships and boats. Soon, though, we may actually be eating those “worms,” as they have successfully been farmed for the first time.Continue ReadingCategory:… Continue reading Wood-eating shipworms may soon be farmed for shipworm-eating humans
While titanium implants such as artificial hips can greatly improve patients’ lives, they’re also subject to serious bacterial infections. An experimental new antibacterial titanium alloy, however, could make such problems a thing of the past.Continue … Continue reading Special titanium alloy lets implants fight off bacterial infections
3D printing single objects out of different materials can be difficult, if those materials cure at different rates. The new Inkbit system addresses that problem, and has been used to print a highly complex functional robotic hand … in just one print jo… Continue reading Inkbit tech 3D-prints complex multi-material items in a single session