The dusty plains of Western Australia’s Kimberley region are a long way from the ocean. Yet, 250 million years ago, this scorched landscape was a shallow bay — a thriving underwater neighborhood for some of the world’s earliest “sea…
Category: Engineering
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US firm to boost making of extreme environment materials with new deal
A San Diego-based company has taken a major step that can help power future breakthroughs across aerospace, defense, energy, and other critical industry sectors. General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) is set to advance innovation in…
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Signs of 2,500-year-old jaw surgery found on Russian woman stun experts
Russian archaeologists revisited a mummified woman originally found in 1994 to discover that she received a first-of-its-kind jaw surgery, illuminating how sophisticated the Iron Age Pazyryk culture was in the field of surgery, as their extreme…
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38-ton combat vehicle with anti-tank missiles delivered to Ukraine neighbor
A new type of proven infantry fighting vehicle is now being delivered to the Armed Forces of the Slovak Republic. Developed by BAE Systems, these CV9035 MkIV vehicles improve situational awareness on the battlefield.
The vehicle is equipped with…
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Weekly Robotics #349
No intro today, let’s jump straight into some interesting robotics projects and write-ups!
Six Things I Learned Watching a Robotics Startup Die from the Inside
This is a great post from Rui Xu about his experience as the COO of
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US AI firm accelerates international rollout of Chinese humanoid robots
As Chinese humanoid robot manufacturers ramp up international ambitions, OpenMind is positioning itself as a gateway to global markets. The US-based company develops OM1, an open-source, AI-native operating system designed specifically for…
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Australian police test station-based drones 370 miles away from target site
A small outback town roughly 370 miles northwest of Sydney is quietly becoming a proving ground for a new chapter in Australian policing. In Moree, two drones now sit mounted on the roof of the local station, ready to deploy within…
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Eric Trump Pouring Funding Into “Low Cost-Per-Kill” Drone Corporation
Somewhere in the long tradition of Trump family grifting, there’s a line between “nakedly corrupt” and “genuinely mortifying.” Eric Trump’s latest investment in an Israeli drone company that advertises a “low cost per kill”…
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Shark-inspired electronic skin gives robotic hands the ability to sense objects without touching them
A flexible electronic skin inspired by shark electroreception lets robotic hands identify object shapes and materials through both non-contact electrostatic scanning and touch-based sensing.
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Salt deposit older than dinosaurs may shape Australia’s energy future
Beneath the dusty plains of outback Queensland, under towns that depend on a single reliable water source, lies a rock formation so old it predates the dinosaurs. For decades, it sat largely ignored, invisible at the surface and buried under…
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