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Estimating Crop Water Needs Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Using a system of unmanned
aerial vehicles (UAV)
equipped with thermal
multispectral cameras
scientists will be
conducting flights over
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Robot Soccer: Cooperative Soccer Playing Robots Compete
The cooperative soccer
playing robots of the
Universität Stuttgart
are world champions in the
middle size league of robot
soccer. After one of the
... > full story
Disaster Setting At The RoboCup 2009: Flight And Rescue Robots Demonstrated Their Abilities
Modern robotics can help
where it is too dangerous
for humans to venture.
Search and rescue robots
(S&R robots) have
... > full story
Tunnel Vision: Border Patrol Agents To Spot Tunnels With Advanced Ground-penetrating Radar
They're digging tunnels
along the US border at a
fast and furious pace, but
not a single one of them has
ever been discovered by US
... > full story
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Embedded Electronics: Cars Get Cooperative
July 7, 2009 — Researchers have developed a groundbreaking middleware platform that could lead to thousands of new applications in a range of industries. Beginning with in-car electronics, the platform can access ... > full story -
'Organic' Traffic Lights Sense Traffic And Adjust Light Timing Accordingly
June 29, 2009 — Controlling road traffic in congested areas is difficult to say the least, a point to which any drive-time urban commuter might testify. An organic approach to traffic lights, might help solve the ... > full story -
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Roadsters Embrace Green Racing
June 26, 2009 — Green racing is now part of the American Le Mans series. It's auto racing where the prize goes to the fastest car with the smallest environmental footprint. But being green does not mean being slow; ... > full story -
Sightseeing Helicopter Crashes In Hawaii Decrease Following FAA Regulations But Proportion Of Fatal Crashes Increases
June 26, 2009 — An emergency rule intended to reduce the number of deaths and injuries associated with Hawaiian air tours was followed by a 47 percent reduction in sightseeing crashes, according to a new study. ... > full story -
Better Particle Filters For Trucks
June 25, 2009 — Particle filters are standard in the basic fittings for cars. Construction machines, city buses and garbage trucks must now follow suit. This can be achieved effectively and inexpensively thanks to a ... > full story -
Hybrid Vehicles That Are Even More Efficient
June 23, 2009 — A student in Spain has designed a way to increase the energy sustainability of hybrid cars. The implementation of his idea enables a vehicle to consume much less fuel than it would with a ... > full story -
Fish Robot As An Alternative Marine Propulsion System Of The Future
June 11, 2009 — Scientists have developed a new type of fish-shaped, bionic robot as an alternative means of marine propulsion that might replace ships’ screws in sensitive ... > full story -
Drinking Water From Air Humidity
June 8, 2009 — Not a plant to be seen, the desert ground is too dry. But the air contains water, and research scientists have found a way of obtaining drinking water from air humidity. The system is based ... > full story -
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More Than Just The Tailpipe: Calculating The True Environmental Cost Of Travel
June 8, 2009 — Trains, planes, buses and automobiles do not only effect the environment via their exhaust pipes. There is a full lifecycle of processes associated with getting from A to B that we rarely ... > full story -
Safe, Efficient Routes For Dangerous Goods
June 5, 2009 — A new routing and monitoring system developed by European researchers for trucks carrying dangerous goods promises to make Europe’s roads safer while saving haulers time and ... > full story
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