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Pigeon-inspired drone bends its wings to make it more agile

20.01.2020 | Engadget | www.engadget.com

To be able to develop unmanned aerial systems (UAS) more maneuverable than current models, roboticists are drawing inspiration from birds. A team of researchers from Stanford University's Lentink Lab…

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Pigeon-inspired drone bends its wings to make it more agile

'Invisible computing' startup unveils smart contact lens

17.01.2020 | Tech Xplore | www.techxplore.com

A startup focused on "invisible computing" unveiled a smart contact lens which delivers an augmented reality display in a user's field of vision. The Mojo Vision contact lens offers a display with…

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'Invisible computing' startup unveils smart contact lens

Fewer propellors mean more battery-life for the Falcon bicopter drone

10.01.2020 | The Verge | www.theverge.com

When are two propellors better than four? When they give your drone extra battery life, greater portability, and reduce noise, claims Zero Zero Robotics. That’s the pitch for the company’s V-Coptr…

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Fewer propellors mean more battery-life for the Falcon bicopter drone

Australia first to test new lithium batteries

06.01.2020 | Monash University | www.monash.edu

Imagine having access to a battery, which has the potential to power your phone for five continuous days, or enable an electric vehicle to drive more than 1000km without needing to 'refuel'.

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Australia first to test new lithium batteries

Researchers build a particle accelerator that fits on a chip

03.01.2020 | Stanford University | www.stanford.edu

Sanford engineers have helped create what may be the next big thing in particle accelerators – and it fits on a fingertip. This “accelerator on a chip” was reported September 27th in the journal…

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Researchers build a particle accelerator that fits on a chip

New security system to revolutionise privacy

23.12.2019 | University of St Andrews | www.st-andrews.ac.uk

A new uncrackable security system created by researchers at the University of St Andrews, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) and the Center for Unconventional Processes of…

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New security system to revolutionise privacy

New Aqueous Lithium-Ion Battery Improves Safety Without Sacrificing Performance

20.12.2019 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | www.rpi.edu

As the lithium-ion batteries that power most phones, laptops, and electric vehicles become increasingly fast-charging and high-performing, they also grow increasingly expensive and flammable.

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New Aqueous Lithium-Ion Battery Improves Safety Without Sacrificing Performance

Camouflage made of quantum material could hide you from infrared cameras

18.12.2019 | Purdue University | www.purdue.edu

Infrared cameras detect people and other objects by the heat they emit. Now, researchers have discovered the uncanny ability of a material to hide a target by masking its telltale heat properties.

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Camouflage made of quantum material could hide you from infrared cameras

A self-cleaning surface that repels even the deadliest superbugs

16.12.2019 | McMaster University | www.mcmaster.ca

A team of researchers at McMaster University has developed a self-cleaning surface that can repel all forms of bacteria, preventing the transfer of antibiotic-resistant superbugs and other dangerous…

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A self-cleaning surface that repels even the deadliest superbugs

Novel bioprinter shows potential to speed tissue engineering

09.12.2019 | University of Alabama at Birmingham | www.uab.edu/home

The dream of tissue engineering is a computer-controlled manufacturing of complex and functional human tissue for potential organ regeneration or replacement.

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