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Daimler introduces Mercedes-Benz Urban eTruck - Fully electric heavy truck
The Daimer Group has set a new milestone with the introduction of the world's first fully electric electric tractor, Mercedes-Benz Urban eTruck.
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High hanging farm
South Korea will be able to continue to attract tourists thanks to the huge farms in the heart of the city creating stunning views.
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Intelligent data collection rain
Rolf Hut, of Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands, is planning to turn small umbrellas into rain gauges.
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Initiative to build a vertical railway station
Metro stations in major cities such as London and New York are traditionally large structures, like the cathedrals.
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Optical shell for the house
Many houses in the Netherlands are built as terraced fields, creating a unique urban landscape of this country.
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Russian-made equipment can produce electricity from waste water
Scientists in the Russian city of Kazan have announced that they have successfully fabricated a device called cold cyclonic siphon that allows the collection of electric…
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The robot knows the way
German scientists have 'trained' a robot to talk to people to ask the road. Equipped with state-of-the-art cameras and scanners, this unique robot is seen as a big step…
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Cooler air due to bright roofs
The principle of absorption and reflection of light as once again is demonstrated when a team of NASA scientists published results of studies on the heat absorption capa…
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New material helps the car heal itself
Scientists are gradually getting closer to creating self-healing plastic, containing the sci-fi features of science fiction for everything, from aircraft that repair bro…
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Made electricity from pants
A company in the United States has launched a costume that is capable of producing electricity through solar panels. At $ 920, one can own a Go Urban Cargo trousers ...
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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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Sun house - the work of university students
Students of Boston Architecture University and Tuffs University brought to the Solar Energy a work representing New England: a solar home called Curio.
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Robot-style parking
Finding a safe and proper parking lot is always an urgent need in urban areas when the number of vehicles circulating on the street has never tended to stop, if not to i…
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Unmanned trains at Heathrow Airport (UK)
Advanced Transport Systems (ATS) of Bristol University (UK) has signed a contract with BAA managing a majority of UK airports, including Heathrow, to test the ULTRa PRT…