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Forget Everything You Know About 3D Printing--the "Replicator" Is Here
Rather than building objects layer by layer, the printer creates whole structures by projecting light into a resin that solidifies
No, Your Phone Is Not Eavesdropping on You
But peoples' suspicion that it might be is a symptom of tech’s biggest problem
"Rectenna" Converts Wi-Fi to Electricity
Researchers built a small, flexible device that harvests wi-fi, bluetooth and cellular signals, and turns them into DC electricity. Christopher Intagliata reports.
A Simple Camera and an Algorithm Let You See around Corners
A preliminary study shows how it might be possible one day to use a smartphone app to look around a bend without the help of a mirror
Gene Drives Shown to Work in Female Mice
Biologists have demonstrated for the first time that a controversial genetic engineering technology works, with caveats, in mammals
What If Your Fitbit Could Run on a Wi-Fi Signal?
New 2-D electronic technology may reap radio energy to power an array of devices such as hearing aids, sensors and other gadgets that make up the Internet of Things
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Ion Drive: The First Flight
Researchers from MIT have flown a plane with no moving parts for the first time. It is powered by an "ion drive" which uses high powered electrodes to ionise and accelerate air particles, creating an "ionic wind." This wind drove a five-meter-wide craft across a sports hall. Unlike the ion drives which have powered space craft for decades, this new drive uses air as the accelerant. The researchers say it could power silent drones. This video was reproduced with permission and was first published on November 21, 2018. It is a Nature Video production.
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