Aerospace, Defence & Marine
First vinyl played record in space
Jack White's label Third Man Records used a "space-proof" turntable and a gold-plated disc to play John Boswell’s A Glorious Dawn 28,000m above Earth
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Energy & Environment
World's most powerful wind turbine blades assembled in Belfast Harbour
Belfast Harbour is currently hosting six 80m long Wind Turbine Blades (the equivalent length of nine double-decker London buses) which arrived from the Isle of Wight ahead of construction of a new wind farm in the Irish Sea.
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Electronics & Communications
Lockheed Martin showcase SPIDER – A Robotic Blimp Inspector
Lockheed Martin's faced a technical challenge when they developed their hybrid airships (which are as big as a football field); how could they check their ships surfaces did not have tiny pinholes in them.
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Electronics & Communications
DURUS brings robots one step closer to replicating human locomotion
Georgia Tech’s AMBER-Lab has just released footage of their walking humanoid robot DURUS.
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Aerospace, Defence & Marine
Rosetta: Communication with Philae lander shutdown for good
The European Space Agency is shutting down communications with the Philae lander for good. The lander landed on comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko in 2014
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Energy & Environment
Solar Impulse II: Around the World Trip Successfully Completed
Solar Impulse II has just made history and become the first solar-powered plane to completely circle the Earth.
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Automotive & Transport
Stagecoach EV Buses can now run longer between charges
Six of the Optare Solo EV buses, operated by Stagecoach, have been modified to allow them to run for longer in between charging sessions.
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Manufacturing
Police obtain access to smartphone by 3D printing victims fingerprint
Police in the USA have found a way around past the notoriously hard to crack smartphone fingerprint protection by scanning and 3D printing the owners finger tips.
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Manufacturing
3D printed truck spare parts developed by Mercedes-Benz
This September, Mercedes-Benz is promising to make 30 spare plastic parts available to print for its cargo trucks.
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Space
Juno: NASA release images of Juno’s Jupiter Approach
NASA has released over 1,300 unprocessed images of Juno's approach of the gas giant
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Aerospace, Defence & Marine
SpaceX celebrate second successful landing on solid ground
SpaceX are celebrating after landing a Falcon 9 rocket on solid ground for the second time. The landing means SpaceX have now have had five successful rocket recoveries.
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Electronics & Communications
Britain’s most successful technology company ARM sold to Japan’s SoftBank for £24bn
Cambridge-based ARM Holdings, the company behind the massively successful ARM chip, has agreed to be sold to Japanese tech firm SoftBank for £24.3bn after its board said it would recommend the all-cash deal to shareholders
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Aerospace, Defence & Marine
Loughborough University win IMechE UAS Challenge 2016
Loughborough Engineering students have soared to victory during the second annual Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Challenge.
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Automotive & TransportOpportunities
SNC-Lavalin winners of 2016 IMechE Railway Challenge
2016 saw Stapleford Miniature Railway in Leicestershire host 8 teams for the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Railway Challenge.
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Aerospace, Defence & Marine
Development of National Propulsion Test Facility takes off with £4.12m investment
British rocket research is set to take-off with a £4.12m investment in a new National Propulsion Test Facility
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Space
New Jersey to host the world’s largest vertical farm
New Jersey is all set to become home to the world's largest vertical farm later this year. A US-based startup, AeroFarms has…
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Electronics & Communications
Robot World Cup sees Germany win on penalties
RoboCup 2016 saw more than 3,500 participants from over 40 countries descend upon Leipzig, Germany. Gerhard Kraetzschmar, the games chairman, explained that…
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Aerospace, Defence & Marine
China looks ahead as World's Largest Radio Telescope opens
The Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope (FAST) is finally functional after nearly 5 years of development.
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Space
Juno: NASA confirms successful entry into orbit around Jupiter
NASA celebrated this morning as it received tones transmitted from JUNO confirming the braking manoeuvre had gone as planned. Juno Mission Control…
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Aerospace, Defence & Marine
Juno: Jupiter space craft nearing critical orbit manoeuvre
When Juno enters Jupiter orbit in the next 24 hours it will do so powered by a British rocket engine.
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Electronics & Communications
Boston Dynamics introduces SpotMini
Boston Dynamics, the Google owned Robotics company, has just introduced a new four-legged robot SpotMini. The SpotMini comes in just under 30kg…
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