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New electricity generator from the ocean
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New electricity generator from the ocean

Inspired by the movement of algae at the bottom of the ocean, Australian scientists have come up with the idea of designing biogas generators that use the thrust of wate…

December 11, 2018
Buoy houses fight floods
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Buoy houses fight floods

A student of Hong Bang International University has just created a model of flood-resistant houses with the desire to serve people in the central region, which is suffer…

December 11, 2018
Robot inhaling the soil, exercise
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Robot inhaling the soil, exercise

A video by Boston Dynamics reveals that the PETMAN robot can not just walk like a normal person, but can also do physical exercises, even pushing the ground.

December 11, 2018
Automatic stirring device
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Automatic stirring device

Robostir is a battery-operated wireless stirrer, which can stir food in a pan or saucepan. This device includes 3 metal pins with a silicon base - to prevent the device…

December 11, 2018
What Are Small Modular Reactors?
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What Are Small Modular Reactors?

Small modular reactors, or SMRs, are nuclear fission reactor designs intended to have lower electrical output per module than many traditional large reactors and to use…

December 11, 2018
Use plasma in battery design
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Use plasma in battery design

Engineers at Case Western Reserve University in the United States have built an electrochemical battery that uses plasma as an electrode instead of metal.

December 11, 2018
Build large cargo ships to save on CO2 emissions
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Build large cargo ships to save on CO2 emissions

Japan Heavy Industries (MHI), a Japanese heavy equipment manufacturer, says it is building a large tonnage carrier, which can reduce its CO2 emissions by 25 percent comp…

December 11, 2018
Fuel cells purify water and generate electricity
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Fuel cells purify water and generate electricity

Yanbiao Liu and his colleagues from Jiao Tong University in Shanghai have been successful in designing and manufacturing a device that can both clean wastewater and prod…

December 11, 2018
Phone know kiss?
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Phone know kiss?

Have you ever wanted to make your phone 'more intimate'? Fabian Hemmert, a design researcher, majoring in art at the University of Berlin, Germany, can bring it.

December 11, 2018