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DJI Node

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DJI have created NODE (Network of Drone Enthusiasts), a community of drone pilots and owners with the aim of advocating for fair and responsible drone regulations in Europe.

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Cool Thing Of The Week: Beach Printer

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Spanish YouTuber Ivan Miranda created a robot that can draw out messages in the sand like an old dot matrix printer.

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MIT Cheetah 3

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MIT have released another video of humans being mean to robots their Cheetah 3 quadruped robot navigating a range of obstacles blind (without image sensors), including running up debris filled stairs (haha, take that Daleks!) and enduring being poked with a big stick while running and minding it's own business!

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Disney Stunt Robots

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Disney is working on stunt robots (aka Stuntronics) for its theme parks that can perform aerial acrobotic moves while being launched into the air. Check out the video to see their progress.

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Flying Transformer Drone

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Researchers at the University of Tokyo have demonstrated a modular drone that can transform itself while flying to navigate around and through obstacles in its environment.

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Spectral Invisibility Cloak

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Researchers have demonstrated a new cloaking technique that is effective within broadband light illumination. The technique selectively transfers energy from certain colours of the light wave to other colours. In the example image above, green light energy reflected when light passes through the object is redirected to other parts of the spectrum, effectively cancelling out the colours reflected from an object, making it invisible to the observer.

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Homemade Aircraft Tug

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Anthony DiPilato made a homemade iPhone remote controller electric tug for his Cessna 310. The tug can pull the 2,268kg Cessna using two 13 inch motors and two 12V power chair batteries.

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NUIG Computer Science CPD Programmes

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The School of Education in NUIG has received funding from Google's Educator Grants programme to develop professional development programmes for teachers. The CPD programmes aim to prepare and support teachers in the teaching of computational thinking and computer science. NUI Galway Receives Funding from Google for Computer Science Professional Development Programmes https://t.co/meVRqs29Ds pic.twitter.com/4VDqasZzTD

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Chicago O'Hare Boring Company Loop

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Elon Musk's Boring Company has won the contract to build a new transport system between Chicago city centre and O'Hare airport. The Boring Company will build an Express Loop system allowing the 16 mile trip to be covered in 12 minutes using underground pods running up to 150 mph. The trip is estimated to cost $25 each way.