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Fire-Detecting Wallpaper Turns Entire Rooms Into A Better Smoke Detector
Where there’s smoke, there’s fire, and that’s how most alarm systems are able to detect and warn of trouble. But Chinese researchers have developed a new kind of wallpaper, using ingredients found in bones and teeth, that sounds the alarm when heat and flames are detected, turning every wall in a room into a potential…
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This Gross Puking Robot Is A Much Safer Way To Mix Rocket Fuel
It’s understandable that you want to be as careful as possible when handling explosive material such as rocket fuel – but manufacturing the volatile mixture requires even more care. So JAXA, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, helped create a safer way to mix explosive ingredients by building a working robotic version of human intestines.
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A Guy With A Hockey Stick Is The Only Thing Stopping Door-Opening Robots From Escaping
Video: If last week’s video of Boston Dynamic’s SpotMini robo-dog opening doors all by itself had you worried, don’t be. The bot’s creators have done everything possible to ensure the public’s safety by hiring a guy to thwart the robo-dog’s escape attempts using a hockey stick. Phew! One less thing to stress over.
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NASA’s New Titanium Airless Tyres Are Nearly Indestructible
Stretch a Slinky toy too far, and eventually the metal coil will be warped so much it won’t be able to return to its original spring shape. That’s a problem also faced by the metal spring tyres designed to roll across our Moon, and other planets our rovers are exploring. But NASA has created an…