Researchers at the Singapore University of Technology and Design built a small robot that leaves a drone, spins on the way down, and keeps moving once it meets the water. They named it ALBATROSS, short for Airborne Lander with Buoyant AuToROtating Sailing Sensor. Lead author Shane Kyi Hla Win, working with professor Foong Shaohui, describes […]
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NYU Tandon assistant professor Nana Obayashi and Ph.D. student Daniil Filimonov built WorMa so one undulating machine could inspect a coastline, a flooded street, or a wetland without extra limbs or a second gait. WorMa blends “worm” and “mass,” and that mash-up is the entire plan. Five 3D-printed segments form a body about 50 centimeters […]
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Breaking the Surface, RMIT’s Floating Titanium Lattice Lets Water Through and Still Refuses to Sink
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Photo credit: Sara Tan | RMITResearchers at RMIT University’s Centre for Additive Manufacturing have printed a titanium lattice that floats while remaining open so water can pass straight through. Lead researcher Dr Jordan Noronha and project leader Distinguished Professor Ma Qian worked with Professors Andrey Molotnikov, Milan Brandt and Martin Leary, along with partners at […]
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Toyota’s DKR GR FC Hilux Is a Fuel-Cell Pickup That Will Race in the Dakar Rally on Water Alone
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Gazoo Racing is sending a Hilux into the 2027 Dakar Rally that will never touch gasoline. Called the DKR GR FC Hilux, the truck keeps the tubular chassis, short wheelbase, high fenders and long-travel suspension of the GR DKR Hilux EVO T1+ that has already won the event four times, then pulls the twin-turbo V6 […]
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Webb Showcases How IRS 3 Still Makes Dust and Water 0.55 Light-Years From Sagittarius A*
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Webb’s NIRCam and MIRI cameras filled a 2.5-by-1.8-arcminute frame with the inner parsec of the Milky Way, a packed star field 26,000 light-years away in Sagittarius. IRS 3 sits in that crowd, a cool, luminous asymptotic giant branch star only 0.55 light-years from Sagittarius A*, the four-million-solar-mass black hole at the center of the galaxy. […]
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Plasma Channel packed a year of garage experiments into checked luggage and flew 14,000 kilometers to Namibia to see if 50,000 volts could pull drinkable water out of desert fog. The unit uses electrostatic precipitation: a high-voltage wire ionizes tiny water droplets so they race toward grounded mesh or rods, condense, and drip into a […]
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Hundreds of thousands of people in Puerto Rico wake up with no running water as rationing begins: “It’s brutal”
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Hundreds of thousands of people in Puerto Rico’s capital and surrounding communities woke up without running water as a massive rationing measure took effect Friday. It comes amid a severe drought on top of shortages due to infrastructure issues on the island. “It’s brutal,” San Juan resident Gloriany Baba told CBS News in Spanish. “It’s […]
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Possible Iranian cyberattacks on water facilities spark safety fears – CBS News Watch CBS News Cyberattacks on water and wastewater facilities in at least 12 states that are possibly linked to Iran are causing concerns about the safety of drinking water. Nicole Sganga has more. Possible Iranian cyberattacks on water facilities spark safety fears #Iranian […]
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Photo credit: Raphael Zufferey / John FreidahEngineers at MIT have built a compact machine that flaps its wings to travel through air and water with equal capability. The device tips the scales at 250 grams and reaches flight speeds near 6 meters per second while managing almost 1 meter per second when submerged. It also […]