TECH & INNOVATIONThe Tunabot can mimic the speed and movement patterns of the yellowfin tuna. The yellowfin tuna is a torpedo shaped fish capable of escaping most predators because of its speed that can reach up to 46 miles per hour, making it one of the fastest fish in the world.
The team effort resulted in the production of synthetic fuel, which they plan to scale up later on. (Photo : Image from Pipeline Journal) The Power-to-X, or P2X, Kopernikus project is a four-way collaboration among four different institutions with the aim to produce synthetic fuel from renewable materials.
Most individuals living in colder regions of the world know how challenging winters can be for them. On cold winter mornings nobody like a ritual of defrosting windows. Have you ever scraped ice from your car's window? You must hate it when your hands get stiff with cold or get raw red and cold, right?
The common form of barnyard grass look a lot like rice and it is causing confusion among farmers. The world's worst agricultural weed looks a lot like the rice plant with its green stems.
The shapeshifting metamaterials are potentially valuable in adaptive energy storage and handling. Scientists have been studying the properties of metamaterials for a few years now due to their ability to manipulate light and sound waves, essentially turning them into "invisibility cloaks.
More than half of your utility expenses consist of your HVAC system bills. This makes the central heating and cooling system the largest energy expense. However, you can do a lot to improve the efficiency of your HVAC system while controlling your energy expenses.
Another nature-inspired robot takes off… this time, from water and into the air. In a recent publication on Science Robotics, researchers detail how their robot could propel itself from water-another nature-inspired robot.