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Detect terrorist bombers with feces
New technology

Detect terrorist bombers with feces

Swedish scientists have developed a device that can be attached inside a waste pipe to detect explosive materials that help track down terrorist bombs.

December 11, 2018
Robots replace humans with dangerous things
New technology

Robots replace humans with dangerous things

IRobot Technology, Inc. has released an updated version of one of its robots, which can increase the safety and effectiveness of power or military units on mission.

December 11, 2018
Cockroaches support rescue work
New technology

Cockroaches support rescue work

Cockroaches are fitted with sensors to transmit signals and assist rescue workers at the scene of a collapsed building or disaster-stricken areas.

December 11, 2018
Make a drink from the fog
New technology

Make a drink from the fog

New technology to create drinking water from fog can meet the increasing water needs of people in dry areas.

December 11, 2018
Robots find life in the harshest place
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Robots find life in the harshest place

The areas of the Atacama Desert are one of the most lacking conditions for life on earth, and even bacteria are difficult to survive. Every decade, rainfall is measured…

December 11, 2018
Pesticide spraying robot
New technology

Pesticide spraying robot

Young men in remote areas of An Giang province impressed the peasants when they successfully made the pesticide spraying robot instead of manually spraying it as before.

December 11, 2018
Delivery services by plane
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Delivery services by plane

Matternet, a Silicon Valley-based company in the United States, tested the automated delivery service in Haiti and Dominica. In these two countries, Matternet's airc…

December 11, 2018
Transform graphene material into semiconductor
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Transform graphene material into semiconductor

Physicists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have found a way to turn graphene into a semiconductor by giving it exposure to a boron nitride substrate.

December 11, 2018
Reproducing brain damage by microchip
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Reproducing brain damage by microchip

William Gibson in Johnny Mnemonic mentions the introduction of microchips containing sensitive information into the human brain. Today, a group of American scientists cl…

December 11, 2018