At Georgia Tech, science fiction has moved closer toward reality. Gil Weinberg, Minoru Shinohara, and Mason Bretan have developed an ultrasonic sensor that allows amputees to individually move the fingers of their prosthetic hands. They've been able to make detailed maps of small muscle movements...
For the first time, the Bugatti developers have succeeded in designing a brake caliper by 3-D printing. But that is by no means all. While the main material used for the additive production of vehicle components to date has been aluminium, the new brake caliper is...
Firstly the aim of this photovoltaic balloon is to make the humanitarian intervention easier by allowing the access to energy in a crisis situation. Inflated with helium in a few minutes, the balloon of 3 m diameter covered with ultra-light solar panels is sent into the...
The first manned test flight took place in September 2017 in Dubaï. Volocopter is the first ever fullly electric & manned multicopter with a permit to fly. It has 2 seats, 15 propellers and is powered by 9 batteries. This allow it to have a flight time...
Thanks to 3D printing, objects could be connected to Wi-Fi. In November, researchers printed objects in 3D while using the so-called backscattering technique, or backscattering. A copper filament antenna was integrated into each object when it was printed in 3D. This allows to reflect the radio signal sent...
Google's AutoML project, designed to make AI build other AIs, has now created a “child” that outperformed all of its human-made counterparts. For this child AI, called NASNet, its tasks was recognizing objects - people, cars, animals, handbags,..-in a video in real time : it is a new...
Drive an electrical car exists for few years now. But the main problem is the autonomy and the time of batteries'charge to convince drivers to buy an electrical car. Fisker automotive company is now developping a new type of battery and propose 800 km of autonomy with...