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Inner-city deliveries in Austria may soon be powered by pollution-free fuel cell technology that is also being explored by ESA for satellites and robotic missions to Mars. Austrian transport specialist HET Engineering has designed a quiet, zero-emission vehicle for sensitive traffic areas. With technical assistance from the DLR German Aerospace Center, the company's Citylog EMF vehicles will be small enough to navigate narrow and congested street...

Progressive contact lenses which actually slow the advancement of myopia, or near-sightedness, have been developed by Dr. Jaume Pauné of the Universitat Politècninca de Catalunya (UPC). The reduction in the onset of myopia was registered at as high as 43%, measuring a difference in increase of between three and five dioptres. The technologyis unique in that the lenses are designed to influence one's peripheral vision and do not use ...

Super skyscrapers which will dwarf the Shard, underwater bubble cities and hyper-flexible living spaces are all likely to be reality in 100 years’ time. That’s the verdict of a new study which paints a vivid picture of our future lives – suggesting the way we live, work and play will change beyond all recognition over the course of the next century.

Meet Hedgehog, who could become our guide to exploring the small bodies such as asteroids and comets whirling about the solar system. Designed by Stanford’s Marco Pavone, assistant professor of aeronautics and astronautics, and Ben Hockman, graduate student in mechanical engineering, this space rover has no wheels for rolling, no arms for grabbing and no legs for stepping. By Ian Chipman

Progress continues on the journey to Mars as NASA plans to send astronauts deeper into space than ever before, including to an asteroid and ultimately to the surface of Mars. Before humans embark on the journey, the agency will survey an asteroid to learn about the risks and challenges asteroids may pose to future human explorers. Therefore, NASA will perform a reconnaissance flyby of an asteroid with Near-Earth Asteroid Scout, or NEA Scout.

An audio software framework that provides OEMs and application developers faster time to market when integrating Tensilica HiFi DSP-based systems on chip (SoCs) into their products has been introduced by Cadence. The announcement also includes the availability of the first hardware integration into the Android Studio development platform.

When building a shelter on Mars, the best way is going to be using materials that can be found on location. This is because building materials would vastly increase the payload the rocket would need to carry and the cost of getting it to Mars.For NASA's 3D-printed Mars habitat challenge, contestants came up with hypothetical solutions. But a team led by associate professor Gianluca Cusatis at Northwestern University's McCormick School of Engineer...

Virtual reality is already something people can touch and feel with the Samsung Gear VR, powered by Oculus. Gear VR is 'the best mobile VR experience in the world' because it combines the VR software, built by Facebook’s Oculus team, with world-class mobile hardware, built by Samsung.

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.

Even as Sphero's adorable BB-8 rolling droid won attention for its new 'Force Band' control system, another familiar android was being sent on tiny missions with a few simple points of a finger. Except this robot, a charmingly knock-off R2-D2, was made of hand-cut pieces of cardboard, and a new modular robotics kit that could provide a platform for a whole new type of innovation.