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A chopping robot with an integrated spraying system helps to reduce the use of plant protection products

Robot reduces use of plant protection products

A chopping robot with an integrated spraying system helps to reduce the use of plant protection products in vegetable production. This was the result of trials in fields with lettuce and pak choi.
a newly developed a universal connector that allows stretchable devices to be assembled easily

Like Lego: child's play to assemble stretchable devices

An international team led by researchers at NTU in Singapore has developed a universal connector that allows stretchable devices to be assembled easily and quickly using the Lego principle.
robot hand touching human hand

Swiss researchers print self-healing skin for robot

Swiss researchers have used a 3D printer to print a skin for a robot that can mend itself after being damaged.
two frogs in a pond

Early warning system to save endangered species

Biodiversity is declining rapidly. In order to recognise species worthy of protection in time, a research group from Fribourg wants to combine artificial intelligence, image data and citizen science.
Soumya Sudhakar at her TEDx talk

Computers powering self-driving cars could emit vast amounts of CO2

Computers powering self-driving cars could be a big contributor to global carbon emissions, according to MIT.
MIT researchers have developed a scalable fabrication technique to produce ultrathin, lightweight solar cells that can be stuck onto any surface.

Paper-thin solar cell turns any surface into a power source

MIT engineers have developed ultra-light fabric solar cells that can quickly and easily turn any surface into a power source.
The limpet lives on seashores.

Materials as hard as snail teeth

Researchers want to harness the unusual wear resistance of limpet teeth for new types of materials.
A lens that is only partially fogged up - the gold-coated area is clear.

With gold against steamed-up glasses

Researchers at ETH Zurich have developed a coating for eyeglasses that heats up lenses with sunlight. The invention is intended to prevent them from fogging up.
Child playing a video game on a tablet

Video games: Good for the brain?

Video games may have a positive impact on the development of children's cognitive skills, contrary to popular belief.
The milky way with mountains in foreground

The world's largest digital camera

US researchers are working on the world's largest digital camera. It could record a golf ball from a distance of 24 kilometres - but it will be used in an observatory.
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