Turning old plastic bags into bricks
Wouldn’t it be great to take the plastic bags that fill refuse stations in India and convert them into bricks,…
‘Ghostbuster’ robot debunks phantom presence
Using a robot to trigger the frightening feeling of a ‘phantom presence’, neuroscientists show that ghosts only exist in our…
Towards the first Helicobacter pylori vaccine?
Using a completely new approach, a German biotech startup is hoping to produce the first successful vaccine to treat Helicobacter…
Adapting game technology to emergency robots
A method borrowed from video gaming can make remote-controlled emergency response robots easier to use – enabling the operator to…
Artificial nose to sniff out illegal substances
A newly developed digital sensor will make it quick and easy to detect bombs, explosives and drugs at airports and…
Meet a technologist: Gerhard Kramer – chasing the limits of communication
For Gerhard Kramer, choosing which engineering field to specialise in came naturally: the most challenging one – from a mathematics…
Meet Visio.M: a new all-electric car
An attractive, affordable, safe and comfortable electric car with a reasonable driving range: that was the goal of the German…
Internet of Underwater Things: the next big wave?
Submarine robots 'talking' to each other in a language related to that of whales and dolphins are being cast to…
“Nature has worked in our favour”
Biorobotics, which aims to design more efficient robots based on locomotion solutions developed by the animal world, is providing new…
Your next laptop charger: from ‘truck to Tesla’
Portable computers will soon be able to do away with the power supply transformer – today the heaviest accessory in…