But machines are not adaptable in the same way. They are stuck essentially in one shape for their entire'lives,
or finding ways to improve robotic locomotion. A robot requires between ten and 100 times more energy than an animal to do the same thing.
'It's still a long way to go before we'll have robots that look,
President and chief executive of Thoth Caroline Roberts claims the space tower will also include self-landing rocket technologies to herald a new era of space transportation.
but landing at 12 miles (20 km) above sea level will make space flight more like taking a passenger jet.'
'From the top of the tower, space planes will launch in a single stage to orbit,
With RAF jets already being replaced by drones piloted by men sitting at computer screens many miles away,
which could target the enemy without putting the crew in harm way. And along the ship sides would be missile tubes for defensive hypersonic missiles directed energy weapons to stop small enemy craft loaded with explosives.
#Robotic Landing gear could help pilots land on rocky mountains and moving boats Helicopters may be able to move in any direction in the air,
but rigid landing gear means they are only able to land and takeoff on stable, flat surfaces.
To solve this problem, engineers have designed Robotic Landing gear. The system comprises four articulated legs that can bend to land on uneven terrain
and it is hoped the prototype system may one day enable rescue and military helicopters to land in remote and rocky locations.
Instead of traditional landing gear, the system has jointed four legs that are able to fold up next to the helicopter fuselage or body while in flight.
Each leg has built a sensor into it, enabling the craft to'feel'its way onto a surface.
During landing, each leg extends and uses a sensor to determine in real-time the appropriate angle to assume to ensure that the helicopter stays level without risking the rotor touching the landing area,
which would be catastrophic. Darpa program manager Ashish Bagai said: he equipment-mounted on an otherwise unmodified,
unmanned helicopter-successfully demonstrated the ability to land and take off from terrain that would be impossible to operate from with standard landing gear.
Having the ability to land on and take off from angled, irregular and moving surfaces would greatly expand the effectiveness of helicopters across many military and rescue missions, where stable,
flat surfaces are often unavailable. WHAT ARE THE ADVANTAGES OF ROBOTIC LEGS? Reduced risk of damage during hard landings, by as much as a factor of five, compared to conventional landing gear Stable landing and takeoff on sloping terrain of up to 20 degrees, more than twice current limits and on craggy,
boulder-strewn or otherwise irregular terrain Ship landings in violent sea states For example, the landing gear is designed to let a helicopter touch down on sloping terrain up to 20 degrees,
which is not currently possible, as well as on irregular terrain. Mr Bagai explained the system also reduced the risk of damage during hard landings by as much as a factor of five
compared to conventional landing gear. As well as working on new landing systems, Darpa is developing swarms of reusable drone aircraft that can work together to perform a mission,
which it has called the Gremlins program. The idea is to replace the expensive and increasingly vulnerable multi-function combat aircraft
Instead, they propose deploying from the air smaller unmanned aircraft, each with different capabilities, to perform a mission before retrieving them mid-air
Darpa said the program has been named deliberately Gremlins after the imps that British pilots during World war Two adopted as their good luck charms.
'Our goal is to conduct a compelling proof-of-concept flight demonstration that could employ intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) and other modular, non-kinetic payloads in a robust, responsive and affordable manner.'
fitting somewhere between missiles and conventional aircraft. The agency is hoping to build on its automated mid-air refuelling technology alongside the sea based platforms for capturing drones as they come into land.
'We wouldn't be discarding the entire airframe, engine, avionics and payload with every mission,
and recovered mid-flight along with navigation and flight control systems s
#The airbag for a BULLET: Ping pong ball-style cushion can be attached to any gun to slow down shots
In this way, it is'less lethal'than a regular bullet and is designed to incapacitate a target without piercing the skin.
easier way to create this cannabis component from scratch. Ordinarily, the chemicals are stripped from the plants themselves,
Researchers at the Technical University of Dortmund in Germany and firm Hyasynth Bio have now found a way to genetically engineer a strain of this bacteria to produce THC.
easier way to create this cannabis component from scratch, Ordinarily, the chemicals are stripped from the plants themselves,
'and could pave the way for esigner babies where embryos are modified to choose desirable or cosmetic characteristics.
'If any of our discoveries suggest ways to improve embryo development after IVF, or to improve implantation frequency,
In particular, the entangled particles are connected in such a way that the action of one directly affects the others
The researchers stress that their experiment is fundamentally different than Star trek's transporter. The transporter teleports matter by converting matter into a signal for transport,
and then converting the signal back to matter at some other location. But earlier this month, a renowned theoretical physicist said technology such as this could pave the way for a Star trek-style teleporter.
Professor Michio Kaku said that the breakthroughs needed to transport humans instantly have already been made.
or a blast of air to focus their attention From sitting in traffic jams to speeding along monotonous motorways at night,
and our way to measure the information, 'Mr Biedermann told Reuters. By combining these contactless sensors with unique algorithms and signal processing,
Research has shown that drivers suffering from cardiovascular disease are 23 per cent more likely to be involved in a road accident
Answers were sent more than a mile using brain signals It is a breakthrough that could pave the way for soldiers being able to read each other's thoughts on the battlefield
Drone aircraft could also be used to deliver antibiotics or blood to front-line units to keep them in the fight,
may also find their way onto the battlefield and will be worn by soldiers full time. The US ARMY is already developing sensors similar to a'Fitbit'could monitor their heart rate
'If you see a casualty whose heart rate is way up, whose respiratory rate is way up,
that may be an indication they lost a lot of blood, and need treatment now, as opposed to a casualty
#HIV breakthrough could lead to a CURE as markers on immune cells identified The way a patient's immune system responds to HIV infection could offer clues as to
The invention could pave the way for the development of'flying submarines'-vehicles that can seamlessly travel through air and water
But the researchers worked out a way of making it hover over the water at a certain angle,
By doing this, the Robobee is able to crash into the water in a controlled way and sink.'
the same way it does in the air. Like the original flying version, the tiny drone has to be attached to a power source as it is too small to house a battery.
and data systems useless even before the first troops or aircraft arrive.''Mcafee says this is a huge issue being ignored.
which causes fewer deaths per year than traffic accidents, seems that possibly our president is suffering an acid flashback rather than myself.'
and data systems useless even before the first troops or aircraft arrive, 'he said during the initial test.
because it changes the way we think about chronic pain. here is generally a rather negative and fatalistic view of chronic pain.
we may find ways of naturally increasing resilience to pain without the side effects associated with many pain killing drugs. al Derbyshire,
since Concorde made its last supersonic flight at Mach 2. 04, or 1, 354 mph (2, 179 km h).
) But the future of flight could be much faster, with a transatlantic journey taking as little as half an hour.
A concept aircraft named Skreemr could reach speeds exceeding Mach 10-that's 10 times the speed of sound.
Liquid-oxygen or kerosene rockets would be fired to enable the plane to rapidly climb higher in the sky
349km/h) While scramjet engines are under development for drones and military planes, it could be years until they are used for consumer jets
and there is no suggestion the designs for Skreemr will ever become reality. Craft using scramjet propulsion systems are set to be smaller, lighter and faster,
Bombardier Skreemr's sleek design, with four wings and two large rockets on the rear, is intended to be used as a commercial aircraft to carry 75 passengers in luxury.
Airbus hopes its planned hypersonic jet which would travel at 4. 5 times the speed of sound,
which made its final flight in 2003. Standard airliners take around eight hours to complete the journey.
Airbus'jet is described as'an air vehicle including a fuselage, a gothic delta wing distributed on either side of the fuselage,
and a system of motors able to propel the air vehicle'.'The patent describes how three different types of engine,
powered by different forms of hydrogen, would work together to propel the vehicle at speeds of 3, 425mph (5,
500km/h). Two turbo jets would allow the aircraft to climb vertically at takeoff, before retracting into the fuselage just before it reaches the speed of sound.
A rocket motor would take it to an altitude of 100,000 feet (30,000 metres. The wing-mounted ramjets would then take control to push the jet to its final speed.
Airbus says it has designed the craft's aerodynamics to limit sonic boom, making it much quieter than Concorde,
which some complained was too noisy when it flew over populated areas. However, unlike with Concorde, the Airbus design will limit passengers to just 20. t
#Forget PINS, soon you'll be able drawing money out using your EYES: Retinal scanning to be trialled by Citigroup Citigroup is testing new technology that will allow customers to withdraw money using retinal scanning.
and pressure at the same time The unique way in which our fingertips can detect changes in both temperature
The high-tech glasses can be taught to recognise everything from the entrance and type of shop to bus stops
This means it could be used to improve safety for motorcyclists and traditional cyclists. An array of 27 dampers work in unison to isolate impact energy from the brain.
and are sufficient to power most homes during peak evening hours the batteries inside are a step towards revolutionizing the way people generate,
they created an easy way to tweak the genetic information in a cell nucleus. This has implications for medicine and agriculture.
for CRISPR-Cas9 turns out not to be the only way bacteria protect themselves from the attentions of viruses. In the latest edition of Cell,
CRISPR-Cpf1 may be better than CRISPR-Cas9 in another way, too. Cpf1 is a smaller and simpler enzyme (known technically as an endonuclease) than Cas9.
ivermectin imbibed this way is often enough to kill any malarial parasites it is carrying.
In Thailand, a country well on its way to eliminating the scourge of malaria, one line of attack is mass-treatment with drugs that can clear the parasite from its human hosts.
At longer range, it proposes Realsense as a way to give drones a local 3d map for object avoidance.
everyday ways. f you believe youe serving a higher purposehat people will benefit from your work
#ubeam's Wireless Technology Aims to Kill the Power cord If ubeam has its way, dead batteries and charging cords will soon be a quaint memory, much like rotary dial telephones.
Existing carbon capture technologies are energy-intensive and often entail costly transportation and storage procedures.
#Waste-to-Energy project to Reduce GHGS by 40k Tons Annually The New york city metro area first large-scale waste-to-energy project will reduce greenhouse gas emissions by about 40,000 tons annually, according to New york Gov. Andrew Cuomo,
They also believe the unique water-repelling nature of the material could be used in paint applied to airplanes and satellites or as part of electromagnetic shields for such things as unmanned aerial vehicles.
Science & Applications, the team of Camille Brès at EPFL described a way to design these lasers at a lower cost,
by changing the way optical fibres are connected to each other. Thanks to the new configuration, they were able
because light interacts with itself in a very special way, thanks to the amplifying fibre's composition and dimensions,
Now, a team of researchers from Oxford and Stony Brook universities has found a way to precisely control these waves-using light.
So, the research team set out to find ways to steer the excitation waves, borrowing tools from the developing field of optogenetics,
However, the way in which normal protein concentrations in the blood are determined and maintained has been a mystery for decades.
and turnover mechanism is the fastest way to change the abundance of a secreted protein,
"We have a way to track that change with great precision--down to a fraction of a nanometer."
Scientists at the John Innes Centre have found a way to produce industrial quantities of useful natural compounds efficiently,
The protein acts a bit like a tap to increase or reduce the production of natural compounds depending on how much of the protein is present.
therefore production of valuable compounds like Resveratrol or Genistein in tomatoes could be a more economical way of producing them than relying on artificial synthesis in a lab
the natural product ilicifoline B, no comparison with a petrochemical route was possible as this substance had never before been synthesized in a laboratory.
the new xylochemical synthesis turned out to be significantly more efficient than any previously known route based on petrochemistry."
#New finding offers clues for blocking cancer gene A new study suggests a potential new way to block one of the most common cancer-causing genes, without causing severe side effects.
but now the microbe has also found its way to the labs of University of Southern Denmark.
"One of the major challenges in pharmacy is to find ways to carry and protect drugs on their passage through the stomach.
Transport and protect drugs Jensen has completed just her Ph d. work on how to use lipids from the cell membranes of extremophilic microorganisms to design drug carriers that transport
when insulin is absorbed from the small intestine it is released into the body in a more natural way than
Liposomes are available in many different forms-some are used e g in cosmetics to transport nourishing substances into the skin.
#A better way to read the genome UCONN researchers have sequenced the RNA of the most complicated gene known in nature,
because if you copy them the way the body does, using RNA, each copy can be slightly-or very-different from the next.
"This way, it can be made for $1 per vaccination and distributed to those in need.
Until now, there has been no way to assess or operationalize many of the cognitive and behavioral symptoms of LBD in clinical practice.
"We found a new way by which to identify cancer suppressor genes and understand how they could be targeted for therapies."
"I also hope the knowledge we provide here is paving the way to engineer'super-spreading'agents,
They observed that the function a protein involved in the transport of proteins and organelles within cells (called'Rab8'),was affected,
The findings could change the way we monitor patients, and may be especially important for people with cancers that are difficult to reach,
and the Pennsylvania State university have discovered accidentally a new way of using light to draw and erase quantum-mechanical circuits in a unique class of materials called topological insulators.
#3-D printed fetal head helps manage care for baby with life-threatening airway mass Megan Thompson was about 30 weeks pregnant
whether the mass would block Conan's airway after birth. The 3-D printed model of the fetus allowed us to actually see in person what it looked like
and have something in our hands to help us decide the best way to care for the baby,
"This is the first case we are aware of that 3-D printing has helped show how severe an airway risk in a fetus was
so that a surgeon can establish an airway to allow the baby to breathe. Instead, Conan was born via a scheduled C-section."
Two ways out of the chaos A group of researchers led by Bernd Reif professor at the Department of chemistry of the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and group leader at the Helmholtz Zentrum Muenchen, have succeeded now in uncovering precisely this mechanism.
Template for artificial protein construction Precise knowledge about the way in which alpha-B-crystallin attaches to the Alzheimer's protein is particularly interesting for researchers using so-called"protein engineering"to develop new agents that bind specifically to beta-amyloid
#A resonator for electrons More than two thousand years ago the Greek inventor and philosopher Archimedes already came up with the idea of using a curved mirror to reflect light in such a way as to focus it into a point-legend has it that he used this technique to set
At one end of that plane there is a so-called quantum dot: a tiny trap for electrons, only a hundred nanometers wide, in which owing to quantum mechanics the electrons exist in well-defined energy states similar to those of an atom.
Better materialsthe possibility to focus electrons in this way was investigated already in 1997 at Harvard university. The ETH researchers,
This current changes in a characteristic way as the applied voltage is varied.""Our results show that the electrons in the resonator do not just fly back and forth,
releasing their drug cargo into the brain tumors. In testing with mouse models of aggressive brain tumors, the technology took out far more cancer cells, inhibited tumor growth better and extended life longer than traditional chemotherapy delivery.
"It's a remarkable new way to manipulate light.""Although this infinitely high velocity sounds like it breaks the rule of relativity,
and Penn State materials scientists have discovered just a way to give this workhorse a big boost,
"We are starting to realize that the class of materials exhibiting these on/off responses can be beneficial in various ways in information technology,
However, the way in which normal protein concentrations in the blood are determined and maintained has been a mystery for decades.
and turnover mechanism is the fastest way to change the abundance of a secreted protein,
it's difficult to envision why the way that the keyword is pointing would matter.
if they point the other way. To the complex, they would look upside-down.""Aiden said that one of the most astonishing implications of the new model is that loops on different chromosomes tend not to become entangled."
whether for an airplane, car, bridge, mobile device, or biological implant, engineers strive to make the material strong
"When copper is bound in this way it seems to protect the prion protein. When instead copper is missing
opening the way for the development of new drugs targeting this copper binding site, and thus for new potential treatments".
ride steel subway cars over steel rails to our offices in steel-framed building. Steel screws hold together broken bones,
researchers at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of engineering and Applied sciences (SEAS) have demonstrated a way to make steel stronger, safer and more durable.
"Liquid marbles are a remarkably simply way to culture cells in 3d, "says Dr St john."A droplet of liquid that contains the cells is placed upon a carpet of teflon powder to create a liquid marble
but in the nanoworld, umbrella shapes may be the next creative way to enhance light emission. Inspired by recent work to enhance the luminescence from diamond nanopillar structures,
"This way we can build electrodes out of it, "he said.""It should be easy to integrate into devices."
"We wanted to find a way to improve its performance.""The researchers first conducted surface science experiments to study precisely how platinum and copper metals mix."
there is an urgent need to develop new ways to enable the early identification of aggressive cancers
Researchers at the University of Michigan Health System have identified a new way of triggering the instructions normally given by the muscle protein dystrophin,
-and a potential way to bypass it.""Our work suggests that AMPK signaling may be one of the links between the loss of dystrophin
The team accidentally has discovered a new way of using beams of light to draw and erase quantum-mechanical circuits on topological insulators, a unique class of materials with intriguing electronic properties.
and the U s. Department of energy's Argonne National Laboratory has confirmed a new way to control the growth paths of graphene nanoribbons on the surface of a germainum crystal.
and this method provides a straightforward way to make semiconducting nanoscale circuits from graphene, a form of carbon only one atom thick.
"Currently, there's no easy way to do that.""One important aspect of the success of the new phototransistors is the researchers'innovative"flip-transfer"fabrication method, in
Conventional lenses use refraction--the way light changes direction while passing through different substances (typically stiff, translucent ones, like glass)--to focus it on a single point.
graduate student Jayer Fernandes and recent graduate Aditi Kanhere--are exploring ways to integrate the lenses into existing optical detectors and directly incorporate silicon electronic components into the lenses themselves s
Conventional lenses use refraction--the way light changes direction while passing through different substances (typically stiff, translucent ones, like glass)--to focus it on a single point.
graduate student Jayer Fernandes and recent graduate Aditi Kanhere--are exploring ways to integrate the lenses into existing optical detectors and directly incorporate silicon electronic components into the lenses themselves s
"This work is about developing a better way to understand people's activities, and build systems that can recognize people's activities at a finely-grained level of detail,
or take a different route
#Researchers develop drug delivery technique to bypass blood-brain barrier Researchers at Massachusetts Eye and Ear/Harvard Medical school and Boston University have prevented successfully the development of Parkinson's disease in a mouse using new techniques to deliver drugs across the naturally impenetrable blood-brain barrier.
seizure disorders and many other conditions affecting the brain and nervous system down the road.""Using nasal mucosal grafting,
they use adjacent nasal lining to rebuild the hole in a permanent and safe way.
Eye and Ear is a Harvard Medical school teaching hospital and trains future medical leaders in ophthalmology and otolaryngology, through residency as well as clinical and research fellowships.
which could pave the way, in theory, to producing personalised, functional organs. One of the major stumbling blocks in tissue engineering is supplying artificial tissue with nutrients,
but we have found a way of keeping vascular cells and other substances active. The method can be used to print blood vessels,
the good news is that 3d printing does have the potential to help patients today in many other ways t
I point out this seems like a great way to tweak a non-patented drug with proprietary technology and sell it for a higher price.
and Privacybadger making their way to the iphone someday. As always, wel be covering this Apple event as it happens,
getting the rest of the way to an orbiter around the Earth isn hard at all.
But this prototype behaved just the way their simulations expected, and as it had to
proving that the technology is well on its way to offering real limb replacement. The breakthrough comes by way of patient interaction as much as advanced engineering,
as work with real amputees shows how natural bionics sensing can really be. The researchers recount an episode in which they decided to trick the participant by stimulating two fingers,
The only way to do this is to sense how much pressure is being applied. And, crucially, the only way to interpret how much pressure is too much is to relay this information to the brain of a human who can judge the strength of things.
Currently available information is slightly vague about where the brain is being stimulated to produce these touch sensations.
paving the way for multiple revolutionary new uses for light. Many upcoming quantum technologies will require a source of multiple lone photons with identical properties,
and for the first time these researchers may have an efficient way to make them. With these quantum dots at their disposal, engineers might be able to start thinking about new, large-scale quantum communications networks.
There has been some promising research in this field it not to be confused with the much more preliminary work on using quantum entanglement to transfer information in such a way that it literally does not traverse the intervening space.
across or even between continents in the networked way of regular digital internet traffic. These quantum dots basically achieve perfect single-photon emission by super-cooling the quantum dots so the emitting atoms do not fluctuate.
or perhaps even find a way to surveil these quantum dots themselves, reading each photon as it absorbed and reemitted.
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