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From smartphone to intelligent personal assistant
Strengthening the smartphone’s emerging role as an 'always-on' personal assistant, STMicroelectronics has released two highly miniaturised 6-axis MEMS inertial modules with ultra-low-power design. The LSM6DSL and LSM6DSM enhance user experiences for digital cameras, wearables and remote controls, game consoles, drones and virtual reality.
Bats inspire unique design for micro air vehicles
Researchers from the University of Southampton have designed innovative membrane wings which have been inspired by the flight of bats. This could potentialy open the door for next-gen Micro Air Vehicles (MAVs) that offer improved aerodynamic properties, can fly over longer distances and are more economical to run.
The drone that can give you a ride
Chinese drone maker Ehang has unveiled what it claims is the world's first autonomous helicopter drone.The Ehang 184 is a 440-pound, eight-rotor aircraft which the company claims is able to lift a single person 500 metres into the air and fly them to any point on Google Maps, avoiding objects automatically and safely handling take-off and landing (as long as it can be reached within the 23 minutes battery limit).
Antenova set to exhibit at embedded world
Antenova will be exhibiting from Hall 5 Stand 141 at embedded world 2016 in Nuremburg, Germany, from 23rd to 25th February. The company will be showcasing: an antenna solution for the TransferJet close-proximity wireless standard; flexible, FPC antennas for WLAN, ISM, Cellular/LTE and GNSS; positioning and tracking solutions (antennas and modules); LTE/4G antennas; and Similis – a brand new antenna for 3G, LTE and MIMO with a very low profi...
Robotic drones to ‘print’ emergency shelters
A new research project aims to develop the world's first flying robots capable of autonomously assessing and manufacturing building structures to help areas suffering from natural disasters. The four year collaborative research project entitled ‘Aerial Additive Building Manufacturing: Distributed Unmanned Aerial Systems for in-situ manufacturing of the built environment’ involves researchers from the University of Bath, Imperial Colle...
Unearthing Cambridge’s young innovators
Last evening saw the introduction of ‘CW Unplugged’, the network’s first ever event run by tech entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs. Sponsored and hosted by Mills & Reeve at its Cambridge headquarters on Hills Road, delegates were treated to a host of interactive demos and insights from speakers with first-hand experience of the pleasures and pitfalls in founding a successful start-up.
Robots will soon be stealing our jobs!
Advances in artificial intelligence will soon lead to robots that are capable of nearly everything humans do, threatening tens of millions of jobs in the coming 30 years. "We are approaching a time when machines will be able to outperform humans at almost any task," said Moshe Vardi, director of the Institute for Information Technology at Rice University in Texas.
Glass creates resilient and high-performing graphene
Three teams of scientists are using glass in research projects that could bring graphene into the mainstream, allow windows to function as screens and produce ultra-slimline smartphone cameras. Scientists at the US Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have developed a simple and powerful method for creating resilient, customised and high-performing graphene by layering it on top of common glass.
Fireproof Aerial Robot System: a new application for drones
Among the most exciting firefighting innovations is the Fireproof Aerial Robot System (FAROS), which has been developed by a research team at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology. Designed specifically to help detect and combat fires in high-rise buildings, the drone can both fly and climb walls, using technology that was first developed for a previous model called the Climbing Aerial Robot System (CAROS).
Creator Ci20 meets the Terminator on Hackster.io
When I was a kid, my father used to take me to our local cinema once a week to see whatever movie was on at the time. One evening, we walked into the theater and I saw the poster for Terminator 2: Judgement Day; two hours later, I walked out of that screening completely blown away by what I had just seen.