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Laser-based missile defense for helicopters being developed
(PhysOrg.com) -- Protecting helicopters in combat from heat-seeking missiles is the goal of new laser technology created at the University of Michigan and Omni Sciences, Inc., which is a U-M ...
Wed 1 Sep 10 from PhysOrg
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Microrobots: Miniature auto differential helps tiny aerial robots stay aloft
Engineers at Harvard University have created a millionth-scale automobile differential to govern the flight of minuscule aerial robots that could someday be used to probe environmental hazards, ...
Thu 2 Sep 10 from PhysOrg
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Mimicking fish and tailoring radar to warn of bridge peril
Floods cut down more bridges than fire, wind, earthquakes, deterioration, overloads and collisions combined, costing lives and hundreds of millions of dollars in damage.
Wed 1 Sep 10 from PhysOrg
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LEDs illuminate eye for ocular disease screening
A new imaging system using six different wavelengths to illuminate the interior of the eyeball (ocular fundus) may pave the way for doctors to easily screen patients for common diseases of the ...
Tue 31 Aug 10 from PhysOrg
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Shape-shifting robot plane offers safer alternative for maritime rescue
Use of morphing flight control surfaces has enabled the development of a cost effective unmanned air-sea rescue plane that can operate in extreme weather conditions despite its light weight ...
Thu 26 Aug 10 from PhysOrg
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Nike Patents Back-to-the-Future-Style Self-Lacing Shoes
Nike's Automatic Lacing System Hold on to your hoverboards. Nike has filed a patent on some technology that takes us right back to 2015: self-lacing sneakers that tighten or loosen your ...
Thu 26 Aug 10 from Popular Science
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Students Design Unmanned Drone to Take Action Against Terrorist Activity
Student research teams are preparing for the 2012 international autonomous vehicle competition, which will require nabbing an unsecured USB flash drive kept in a remote and highly secured office. ...
Fri 27 Aug 10 from Newswise
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China's nine-day traffic jam stretches 100km
Thousands of vehicles were bogged down Monday in a more than 100-kilometre (62-mile) traffic jam leading to Beijing that has lasted nine days and highlights China's growing road congestion woes.
Mon 23 Aug 10 from PhysOrg
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Spheric Technologies high-temp continuous production microwave furnace on-line at Alfred University NanoMaterials Innovation Center
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Tue 24 Aug 10 from ElectroIQ - Small Times
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Cool! Researchers find way to use HVAC ducts for wireless monitoring technology
A new study by a team including a professor from North Carolina State University has found a way to implement wireless monitoring technology - with uses ranging from climate control to health ...
Wed 18 Aug 10 from PhysOrg
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