A team from Dartmouth University has won NASA’s 2019 BIG Idea Challenge for a futuristic design for a dome-shaped Martian greenhouse. The hydroponic structure…
AUTONOMOUS SCOOTER USES AI TO LEARN YOUR FAVORITE ROUTES
UK-based design agency Layer has teamed up with Chinese electric car maker Nio to create a smart scooter that can learn where you…
SCIENTISTS CREATE MATERIAL WITH “ARTIFICIAL METABOLISM”
A new biomaterial built in a Cornell University bioengineering lab uses synthetic DNA to continuously and autonomously organize, assemble, and restructure itself…
NEW ROCKET ENGINE SUCKS UP ATMOSPHERIC OXYGEN FOR FUEL
U.K. aerospace manufacturer Reaction Engines is preparing a potentially revolutionary rocket engine for a real-world test within the next 18 months. The Synergistic…
SCIENTISTS GENERATED NUCLEAR FUSION WITH A TABLETOP DEVICE
A team of physicists managed to generate a nuclear fusion reaction using a device that can fit on a tabletop. The device,…
SEE THE “COLOSSUS” FIREFIGHTING ROBOT THAT HELPED SAVE NOTRE DAME
When soaring temperatures and a roof on the brink of collapse made it too dangerous for humans to continue battling the Notre…
MD 969 TWIN ATTACK HELICOPTER CAN LAUNCH DRONES FROM MIDAIR
American aerospace manufacturer MD Helicopters just announced details of its upcoming MD 969 Twin Attack Helicopter at a military trade show in…
NASA WILL FUND 18 BIZARRE NEW PROJECTS
NASA designed a program for specific purpose, called NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) — the agency announced 18 bizarre new projects receiving…
NASA ASKS SPACEX TO HELP IT SAVE EARTH FROM INCOMING ASTEROIDS
NASA has a plan to defend Earth from an incoming asteroid — and it’s now tapped SpaceX to help carry it out.…
A PROMINENT PUBLISHER USED MACHINE LEARNING TO WRITE A TEXTBOOK
Scientific publisher Springer Nature just released its first book written entirely by a machine learning algorithm. The title of the book, Lithium-Ion Batteries: A…