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You Can Carry This Inflatable Electric Bike In A Backpack
They’re better for the environment than a gas-guzzling car, but the other big advantage of commuting every day on an electric bike is that they’re easier to park. With Poimo, a prototype inflatable e-bike created at the University of Tokyo, you don’t even need to find a bike rack when you get to work, just…
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Thrown Rocks Are No Threat To These Drones That Have Mastered Dodgeball
The days of knocking an annoying drone out of the air with a precisely thrown rock might soon be over. Researchers at the University of Zurich have upgraded a drone with a special camera that can quickly spot approaching obstacles, allowing the craft to avoid them with reaction times as fast as 3.5 milliseconds.
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Wearing This New Infrared Camouflage Will Keep You Hidden From A Predator’s Thermal Vision
You can cover yourself from head to toe in fatigues or dark clothing, but it’s nearly impossible to hide from a thermal camera that can see the invisible infrared radiation your body emits. Or is it? Researchers from the University of San Diego have created a new kind of thermal camouflage that can make the…
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A Quarter Of All Climate Tweets Come From Bots, And They’re More Likely To Peddle Denial
The bots are taking over, man. Researchers have found that bots are largely fuelling climate denial propaganda on Twitter.