The future aeronautical mechanics will be micro robots that will assess and maintain our aeroplane engines. Harvard and Nottingham Universities worked with Rolls Royce to prototype tiny robots that can roam their engines to identify maintenance issues. The team are aiming to reduce the time it takes to remove the engine for such inspections. This current
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A LEGO Bugatti that you can drive! #rebootme
We all spent many childhood hours creating cool cars from the timeless construction toy, lego. Now Lego have taken their product to a new level. Let us introduce you to the Lego Bugatti Chiron…! 19 months to build 339 different types of LEGO Technic bricks alongside the real thing… 1,000,000 pieces total 2,304 electric motors
R2D2 is real! #rebootme #technology #video
We all know and love the droids from Star Wars, including R2D2 and C3PO but now technology has caught up with science fiction! A “flying brain” is on board the International Space Station. The “droid,” called CIMON is able to float on command and uses AI to provide technical assistance to the astronauts. Similar to
The Trailer Home reinvented #architecture #innovation
Invisible Studio have developed an affordable “house” using locally sourced timber and construction waste. The structure is relocatable using a trailer. Simplicity The Envelope is simply constructed using corrugated fibreglass and steel with the interior faced with plywood previously used for concrete shuttering. Natural light is provided to the interior via polycarbonate sheeting. The Architects
An insect orchestra #innovation #music
Marguerite Tricaud is a Artist and Engineer with a fascination for musical improvisation – Sound Insects Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL London Her work includes this experimental installation of digital “insects” that react and respond to each other through the noises they make. Sound Insects is a self organizing sound system composed of multiple identical
SSSHHH! by NASA supersonic jet #technology #travel
NASA have been developing a new super quiet, supersonic jet. The X-59 is 25 dBa quieter that all of its predecessors, generating 65dBa when flying at high-speed. The X-59 compares to the supersonic Concorde’s noise output of 90 dBa. The significance of this noise reduction is that the X-59 would be able to fly anywhere
Water train #innovation #sustainability #travel
This passenger train emits water… Transports 300 passengers at 87 mph 500 mile range What are we waiting for?! Cordia iLint Coradia iLint is an advanced full emission-free train solution for passenger rail transportation. It is based on Alstom’s successful Coradia Lint regional platform. The traction system of Coradia iLint is using fuel cells which
Wind power on Mars #innovation #technology
Researchers from the Centre of Space Physics (Boston University) are close to harnessing wind power on Mars. Testing has been carried out at the Aarhus Wind Tunnel Simulator II (Aarhus University, Denmark) – to simulate the extreme conditions found on the red planet – the fourth planet from the sun. For now, we can say for
20-20 vision in a bottle #health #rebootme
A research team from Bar-Ilan University’s Institute of Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials (BINA) have innovated “Nano-Drops,” which in the future, could correct impaired vision and replace spectacles and contact lenses. This would also potentially replace laser correction. The self applied drops are synthetic nanoparticles, measuring between 1 & 100nm (nanometers) in width, that adjust the outside and superficial
