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Construction workers offroad: In areas that are difficult to access, drones could one day erect constructions in teamwork.

Building like bees

Swarms of bees as models for drones in construction: Empa has tested drones that work in teams under human control to 3D print materials for building or repairing structures.
A sensor made of wood

Sensors and switches made of wood

Sustainable electronic elements can be made from wood. This is helped by a novel process that uses a laser to engrave electrically conductive tracks into veneers.
FEATURE STORY
A1 Marzia de Domenici

Digital twins spur the metaverse to new heights

The virtual parallel world is in gold-rush fever. The race for the right position in the metaverse has begun. With its digital twins, the Swiss startup Nomoko is already ahead of the competition, at least in one area.
NTU professor Yang Yaowen with the device that harnesses wind energy.

Wind energy in miniature

Scientists in Singapore have developed a low-cost device that can harness the energy of light breezes and store it as electricity.
A wafer-thin skin sensor can transmit information.

A sensor without chip and battery

A skin sensor developed at MIT is as thin as adhesive tape and sends signals - without a chip or battery. The device can vibrate in response to a person's heartbeat or the salt in their sweat, as well as generate a readable electrical signal.
The robot moves like a caterpillar.

Soft robot: like a caterpillar, but ultra-fast

A new type of "soft" robot from the University of Linz moves like a caterpillar - and ultra-fast. Thanks to its contractions, it can also overcome obstacles, swim or grasp things. In short: a system with potential, especially in the field of human-machine interaction.
A virtual patient with a breathing mask sits on a hospital bed.

Medical students learn on hologram patients

Holograms as a substitute for real patients are to provide medical students in the UK with a better education. The programme, which will initially be used at Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge, is the first of its kind in the world.
A drone attaches itself to another object underwater

Aerial water drone hitchhikes

An international research team with Empa participation has developed a drone that can glide through water as well as fly through the air. To save energy, it attaches itself to other objects for a ride.
A doctor examines a patient for conspicuous moles

Does this AI think like a human?

Researchers at MIT have developed a method that helps users understand how a machine learning model thinks and compare it to how a human thinks.
Agricultural future farm

Robot on the field

At the Swiss Future Farm, the use of innovative technology in agriculture is being tested in a project lasting several years. This also includes a robot for field work.
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