Melbourne today powered by 100% renewable energy
The City of Melbourne is the first major city in Australia to be 100% powered by renewable energy. Fourteen members of the city's leading...
Gratomic to launch graphene ultra-fuel-efficient tires
Gratomic plans to launch its new Graphene Ultra Fuel Efficient Tires (GUET) toward the end of summer 2019. Gratomic Inc., a Canadian company, focuses on...
Scientists create new method of teaching legged robots locomotion skills with simulated data
Swiss researchers have devised a new method for legged robots to follow high-level body velocity commands, run faster, and recover from falling in complex...
Measuring AI’s machine learning ability not easy
Machine learning refers to an AI's ability to learn and act like human beings do. One of the features of AI is machine learning;...
FPL plans to install 30 million solar panels by 2030 in Florida
FPL has announced a '30-by-30' plan to install over 30 million solar panels in Florida by 2030. FPL (Florida Power & Light Company), based...
Atomic-scale capillaries block flow of smallest ions, thanks to graphene
Scientists have managed to make artificial channels the size of just one atom for the first time. The new capillaries are very similar to...
Vale S.A. inaugurates AI Center in Brazil
Vale S.A., a Brazilian multinational mining and metals giant, has inaugurated the Vale AI Center. Located at the Tubarão site in Vitória, it will...
Nike launches self-lacing basketball shoes, the Adapt BB
Nike has introduced its first self-lacing basketball shoes that can be controlled via a smartphone, the Adapt BB.
“Shoelaces: you had a good run. But...
Extreme opponents of genetically modified foods know less than they think, study finds
Extreme opponents of genetically modified (GM) foods are less knowledgable about the topic than they believe, according to a paper published Monday in Nature...
3D printer makes fast response stiffness-tunable soft actuator
Robotic systems with rigid parts can be a threat to humans who work alongside them. Contrastingly, recently flourishing soft actuators and robots offer ideal...