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James Dyson Foundation opens innovation studios in Singapore
The Dyson-SUTD Innovation Studios on the campus of the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) have been officially opened by Sir James Dyson. The Dyson-SUTD Innovation Studios represent a S$1million commitment – the largest-ever donation to a Singapore education institution by the James Dyson Foundation, Dyson’s global charitable foundation. It forms part of the…
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TECHNOLOGY
University of Manchester launches new smart robotics centre
The University of Manchester is launching a new specialist multi-disciplinary centre to explore developments in smart robotics through the lens of artificial intelligence and autonomous machinery. The Manchester…
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American Offshore Energy patents world’s first shaftless floating wind turbine design
American Offshore Energy (AOE) has announced novel patents for a radical new design for a floating wind turbine inspired by America’s Cup yachts. AOE’s vertical-axis turbine is the…
Archer Aviation unveils its production eVTOL aircraft
California-based company Archer Aviation has unveiled its production model, Midnight, a pilot-plus-four-passenger eVTOL aircraft. Midnight is the evolution of Archer’s demonstrator eVTOL aircraft, Maker, which has validated its…
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SUSTAINABILITY
American Offshore Energy patents world’s first shaftless floating wind turbine design
American Offshore Energy (AOE) has announced novel patents for a radical new design for a floating wind turbine inspired by America’s Cup yachts. AOE’s vertical-axis turbine is the…
Archer Aviation unveils its production eVTOL aircraft
California-based company Archer Aviation has unveiled its production model, Midnight, a pilot-plus-four-passenger eVTOL aircraft. Midnight is the evolution of Archer’s demonstrator eVTOL aircraft, Maker, which has validated its…
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New project will design first Danish reactor for producing carbon-negative hydrogen
Researchers at Aarhus University in Denmark have received a grant to develop the country’s first reactor to produce carbon-negative hydrogen using biogas. The plant will use a process…
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EDUCATION
James Dyson Foundation opens innovation studios in Singapore
The Dyson-SUTD Innovation Studios on the campus of the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) have been officially opened by Sir James Dyson. The Dyson-SUTD Innovation Studios…
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University of Manchester launches new smart robotics centre
The University of Manchester is launching a new specialist multi-disciplinary centre to explore developments in smart robotics through the lens of artificial intelligence and autonomous machinery. The Manchester…
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Prototypes for Humanity announces winners of inaugural award
Prototypes for Humanity, an initiative developed by the Art Dubai Group that brings together the best innovations to come out of graduate projects around the world, has announced…
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MATERIALS
Autonomous crawling soft ‘ringbots’ can navigate narrow gaps
Researchers at North Carolina State University have created a ring-shaped soft robot capable of crawling across surfaces when exposed to elevated temperatures or infrared light. The researchers have…
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Imperial College scientists develop sustainable organic battery electrodes
Researchers at Imperial College London have developed organic electrode materials that could provide the solution to sustainable energy storage. Recently, concerns have been growing about the high cost,…
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Students create shop fittings from fungus
A group of budding engineers and designers from Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne have created a collection of award-winning sustainable shop fittings and displays for a leading…
MEDICAL
Bioengineers design device that can halt and reverse muscle atrophy
A team of bioengineers at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University and the Harvard John A Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS)…
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Survey of design engineers points to the future of diagnostic wearables
Global electronics company Molex has announced the results of a global survey of design engineering stakeholders aimed at identifying the market forces that are driving the development of…
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New 3D-printing process offers novel energy-storage design options
A team of engineers at the University of New South Wales has developed a process to print solid-state polymer electrolytes into any shape desired for use in energy…
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