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Leonardo, robot riding a skateboard
Researchers at Caltech have built a bipedal robot that combines walking with flying to create a new type of locomotion, making it exceptionally nimble…
Zurich ETH has launched a Master’s Degree in quantum engineering
Companies and research centres around the world are ramping up to explore the potential applications of quantum mechanics. To train the required experts in…
UnternehmerTUM gets strong partner
The entrepreneurs Andreas and Thomas Strüngmann have committed 25 million euros in funding over the next 10 years to promote the development of UnternehmerTUM,…
Blockchain as a communication for robots
Imagine a team of autonomous drones equipped with advanced sensing equipment, searching for smoke as they fly high above the Sierra Nevada mountains. Once…
MIT App Inventor’s “Appathon” to make a difference in a real world
How can computer science be used to help make the world a better place? It’s a lofty question, but one that drives the team…
Photoelectric implant for treating neurological disorders
Grégoire Courtine doesn’t hesitate to use the word “revolutionary” when describing the emerging field of optogenetics – a technology that uses pulses of light…
Raspberry Pi: adding audio to enhance opportunities for its users
OKdo has added the DACBerry400 audio input/output to the Raspberry Pi ecosystem, developed in partnership with audio accessory provider OSA Electronics specifically for the…
What’s it like to be a student engineer pre and post COVID-19?
Methods of teaching, access to resources, ability to complete practical assignments and the social aspects of engineering students’ degrees all changed because of COVID-19,…
Computer scientists working on development of quantum computers
Physicists had long nurtured the ambition to build a quantum computer. In the early 1980s, one of the most famous among them, Richard Feynman…