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The US military will use the flying car
By 2015, US troops will fight in four-seat vehicles, which can fly as well as land-based vehicles such as cars.
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New generation solar cell
RMIT has successfully built a new solar cell using CUESS technology, which is four times more efficient and three times cheaper than current solar cells.
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Robot jump fence
US scientists have successfully built robots capable of overcoming obstacles up to 7.5 m in height.
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Transformer 'Transformer'
In just 10 seconds, Japan's WR-07 robot, transformed from a car into a robot identical to the robot in the Transformer movie.
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The first town was powered by wind power
Four turbines power the 1300 town of Rockport in the United States, making it the first community in the United States to rely entirely on wind power to operate.
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'Crab' smart machine
This four-legged creature looks like a sea crab. It can respond as soon as it detects anything around it that moves or emits light. Roboquad also know dance, climbing, w…
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Volitan - the super boat of the future
Dr. Hakan Gursu (Turkey) has designed a very modern boat called the Volitan - which means flying fish - using both wind energy and solar energy.
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Create a '4D' image of the human body
Canadian scientists have used computers to create four-dimensional images of the human body. This technique allows patients to view their own body map before surgery. Na…
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Fireman support robot
Combined with emergency services and firefighting in the South Yorkshire area and four other European organizations, Dr Jacques Penders and colleagues from the Universit…
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The robot cat explores the planet
In the laboratories of the artificial intelligence research center (DFKI), scientists in Bremen, Germany, are working on the invention of a four-legged robot called the…