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The £16 gun: Plastic firearm you can make at home from household items is created by 3D printer
A working plastic gun has been printed using a self-assembled 3D printer bought online, a nail and some household screws. A video on YouTube sees the Winconsin engineer behind the plans successfully ...
17 hours ago from Daily Mail
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PediPower device brings kinetic energy to heel
We've seen Pavegen's energy-harvesting tiles turning up in a variety of places to harvest some of the kinetic energy generated while walking or running over them. But a team of students at Rice ...
Tue 21 May 13 from Gizmag
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Space drives e-mobility
An ESA business incubation start-up company is helping major car manufacturers to develop electric vehicle concepts and improve safety systems by turning ideas quickly into virtual prototypes.
23 hours ago from Phys.org
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The Artificial Insect Eye That Will Give Sight To Tiny Drones
Humans see the world through a pair of high resolution, single lens eyes that allow us to adjust focus and pinpoint fine details. But simpler creatures, like insects, instead rely on compound ...
17 hours ago from Gizmodo
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Iconic Eames chair returns to its fiberglass roots
One of the most iconic chairs in modern design is returning to its structural roots, thanks to more environmentally-friendly developments in manufacturing. Furniture maker ...
Tue 21 May 13 from The Verge
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Blow me down: Windcatcher inflation system amplifies lung power
If you go camping down in the wild woods, the chances of happening upon a conveniently-placed power outlet for blowing up your mattress with an electric air pump are pretty remote. Unless you ...
Mon 20 May 13 from Gizmag
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Student-built innovations to help improve and save lives
Nanyang Technological University (NTU) students have developed new and practical life-saving innovations inspired from everyday problems, including improving the safety of cyclists on the roads ...
Mon 20 May 13 from Phys.org
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Cloud in a bottle
SURFING SCIENTIST TRICK: Pump a soft drink bottle full of air, pop the top and bam! A thick, white, billowing cloud will magically appear right before your eyes.
Tue 21 May 13 from ABC Science
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Researchers build curved insect-sized artificial compound eye (w/ video)
(Phys.org) —A team of European researchers working at École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland has created an artificial compound eye that is comparable to those in insects ...
23 hours ago from Phys.org
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The Wright Brothers were NOT the first to fly a plane - a German pilot beat them to it two years earlier in a flying car, claims leading aviation journal
Claims made in Jane's All The World's Aircraft journal state that German aviation pioneer Gustave Whitehead may have been the first man to successfully fly a plane, beating the Wright Brothers' ...
Mon 20 May 13 from Daily Mail
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