The age of the airship is back, kind of. On 15 May, startup LTA Research flew its Pathfinder 1 airship outside Silicon Valley’s Moffett Federal Airfield for the first time. The 124-meter long helium airship took two loops over the waters of San…
Author: admin
-
New human spine-inspired neck could revolutionize humanoid robots
YouTube user Will Cogley has unveiled a new video showcasing his latest invention – a bio-inspired robotic neck.
With YouTuber subscribers of over 137K, Cogley, also a mechatronics engineer, has a special interest in animatronics.
This…
Continue Reading
-
French chemist receives two-year research ban for repeated integrity breaches | Research
A chemist at the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) has been told she cannot conduct research at her university for two years after repeated research integrity breaches.
Jolanda Spadavecchia, a nanomedicine and biosensor…
Continue Reading
-
NASA warns! Massive 25-storey building sized asteroid is set to pass close to Earth on May 28 – know the speed, time and other key details |
A massive asteroid named 2025 JR is drawing global attention as it speeds toward Earth for a close encounter. Roughly the size of a 25-storey building, the space rock is set to make its nearest approach on Wednesday, May 28. While it will…
Continue Reading
-
Cleaning Complex Pollutants with Genetically Modified Microbes
The health of global oceans is under constant threat from harms like microplastics, oil spills, industrial pollution and wastewater. Studies have suggested that certain microorganisms might be harnessed to…
Continue Reading
-
Building customer-centric convenience | MIT Technology Review
The reason why we did this is, we asked ourselves, what would happen if these small operations could combine their knowledge of their market, of their neighborhood, with the state-of-the-art technology? That’s how we came up with a consumer app…
Continue Reading
-
MIT announces the Initiative for New Manufacturing | MIT News
MIT today launched its Initiative for New Manufacturing (INM), an Institute-wide effort to reinfuse U.S. industrial production with leading-edge technologies, bolster crucial U.S. economic sectors, and ignite job…
Continue Reading
-
Former Berkeley grad student finds feeders changed Calif. hummingbird evolution – SFGATE
- Former Berkeley grad student finds feeders changed Calif. hummingbird evolution SFGATE
- Backyard feeders changed the shape of hummingbird beaks, scientists say NPR
- California hummingbird beaks transformed by feeders: ‘more tapered and…
Continue Reading
