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Tiny drone hits invisible mode by twisting faster than eye can detect
Engineers at Northwestern University have built a drone that vanishes without camouflage or transparent panels. Its trick is spinning so fast that your eyes simply give up trying to focus, a stealth edge that could turn surveillance into something almost invisible. Continue Reading Category: Drones , Consumer Tech , Technology Tags: Stealth , Artificial Inte
Porous composite pulls 2 liters of water from air, and is factory ready
The Mediterranean is getting hotter and drier, pushing scientists to look for water even in the air itself. A German team has now scaled up a porous material that does exactly that, even when the air feels bone-dry. Continue Reading Category: Materials , Engineering Tags: Kiel University , metal-organic frameworks , Water , Chemistry , Environment , Atmosphe
First bird-scale robot to swim, dive, and launch back into flight
A robot that swims like a diving bird and then flies like, well, a bird, sounds like the setup for two different machines bolted together. But researchers at MIT and EPFL built one that does both with a single set of wings. No propellers, no legs, and no origami-style folding mechanism to switch modes. Continue Reading Category: Robotics , Engineering Tags:
Teleoperated humanoid robots complete first-ever live surgery
Surgeons at UC San Diego just handed the scalpel to two humanoid robots, who went on to complete live surgical procedures for the first time in history. This milestone moves beyond the fixed robotic arms found in operating rooms today and hints at an operating room of the future where humans and humanoids work side by side. Continue Reading Category: Robotic
World's fastest RC car is a sleek missile that outpaces F1 race cars
British engineer Stephen Wallis has just shattered a speed barrier with his radio-controlled car, called Mach Reaper. His RC car passed 250 mph not once but twice, breaking his own record within a two-week span and becoming the fastest on Earth. Continue Reading Category: Automotive , Transport Tags: drones , World Records , Speed , Remote-controlled , Racin