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3Q: Julien de Wit on the discovery of seven temperate, nearby worlds

Today, an international team including astronomers from MIT and the University of Liège in Belgium has announced the discovery of…

9 years ago

GETTING READY TO FLY! LEGO TECHNIC® BMW R 1200 GS ADVENTURE DESIGN CONCEPT HOVER RIDE

BMW Motorrad partnered with LEGO® Technic to transform one of the best motorcycles in the world into a LEGO model.…

9 years ago

UCF and NASA Study Using Martian Soil to Build Human Habitats

It’s hard enough to transport humans to Mars. But once they get there, where will they live? A University of…

9 years ago

Gamification motivates consumers to reduce power consumption peaks – pilot sites in Helsinki, Nice and Vienna

In collaboration with the international CITYOPT project, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has developed an energy planning tool for…

9 years ago

Intel Drone Technology Takes the NBA’s 2017 Verizon Slam Dunk Contest to New Heights with First Drone Assist to Aaron Gordon

During the 2017 Verizon Slam Dunk Contest, as part of NBA All-Star festivities, NBA forward Aaron Gordon and Intel wowed…

9 years ago

Six-Legged Robots Faster Than Nature-Inspired Gait

Researchers at EPFL and UNIL have discovered a faster and more efficient gait, never observed in nature, for six-legged robots…

9 years ago

Samsung Electronics Showcases the Future of Customer Engagement with New QLED Signage at ISE 2017

At Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) 2017, Samsung Electronics will once again change the dynamics of content delivery with the introduction…

9 years ago

Voice control everywhere

Low-power special-purpose chip could make speech recognition ubiquitous in electronics. The butt of jokes as little as 10 years ago,…

9 years ago

Stanford researchers pioneer world’s first affordable urea battery

Stanford University researchers have designed a new battery that could revolutionize renewable energy storage. Using urea, an affordable, natural and…

9 years ago

The school with the largest solar facade in the world

The Copenhagen International School’s new building is covered by 12,000 colored solar panels based on a technology developed at EPFL.…

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