Innovation

How long until we fly in autonomous planes?

On your average commercial flight, the pilot is manually flying the plane for less than 10 minutes. The rest of the time, …
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Bridging the gulf between sustainability and speed of policy change takes a hands-on approach. Stuart White isn’t afraid of getting dirty.

As the Director of the Institute for Sustainable …
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Unmanned aerial vehicles will boldly go where no human can

Look! Up in the sky! It’s not a bird. … It’s not a plane. … It definitely isn’t Superman. It’s …
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The manufacturing companies that are thriving by reinventing themselves

Despite the death of the automotive industry in 2017, Australian manufacturing employment is at its highest level since 2012, according to …
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Passivity allows robot to reproduce several styles

Experienced piano players will tell you it takes years to master the art. Scientists at the University of Cambridge have 3D printed …
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VSS Unity hits 50-mile barrier of suborbital space

Richard Branson and Virgin Galactic finally did it. After a lot of missed deadlines and one deadly accident, Branson’s team made good …
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3D bioprinting could let astronauts give medical care in space

There’s no 000 in space, and missions are getting longer as astronauts go farther afield and conduct more extensive …
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Roaches employed in China to take care of food waste

Over more than 300 million years of existence, cockroaches have been through just about everything. In China’s ever-growing cities, …
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Mauritius turns sugar cane into electricity to help run remote island

Any parent dealing with a cake-drunk toddler can attest to the sheer energy contained in sugar. The island …
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Chiba University team has computer powerful enough to make it a reality

Though the technology was perfected a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, computer scientists …
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