BloomX, biomimicry to help bees with a robot pollinator
Israeli startup BloomX has created a pollinator with robotic arms to work alongside bees and improve agricultural productivity
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'Biomimetic' tidal flow turbine produces energy by mimicking fish
A French startup's tidal flow turbine uses motion similar to that of marine species to capture more energy.
Macrobat, concept of a biomimetic flying car made in Africa
The Macrobat biomimetic flying car “mimics” a bird: its wing design offers enviable performance even on uneven terrain.
PigeonBot, the robot pigeon will give us rudderless planes
PigeonBot flies like a pigeon by adjusting its wings and tail feathers. Successfully tested, it inspires new rudderless aircraft.
Agriculture, a 'sunscreen' increases crop yields
A 'sunscreen' on plants? Zinc nanoparticles improve crop yields during heatwaves. I'm puzzled.
School Building: Cocoon, the School in India Transforms into a Hill
School buildings abandon traditional forms. In India, an innovative school blends into nature with a beautiful design.
Spider-Man's Web Is Real Thanks to Insect Chitosan
Chitosan Transforms Artificial Silk Into Spider-Man-Worthy Webs. Science Matches Marvel Comics Fantasy.
Plantolin, a Bionic Pangolin That Plants Trees
The pangolin, from endangered to inspirational: a robot based on its design is revolutionizing reforestation.
Forget Addams: EPFL's Robotic Hand Moves on Its Own
Wednesday has a new 'relative': a robotic hand that detaches and moves on its own. Technology surpasses fiction.
Soft robots, the one from Yale amputates (and reattaches) its own leg
New technology for soft robots allows self-amputation and reconnection of limbs: changing the concept of robotic flexibility.
From the sea to the laboratory: the tentacle robot will be more widespread than hands
Harvard's progress in developing a tentacle robot tells us a lot about future possibilities for reliably and gently grasping objects of various shapes and sizes.
The robots will have “bug” eyes for unlimited vision
Goodbye lenses: researchers have created artificial eyes like those of an insect, for super-wide-angle vision in robots.
No more pesticides: living gel exterminates parasites and increases yields by 50%
Revolutionary nematode worm gel kills corn pests and increases yields by 50%. Goodbye chemical pesticides: the future is organic and sustainable.
From nature to robo-snails: swarms of robots for "off road" tasks
Inspired by snails, new iron robo-snails can operate in swarms, climb and band together for off-road tasks impossible for individual robots.
Environmental breakthrough, plastic created that self-destructs thanks to special spores
Goodbye immortal plastic: it now biodegrades thanks to bacterial spores. Stronger during use, disappears into landfill. Going green.
Energy from CO2: does a nanogenerator make pollution a resource?
A team from the University of Queensland has developed a revolutionary nanogenerator that absorbs CO2 to produce electricity, demonstrating how we can turn it from a problem into a resource.
Dynafin, the propeller of the future is like the tail of a whale
From nature to engineering: Dynafin, or how ABB translated the majesty of a whale into a cutting-edge propeller. Poetry and technology navigate together.
Firefighting drones, the latest advances from a cutting edge in the sky
Firefighting techniques have an additional ally: swarms of drones ready to intervene (even in search and rescue missions).
Sharks, the trick of crazy speed revealed: their skin generates thrust
The denticles on shark skin are truly hydrodynamic devices, and now we know how they work. The potential applications? Infinite.
Leafhoppers, the secret to technological invisibility from their cloak
Penn State researchers have replicated the complex geometry of brochosomes, particles produced by leafhoppers, in the laboratory to study their optical properties.
Caltech revolutionizes ocean exploration with bionic jellyfish
Caltech develops bionic jellyfish to explore oceans at 4,5 times faster speed, carrying scientific instruments
