Inspired by nature: New body protection for BMW employees

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Munich. Lighter protective clothing, tougher helmets, more stable protectors: New materials with up to 20-per-cent-better protective properties are the result of the BISS research project headed by the BMW Group.... Read More

Robots to Enhance, not Replace Humans in most Jobs: ARM Survey

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CAMBRIDGE, England–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Consumers who believe AI will lead to rampaging, job-taking robot chaos are in the minority according to an ARM-commissioned independent global survey of nearly 4000 consumers. When considering... Read More

France aims to have ‘driverless’ high-speed TGV trains by 2023

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SNCF will begin testing ‘drone train’ in 2019, though conductors will still be onboard to handle emergencies France’s national railway operator aims to have autonomous high-speed TGV trains running by... Read More

Giving robots a sense of touch

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Eight years ago, Ted Adelson’s research group at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) unveiled a new sensor technology, called GelSight, that uses physical contact with an object... Read More

Construction begins on the world’s first super telescope

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Scientists are a step closer to understanding the inner-workings of the universe following the laying of the first stone, and construction starting on the world’s largest optical and infrared telescope.... Read More

Researchers engineer shape-shifting noodles

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“Don’t play with your food” is a saying that MIT researchers are taking with a grain or two of salt. The team is finding ways to make the dining experience... Read More