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At NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center in California, a group of students successfully flew a prototype of an aircraft that could one day fly in the Martian atmosphere and send its findings back to Earth. Called the Preliminary Research Aerodynamic Design to Land on Mars, or Prandtl-M, the small, remotely piloted glider aircraft flew 11th August at Armstrong.

Modern day use cases for “IoT-like” applications date back to the earliest days of manned space flight for monitoring astronaut vital signs and shuttle telemetry - mission critical data points transmitted across a dedicated network. Beyond dedicated and specialised networks, technology once leveraging PSTN has now converged on the global IP network.

The University of Nottingham is developing an artificially-intelligent sensor system to clean food manufacturing equipment more precisely, which could save £100m a year for the UK industry alone.This revolutionary AI-driven monitoring system could lead to greater production capacity and therefore cheaper food prices for consumers.Food and drink production is the largest manufacturing sector in Britain and the highest industrial user of wate...

The miniature satellites known as CubeSats already play a variety of roles in space. In future they could also serve as the building blocks of other, larger missions by being docked together in orbit.CubeSats are nanosatellites of standardised dimensions based on multiple 10cm sided cubes, which ESA is employing for both educational and technology-demonstration purposes.

The world should consider ways to limit data growth on the internet to prevent run-away energy consumption and help limit carbon emissions, say leading computer scientists.Researchers from Lancaster University argue that the growth of remote digital sensors and devices connected to the IoT has the potential to bring unprecedented and almost unlimited rises in energy consumed by smart technologies.

Following a key programme review, NASA approved the Asteroid Redirect Mission (ARM) to proceed to the next phase of design and development for the mission's robotic segment. ARM is a two-part mission that will integrate robotic and crewed spacecraft operations in the proving ground of deep space to demonstrate key capabilities needed for NASA's journey to Mars.

Researchers from Polytechnique Montréal, Université de Montréal and McGill University have just achieved a breakthrough in cancer research. They have developed nanorobotic agents capable of navigating through the bloodstream to administer a drug with precision by specifically targeting the active cancerous cells of tumours. This way of injecting medication ensures the optimal targeting of a tumour and avoids jeopardising the ...

Providing support for audio, USB data, power and video, a multiport USB Type-C and Power Delivery (PD) minidock reference design has been unveiled by Texas Instruments. This reference design can be powered by a traditional power adapter, USB Type-C adapter or notebook computer, offering end users flexible, intelligent functionality.

Imagine you’re driving a two-ton SUV that’s travelling 70mph on the highway when suddenly, beyond your control, the air-conditioner fan starts blasting, the radio blares, windshield wipers whoosh back-and-forth and then the engine shuts down just as you approach a steep incline.

HARMAN International Industries will work with AT&T to support the growing connected car ecosystem.AT&T selected HARMAN’s Telematics Control Unit (TCU) for its Mobile Broadband Accelerator programme. The programme streamlines AT&T’s certification process to ensure that new products and services reach customers more quickly.