
Aruna Urs
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4 days ago |
thomasnet.com | Aruna Urs |Audrey Altmann
Switzerland’s École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) has developed a new open-source augmented reality woodworking system that guides carpenters to cut timber logs precisely without requiring measuring or marking. Called Augmented Carpentry, EPFL’s system blends craftsmanship with digital overlays, retaining a carpenter’s hands-on skill and steady eyes while making traditional carpentry tools such as tape measures and pencils obsolete.
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1 week ago |
thomasnet.com | Aruna Urs |Audrey Altmann
Georgia Institute of Technology scientists have created a 5-inch soft robot that can jump as high as a basketball hoop without legs, wheels, or motors!This bio-engineering feat opens new possibilities for soft robotics in real-world applications such as search-and-rescue missions and extraterrestrial exploration. The new soft bot’s explosive leaping mechanism is inspired by one of Mother Nature’s most abundant animals: nematodes, aka roundworms.
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1 week ago |
thomasnet.com | Aruna Urs |Audrey Altmann
Washington-based Freefly Systems has created a novel aerial lighting system called “Flying Sun 1000” that is so powerful that it can turn any environment from pitch black to daylight bright.
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1 week ago |
thomasnet.com | Aruna Urs |Audrey Altmann
The XXV Olympic Winter Games — officially called the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics — unveiled its Olympic torch simultaneously at the Triennale Milano and Expo 2025 Osaka, and it’s nothing short of a masterpiece in innovation and sustainability.
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1 week ago |
thomasnet.com | Aruna Urs |Audrey Altmann
Modern-day architecture can leave one awestruck; from palm-shaped resorts to glass skyscrapers and suspension arch bridges, these structures are nothing less than poetic, if not artistic. And there lies the ruse: Building materials like steel and concrete contribute to around 11% of the world’s carbon emissions.
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