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Amazon Drone Makes First British Delivery
A quadcopter drone delivered an Amazon Fire TV box and a bag of popcorn to a customer.
Sodium Bicarbonate Is an Environmentally Friendly Blasting Abrasive
Soda blasting offers a gentle yet effective way to clean, remove paint, and degrease a wide variety of substrates, including steel, lead, aluminum, alloys, plastics, rubbers, composites, and masonry materials.
Sensor Networks, Wearable Printed Electronics and AAL
Sensors and printed electronics will be increasingly integrated into smart wearable devices to facilitate the implementation of active assisted living.
BP Tests Interactive Fuel Pump
The BP Personality Pump uses interactive technology to audibly greet consumers and initiate the fueling process.
Smart Balaclava Heats Air
A knitted patch of electric-conductive yarn fits over the nose and mouth and emits heat when charged with an electric current.
The Art and Engineering of Barrel Making
Innovation in the once-staid barrel industry is helping distillers create bourbons with consistent quality and some surprising new flavors.
Tech Firms Create Virtual Reality Supergroup
Several of the biggest names in technology are joining forces to push innovation in the burgeoning world of virtual reality.
Improving Multimedia Access for the Disabled
Multimedia content, information technology and communication services are central to our lives. International standards are being developed to help ensure access for people with visual or hearing impairments.
Soda Blasting Can Be Done in a Safe and Healthy Manner
Sodium bicarbonate has a long, established history of safe use as a leavening agent, a mild disinfectant and deodorant, an antacid, a skin balm to treat itching, in toothpaste, and as a cattle feed.
Island Trades Diesel Electricity for Solar Power
A microgrid of solar generation and battery storage provides almost 100% of the island's power needs.
Graphene Textiles Could Enable Wearable Electronics
Researchers have devised a method for depositing graphene-based inks onto cotton to produce a conductive textile.
Rock Star: LEDs Electrify Energy Management Efforts
LED technology can beat almost every other lighting technology and opens the door to new levels of energy use and control that can have grid-scale impacts.
Hydrogen in Gas Supply to Be Tested in 2017
The HyDeploy project aims to inject hydrogen into the existing natural gas network, and would make up a maximum of 20% of the volume of gas in the network.
Researchers Generate 3-D Virtual Reality Models of Unborn Babies
Parents may soon be able to watch their unborn babies grow, thanks to technology that transforms MRI and ultrasound data into a 3-D virtual reality model of a fetus.
Paper-based Bicycle Helmet Wins 2016 Dyson Award
EcoHelmet is made of waterproofed paper in a radial honeycomb configuration to protect the head from impact.
Video: Worried about the airline losing your luggage? A ten-cent technology could help. Infrastructure failures are likely to grow says a new study. German engineers work to preserve a scenic railway.
Video: Worried about the airline losing your luggage? A ten-cent technology could help. Infrastructure failures are likely to grow says a new study. And German engineers work to preserve a scenic railway.
Ice Is No Match for This New Coating
Researchers have invented an ice-repellent coating that tests show out-performs today's best de-icing products.
Fluorescent Dye Can Stockpile Energy
A fluorescent liquid dye, BODIPY, has stored and transferred energy in a rechargeable liquid battery.
Researchers Tinker with Yeast for Better Beer
A team from the University of Leuven and Life Sciences Research Institute in Belgium is examining and cross-breeding yeast strains, adding modern genetics to a search for brewing that dates back centuries.
Smart Cities for the Golden Years
Smart City technologies have the potential to enable the disabled and elderly to remain independent for longer, and live healthy, mobile lives. Standards are being developed to help meet these goals.