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Image via Wikipedia Blasting air under a vessel’s hull can cut its fuel consumption Bubbles are wont to slip past the edges of even flat hulls, but efforts to hold them in place are paying off, says Uwe Hollenbach of the Hamburg Ship Model Basin, a facility that tests new naval technologies. One trick is to

On a clear day, Per Granquist cannot see forever. But from his perch inside the airport control tower here, he does have an unobstructed view of the future. The big picture is provided from a 33-foot mast where a gray turret holds an array of digital video cameras, communications antennas, sensors and microphones — a

We’ve seen more than a few startups cook up their own impressive 3D scanners — there’s Makerbot and its Digitizer, and dark horse Occipital with its mobile Structure sensor just to name a few — but one of the oldest and biggest names in 3D printers is clearly itching to get in the game too. South Carolina-based 3D Systems just recently

The DQN network learned how to play classic video games including Space Invaders and Breakout without programming Artificial intelligence has taken a major step forward after Google created a network which learned to play a range of computer games on its own without being pre-programmed. The Deep Q Network (DQN) was given just the basic

How many robots does it take to screw in a light bulb? The answer: just one, assuming you’re talking about a new robotic gripper developed by engineers at the University of California San Diego. The engineering team has designed and built a gripper that can pick up and manipulate objects without needing to see them

Learning from nature, researchers at Swinburne University of Technology have revealed the bacterial killing potential of black silicon, leading the way for the development of a new generation of nanostructured antibacterial materials. Black silicon is silicon that has been etched to create long narrow nanoprotrusions on its surface. Surfaces with similar features are common in

Image via CrunchBase Lasers, parasites and other methods could help prevent a disease that afflicts hundreds of millions of people Mosquitoes that carry the Plasmodium parasite cause some 300 million cases of malaria every year, claiming one million lives. That’s a lot of carnage generated by an insect smaller than a pinky fingernail—but if enterprising

While their experimental results are promising, it may be several years until this technology can be effectively deployed in your local movie theater From the early days of cinema, film producers have used various techniques to create the illusion of depth – with mixed results. But even with digital technology, the latest Hollywood blockbusters still

Researchers in the US have made a significant breakthrough that could see tens of thousands more lungs available for transplant each year. Doctors from the University of North Carolina have found that lungs can survive for up to four hours after a person dies if they have air pumped into them, the Daily Mail reports. The three-year

Their modification can increase solar cell efficiency by more than 30 percent. Researchers from North Carolina State University and the Chinese Academy of Sciences have found an easy way to modify the molecular structure of a polymer commonly used in solar cells. Their modification can increase solar cell efficiency by more than 30 percent. Polymer-based