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Underground Autonomous Cargo Delivery

Switzerland have given go-ahead for the construction of the first 70km of a new underground autonomous cargo delivery system called Cargo Sous Terrain (CST) at a cost of $3 billion. The full 500km network is expected to cost $35 billion and be complete by 2045. Electric induction power cargo pods will travel on rails in the underground tunnels at 30km per hour.

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Sonar Face Expressions

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Engineers at Cornell University have demonstrated how facial expressions can be detected and recreated using sonar on a wearable placed on each side of the head. A machine learning model analyses the sonar echo produced from a speaker and microphone on each ear to detect changes in skin on the face. The system effectively recognises facial expressions with the same detail as a camera.

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Solar Generated Jet Fuel

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Researchers at ETH Zurich have built and testing a solar jet fuel generator. The solar tower uses solar power, water and CO2 from the atmosphere to generate a carbon-neutral jet fuel mix that can be converted into ynthetic fuels.

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Carbon Scrubbing Vehicles

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Students at Eindhoven University of Technology have built a carbon net-zero electric car prototype which includes a CO2 scrubber in the front grill. Built from sustainable, recycled and/or reusable materials and components, with solar cells to extend range, the electric car can also scrub 2kg of CO2 for every 20,600km driven.

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Drug Smuggling Submarine Drones

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Spanish Police three submarine drones that were being used between Gibraltar and Morocco to smuggle 200kg of drugs.

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Sand Battery

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Researchers in Finland have commercialised sand battery technology that can store heat energy from excess generation. The excess electricity is used to heat air, and energy is then transferred from the air to the sand using a heat exchanger. The sand battery has been deployed in the town of Kankaanpää in western Finland and is used to power the central heating system for the district.

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GoPro Space Selfie

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NanoAvionics launched a cubesat with an extendible selfie arm and used a GoPro to capture a mega space selfie!

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How JPEG Compression Works

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In this informative video, Branch Education describes how each step in the JPEG image compression algorithm works, showing how large images can be compressed to much smaller file sizes with little perceivable loss.

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Floppotron 3.0

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Version 3.0 of the computer hardware orchestra Floppotron now sports 512 floppy disks, 16 hard drives, and 4 scanners.

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Volvo Hydrogen Hauler Trucks

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Volvo is testing new hydrogen powered haulage trucks which can be charged by 12kg of hydrogen in 7.5 minutes fir 4 hours of operation. Volvo expects to commercialise hydrogen powered vehilces by 2025.

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