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Australia’s Smartest Student Engineers Just Won A University Autonomous Robotics Competition
On Tuesday at UNSW, 22 teams from universities around Australia and New Zealand gathered to pit purpose-built robots against each other in a battle of intelligent design. A crowd gathered in the auditorium where two intricate looking obstacle courses had been set up for the robots to navigate, cheering whenever one team’s creation pulled off…
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Researchers Are Scanning Forests With Lasers To Monitor Their Health
It looks like a work of art, but the image shown above is the 3D structure of an actual forest, reconstructed from sophisticated laser scans that scientists now hope can be used to quickly check a forest’s vital signs. Kinda like a tricorder IRL.
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Laser And Radar Let Researchers Peer Deep Inside Ancient Roman Bridges
Ancient stone bridges dot the Spanish hills. Some are still in use, and all play a part in defining the region’s landscape and heritage. Now, researchers at Spain’s University of Vigo can examine the inner structures of these bridges without disturbing a single stone, thanks to some incredibly powerful imaging technology.
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How Lasers May Have Revealed A Legendary Lost City Of Gold
One year ago, a team of researchers traveled deep into the Honduran rainforest in search of Ciudad Blanca, the legendary lost city of treasures. Yesterday, they revealed images — uncovered by lasers — of structures that they believe to be the White City itself.