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Visitors to this year’s Consumer Electronics Show at the Las Vegas Convention Center will have the option of chowing down on robot-made pizzas courtesy of an automated food assembly system that can create up to 300 bespoke 12-inch pizzas an hour. Continue reading Picnic’s pizza robot to crank out up to 300 pies per hour at CES
A new technique developed by researchers at MIT uses shock waves to remove radioactive contaminants from nuclear reactor wastewater using a process called shock electrodialysis, allowing the cleansed water to be recylced. Continue reading Shock treatment removes nuclear contaminants from reactor waste water
Part snowmobile, part sled and part drift kart, the Bobsla gives non-skiers something much more exhilarating to do on ski trips than sit by the lodge fireplace. The all-electric Tyrolean motor sleigh treads, slides and spins its way around the snow. Continue reading Bobsla electric snow drifter brings sled-like action to flat ground
Back in 2015, scientists from Stanford University announced that mealworms could be used to break down Styrofoam waste – by eating it. Now, they’ve additionally discovered that a toxic substance in that foam is not concentrated in the worms. Continue reading Study shows toxic additive doesn’t accumulate in foam-eating worms
Earlier this year, many people were freaked out by the discovery of what was claimed to be the fossilized remains of a disturbingly-big spider. Now, however, it turns out that the “spider” is actually a crayfish with extra legs painted on. Continue reading Falsified “giant spider” fossil is actually an altered crayfish
New research from a team led by MIT’s Clara Sousa-Silva suggests that ET might be rather odorous. The scientists determined that phosphine – an extremely foul gas – could be a sign of oxygen-averse life on other planets beyond the solar system. Continue reading Extraterrestrials may be a bit smelly
We’re seeing an increasing number of organ-on-a-chip devices, in which small pieces of living biological tissue are used to replicate the functions of actual organs. Now, scientists have created a tooth-on-a-chip, which mimics a tooth with a cavity. Continue reading World’s first tooth-on-a-chip may advance the field of dentistry
Switzerland’s Relish Guitars – the company responsible for the novel Jane guitar from 2015 – has been working on a new project for over a year. The company’s first solid-bodied guitar, the Trinity, now debuts with an instant pickup swapping system. Continue reading Relish gives Trinity guitar pickup-swapping power
Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft has suffered a major setback on its maiden spaceflight. About 15 minutes after a successful liftoff, the unmanned vehicle suffered a timer malfunction that has place it in an incorrect orbit. Continue reading Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner in wrong orbit after maiden launch
If you wanted to have a replica of Michelangelo’s David in your home, you’d need plenty of space to show it off. But the replica 3D-printed by Exaddon and ETH Zurich would fit in any home, though you may need a microscope to see it. Continue reading 3D-printed David stands just a millimeter tall