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12/05/2024
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By Richard Brown
AI is revolutionizing weather forecasting – and the generation of fake climate change predictions
faTraditionally, climate scientists have relied on statistical methods to analyze climate data, but a recent breakthrough is transforming this approach. Researchers now hope to use artificial intelligence to revolutionize weather forecasting. A team led by Etienne Plesiat of the German Climate Computing Center in Hamburg, alongside researchers from the United Kingdom and Spain, applied artificial […]
06/06/2023
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By Belle Carter
Hawaii closes state’s largest airport due to infestation of bed bugs, thanks to “robocleaners”
An infestation of bed bugs has forced the Daniel K. Inouye International Airport (HNL) in Honolulu, Hawaii to shut down for deep cleaning. HNL, the largest airport in Hawaii, is a high-traffic airport that sees 73,000 passengers arriving daily from many locations around the world. On May 29, the Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) said it received reports […]
04/25/2023
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By News Editors
Dangers from future technologies? It’s the current ones that are killing us
Certainly, there a plenty of horror stories about possible disasters awaiting us from emerging technologies. I’ve written about two of them: 1) the possibility of small cheap, AI-guided drones used to commit mass slaughter (or targeted assassinations) and 2) lethal synthetic viruses for warfare or released by an apocalyptic cult trying to bring the apocalypse forward […]
03/04/2020
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By Michael Alexander
Useful AND cute: Robot “duck” clears weeds and pests in Japanese rice fields
In recent years, many farmers have turned to the use of dangerous and toxic commercially available pesticides to help keep their farms pest-free, even though these chemicals are known to cause not just problems in the environment such as water contamination and the poisoning of local wildlife, but also diseases and health problems in humans. […]
10/13/2019
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By Edsel Cook
Experts are looking to build a snakelike robot to save critically endangered rhinos
The critically endangered northern white rhino gets another shot at survival, thanks to California-based researchers who developed a snakelike machine that makes it easier to perform artificial insemination and embryo transfers on the creatures. The soft robot was a collaboration between the University of California San Diego (UCSD) and the San Diego Zoo. The northern white rhinoceros […]
01/25/2019
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By Edsel Cook
WasteShark, a garbage-eating drone, now deployed in Dubai after successful tests in the Netherlands
A new aquatic drone has been introduced to the scintillating waters of Dubai. Its mission is to devour any and all bits of plastic trash that it comes across. WasteShark is an aquadrone designed by Dutch environmental tech firm RanMarine. It has been compared to the eponymous protagonist of the movie Wall-E, the rusty sentient […]
11/15/2018
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By Edsel Cook
Scientists create an autonomous robot that can hunt for lionfish that threaten coral reefs
Scientists have designed a robot to hunt down lionfish and protect the coral reefs, as well as the fish that depend on it. The invasive species is considered a serious threat to native fish that live in coral reefs in American and Caribbean waters, an article in Popular Mechanics stated. The new robot was designed […]
04/27/2018
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By David Williams
Researchers create robot fish that can swim right next to real ones in coral reefs
There are plenty of unexplored areas in Earth’s seas and oceans, and scientists are always looking for ways to observe these places better in the name of science. Now a team of researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have reportedly developed a soft robot fish that could make it easier to do just […]
03/21/2018
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By Edsel Cook
Leveraging new tech for conservation: Drones help researchers track sea turtles, gather data
If you absolutely have to use drones to track something, why not turtles? A new study detailed how unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are revolutionizing research and conservation efforts involving endangered sea turtles, reported a Science Daily news article. Remote sensing data is vital to obtain an understanding of the spatial ecology of marine ecosystems. When combined with tracking data, it […]
02/27/2018
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By David Williams
Developer plans to build town around electric shuttles and self-driving cars to ensure “no one will need to drive”
A number of cities across the U.S. have already begun the arduous task of converting their current systems to accommodate clean energy initiatives. However, a new town is hoping to become the first in the world in terms of going green after starting from scratch. Soon, they also intend to become a place where absolutely […]
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