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  Boulder CO (SPX) Aug 27, 2018 A new material developed by University of Colorado Boulder engineers can transform into complex, pre-programmed shapes via light and temperature stimuli, allowing a literal square peg to morph and fit into a round hole before fully reverting to its original form. The controllable shape-shifting material, described in the journal Science Advances, could have broad applications for manufacturing, robotics, biomedical devices and artificial muscles. "The ability to form materials that can repea ... read more |
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Activists urge killer robot ban 'before it is too late'Geneva (AFP) Aug 27, 2018 Countries should quickly agree a treaty banning the use of so-called killer robots "before it is too late", activists said Monday as talks on the issue resumed at the UN. ... more  
Students experience the power of controlling satellites in spaceHouston TX (SPX) Aug 28, 2018 Earth-bound electronic games can't compete with actually controlling a squadron of miniature robotic satellites in space. Through the Synchronized Position Hold, Engage, Reorient Experimental Satell ... more 
Robot teachers invade Chinese kindergartensBeijing (AFP) Aug 29, 2018 The Chinese kindergarten children giggled as they worked to solve puzzles assigned by their new teaching assistant: a roundish, short educator with a screen for a face. ... more 
UNC builds better particle tracking software using artificial intelligenceChapel Hill NC (SPX) Aug 27, 2018 Scientists at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have created a new method of particle tracking based on machine learning that is far more accurate and provides better automation than t ... more |
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DIY robots help marine biologists discover new deep-sea dwellersNew York NY (SPX) Aug 10, 2018 While the cold and airless deep sea is inhabitable for humans, it is filled with delicate organisms that thrive in its harsh environment. Studying those organisms requires specialized equipment moun ... more 
UCLA-developed artificial intelligence device identifies objects at the speed of lightLos Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 10, 2018 A team of UCLA electrical and computer engineers has created a physical artificial neural network - a device modeled on how the human brain works - that can analyze large volumes of data and identif ... more 
Soft multi-functional robots get really small and spider-shapedBoston MA (SPX) Aug 10, 2018 Roboticists are envisioning a future in which soft, animal-inspired robots could be safely deployed in difficult-to-access natural and man-made environments, such as in delicate surgical procedures ... more  
Scientist begins developing instrument for finding extraterrestrial bacteriaGreenbelt MD (SPX) Aug 10, 2018 A NASA scientist wants to create a planetary robot that would mimic what biologists do every day in terrestrial laboratories: look through microscopes to visually identify microbial life living in s ... more 
A system to synthesize realistic sounds for computer animationStanford CA (SPX) Aug 09, 2018 Advances in computer-generated imagery have brought vivid, realistic animations to life, but the sounds associated with what we see simulated on screen, such as two objects colliding, are often reco ... more |
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 Aerojet Rocketdyne delivers power generator for Mars 2020 Rover 
A kernel of promise in popcorn-powered robotsIthaca NY (SPX) Aug 07, 2018 Cornell University researchers have discovered how to power simple robots with a novel substance that, when heated, can expand more than 10 times in size, change its viscosity by a factor of 10 and ... more  |
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Chip labour: Robots replace waiters in China restaurantShanghai (AFP) Aug 5, 2018 The little robotic waiter wheels up to the table, raises its glass lid to reveal a steaming plate of local Shanghai-style crayfish and announces in low, mechanical tones, "Enjoy your meal." ... more 
Research identifies key weakness in modern computer vision systemsProvidence RI (SPX) Aug 03, 2018 Computer vision algorithms have come a long way in the past decade. They've been shown to be as good or better than people at tasks like categorizing dog or cat breeds, and they have the remarkable ... more 
Optical fibers that can feel the materials around themLausanne, Switzerland (SPX) Aug 02, 2018 In recent years optical fibers have served as sensors to detect changes in temperature, like a thermometer, and pressure, like an artificial nerve. This technique is particularly useful in structure ... more  
An insect-inspired drone deforms upon impactLausanne, Switzerland (SPX) Jul 26, 2018 In recent years, robotics experts have taken a page from the traditional Japanese practice of origami and come up with light and flexible - and highly innovative - robots and drones. Two types of or ... more  
Students can now build their own rover modelPasadena CA (JPL) Aug 02, 2018 Have you ever wondered what it takes to build a machine like NASA's Curiosity rover, part of the Mars Science Laboratory project? Now students, hobbyists and enthusiasts can get a taste of what it i ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Aug 24, 2018 
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems has been awarded a contract for $123 million for the French 3rd/4th Systems MQ-9 Block 5 program.
Work on the contract, announced Thursday by the Department of Defense, will be performed in Poway, Calif., and is expected to be completed by May 2020. The program falls under a foreign military sale to France.
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 Washington DC (SPX) Aug 28, 2018 
Researchers recently discovered that the strength of the magnetic field required to elicit a particular quantum mechanical process, such as photoluminescence and the ability to control spin states with electromagnetic (EM) fields, corresponds to the temperature of the material.
Based on this finding, scientists can determine a sample's temperature to a resolution of one cubic micron by mea ... more |
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 Houston TX (SPX) Aug 28, 2018 
After their recent pioneering experiments to couple light and matter to an extreme degree, Rice University scientists decided to look for a similar effect in matter alone. They didn't expect to find it so soon.
Rice physicist Junichiro Kono, graduate student Xinwei Li and their international colleagues have discovered the first example of Dicke cooperativity in a matter-matter system, a re ... more |
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 Johannesburg (AFP) Aug 27, 2018 
South Africa confirmed on Monday it had scrapped plans to build a series of nuclear power stations, burying one of former president Jacob Zuma's most controversial policies.
Zuma's nuclear expansion plan was a key battleground for control over South Africa's finances, with his opponents accusing him of seeking a deal that could have bankrupted the country to enrich his allies.
Zuma, whos ... more |
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 Tripoli (AFP) Aug 28, 2018 
The US military said it carried out an air strike Tuesday in Libya, killing an Islamic State member described by a source as a former local leader of the jihadist group.
The US Africa Command said it "conducted a precision airstrike near Bani Walid, Libya, on August 28, killing one ISIS-Libya terrorist," referring to the Islamic State group.
The strike around 170 kilometres (105 miles) s ... more |
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 Baghdad (AFP) Aug 1, 2018 
As the stultifying summer heat sends Iraqis in search of cool spots, restaurateur Ali Hussein provides sanctuary - even though it means hooking up to an expensive generator.
"The clients must be comfortable when they eat," said Hussein, who stakes his reputation on ensuring customers are constantly blasted by air conditioning.
Outside, temperatures at this time of year can reach 50 degr ... more |
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 Buffalo NY (SPX) Aug 28, 2018 
A sapphire-colored dye called methylene blue is a common ingredient in wastewater from textile mills.
But University at Buffalo scientists think it may be possible to give this industrial pollutant a second life. In a new study, they show that the dye, when dissolved in water, is good at storing and releasing energy on cue.
This makes the compound a promising candidate material for r ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Aug 17, 2018 
China's moon lander and rover for the Chang'e-4 lunar probe, which is expected to land on the far side of the moon this year, was unveiled Wednesday.
Images displayed at Wednesday's press conference showed the rover was a rectangular box with two foldable solar panels and six wheels. It is 1.5 meters long, 1 meter wide and 1.1 meters high.
Wu Weiren, the chief designer of China's lun ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Aug 29, 2018 
For the first time in five decades, a NASA astronaut candidate has resigned from training, the US space agency said Tuesday.
Robb Kulin resigned from NASA effective August 31 for personal reasons, spokeswoman Brandi Dean said, declining to provide further details.
It's not an easy gig to get - some 18,000 people routinely seek the 12 spots that open each year.
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 21, 2018 
NASA's InSight spacecraft, en route to a Nov. 26 landing on Mars, passed the halfway mark on Aug. 6. All of its instruments have been tested and are working well.
As of Aug. 20, the spacecraft had covered 172 million miles (277 million kilometers) since its launch 107 days ago. In another 98 days, it will travel another 129 million miles (208 million kilometers) and touch down in Mars' Ely ... more |
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 Vandenberg AFB CA (SPX) Aug 28, 2018 
The 30th Space Wing and 45th Space Wing launch training teams recently came together to gain further understanding of each other's training programs.
The main focus of the Vandenberg and Cape Canaveral Air Force Base collaboration was to discuss ways to synergize and standardize training for both coasts as well as introduce new training tools.
"One of these new tools included a Virtu ... more |
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 New York (AFP) Aug 28, 2018 
By slashing food waste and improving waste management and recycling, 23 global cities and regions representing 150 million people pledged Tuesday to significantly cut the pollution-causing garbage they generate by 2030.
Places like New York, Tokyo, London, Paris and Sydney vowed to "cut the amount of waste generated by each citizen 15 percent by 2030," said a statement from C40 Cities, a glo ... more |
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 Tokyo (AFP) Aug 28, 2018  Toyota will pump about $500 million into ride-share firm Uber as part of a deal to work together on mass-producing self-driving vehicles, the Japanese car giant said on Tuesday.
The deal, which reportedly values Uber at about $72 billion, aims at "advancing and bringing to market autonomous ride-sharing as a mobility service at scale", Toyota said in a statement.
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 Washington DC (SPX) Aug 23, 2018 
Nanoparticle manufacturing, the production of material units less than 100 nanometers in size (100,000 times smaller than a marble), is proving the adage that "good things come in small packages."
Today's engineered nanoparticles are integral components of everything from the quantum dot nanocrystals coloring the brilliant displays of state-of-the-art televisions to the miniscule bits of s ... more |
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Washington DC (SPX) Aug 28, 2018
Researchers recently discovered that the strength of the magnetic field required to elicit a particular quantum mechanical process, such as photoluminescence and the ability to control spin states with electromagnetic (EM) fields, corresponds to the temperature of the material.
Based on this finding, scientists can determine a sample's temperature to a resolution of one cubic micron by mea ... more |
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 Celles-Sur-Aisne, France (AFP) Aug 24, 2018 
Weaving through the aisles of his greenhouse in northern France, Jean-Claude Terlet, a retired farmer who grows tomatoes for local markets, seems to be brimming with energy.
"That's a beef tomato, they're delicious," he says, showing off his produce which, he stresses, is 100 percent organic.
But since he was treated for prostate cancer in 2017, the 70-year-old says he feels constantly e ... more |
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