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Tesla shows off 90-second battery swaps
Tesla has shown off how its charging stations can swap a battery in 90 seconds without needing the driver to leave the car. That is fast enough to swap two car batteries in the time it takes to refuel...
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Researchers create camera that can track fast-moving balls
Researchers at the University of Tokyo’s Ishikawa Oku Lab have created a camera that can track fast-moving balls and keep them in the centre of the view. They have also managed to project an image on...
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Researchers create prosthesis with sensation
Researchers working with DARPA have created a robotic arm that amputees can use to feel sensation. In one experiment, amputees are able to tell which finger is being touched without looking at the...
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Researchers create device that can detect melanoma in skin’s odour
Researchers have created a small portable device that can detect melanoma in skin’s odour. To do this, a nanotechnology-based sensor analyses the airborne molecules around a person’s skin to find...
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Researchers control path of cockroach using Kinect
Researchers from the North Carolina State University have incorporated Microsoft’s motion-sensing Kinect system into an electronic interface that can remotely control cockroaches. The Kinect will also...
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Researchers create ultra-realistic CGI faces
To create ultra-realistic CGI faces, researchers have developed a camera that simulates light reflecting off human skin by splitting it into four rays: one that bounces off the skin and three that...
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SpaceX successfully tests reusable rocket
On 14 June 2013, SpaceX successfully tested its reusable rocket Grasshopper. It flew to an altitude of 325m and then smoothly landed back on the pad. To accomplish the landing, it used a full...
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Corning creates non-reflective Gorilla Glass with anti-microbial coating
Corning has announced its next revision of Gorilla Glass will be ten times more transparent than purified water, which will make it much easier to see mobile screens in direct sunlight. It will also...
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Researchers working on nicotine vaccine to help smokers quit
Researchers are working to create a vaccine to help smokers quit. The vaccine will use nanoscale structures assembled from DNA to stimulate a person’s immune system to attack nicotine in the...
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Researchers use Kinect to recognise and translate sign language
Researchers from Microsoft Research Asia in collaboration with the Institute of Computing Technology at the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have used Kinect to recognise and translate sign language....
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