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This new battery concept could give electric cars a 1000km range
By Duncan Geere published
Engineers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Ceramic Technologies and Systems have developed a new way of arranging batteries that lets many more be crammed into the same space.
This electronic cheetah-bot can help us develop more efficient robots
By Duncan Geere published
PhD student Geert Folkertsma at the University of Twente has built a robotic cheetah that he hopes can help optimise the robots of the future
The latest dumb thing to get smart tech: milk cartons
By Duncan Geere published
Irish materials scientists have fabricated transistors out of 2D nanomaterials for the first time.
The Death Star's laser may no longer be science fiction
By Duncan Geere published
Optical engineers have discovered that diamonds can multiply laser power, dramatically increasing the output of a single beam.
This redesigned wheelchair can climb stairs
By Duncan Geere published
A team of Swiss students has redesigned the wheelchair with the goal of giving people with disabilities greater independence.
The battery of the future could be compressed air
By Duncan Geere published
By storing heat alongside compressed air, engineers may have designed the world's best energy storage system.
Nasa's new stopwatch measures a fraction of a billionth of a second
By Duncan Geere published
Nasa has developed a new stopwatch that'll time laser beams for measuring the height of the Earth's surface.
This 3D-printed device could be used in robot skin
By Duncan Geere published
MIT engineers have 3D-printed a small device that responds to being poked by changing color
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