Flapping its little wings 30 times per second made of PET film, balsa wood and carbon built by a research team from Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands with a total weight of 3.07 grams equipped with a camera It’s the world’s smallest camera plane – the DelFly Micro (found at technovelgy)! Maybe James [...]
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There are only few things that are faster than bacteria growth. So why do not benefit from this potential? US researchers programmed bacteria with a genetic circuit so that it is capable of solving the Hamiltonian Path Problem. credit: biojobblog Imagine you want to tour the 10 biggest cities in the UK – one route [...]
A team of MIT undergraduate students has invented a shock absorber that harnesses energy from small bumps in the road, generating electricity while it smoothes the ride more effectively than conventional shocks. credit: courtesy / Zack Anderson According to the MIT report this technology should increase the fuel efficiency of electric vehicles by 10%. I [...]
Daniel Terdiman discussed the question “What innovations are most important to world’s future?“. His conclusion: a cost-effective, massively deployable desalination technology to master the global water crises. credit: IDE via CNet I also recommend you to read the discussion in the comment area of Daniel’s blog entry. To my mind the generation of “green energy” [...]
