UK’s first drone delivery service launches in remote Scottish islands

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by on August 1, 2023 at 11:02 am
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Remote communities off the Scottish coast are now the first people in the UK to have their mail delivered by drone.  Royal Mail and London-based Skyports Drone Services launched the project to make it easier for residents of Orkney, located off the north coast of Scotland, to receive their mail without delays.  The drones will carry mail from Stromness to the remote islands of Graemsay and Hoy where postal staff will complete their usual delivery routes.  While the service will initially operate for three months, the partners intend to continue it on a permanent basis. This is possible under existing…

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World’s tallest wooden wind turbine is ‘stronger than steel’

Jul31
by on July 31, 2023 at 12:12 pm
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There’s a wind turbine being built in the forests of Sweden — or should I say from the forests. Budding startup Modvion, based in the Scandinavian country, is currently building the world’s tallest wooden wind turbine, and it’s on track for completion this year.  The tower will stand 105 metres and is being built for local energy utility Varberg Energi for its wind power site near the town of Skara.   A 2-megawatt turbine made by Danish wind giant Vestas will be mounted atop the wooden tower. Once the rig gets up and running it could power around 500 homes. The…

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Generative AI could undermine upcoming elections in US and India, startup warns

Jul28
by on July 28, 2023 at 4:17 pm
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AI image generators could undermine upcoming elections in the world’s biggest democracies, according to new research Logically, a British fact-checking startup, investigated AI’s capacity to produce fake images about elections in India, the US, and the UK. Each of these countries will soon go to the ballot box. The company tested three popular generative AI systems: Midjourney, DALL-E 2, and Stable Diffusion. All of them have content moderation of some form, but the parameters are unclear. Logically explored how these platforms could support disinformation campaigns. This included testing narratives around a “stolen election” in the US, migrants “flooding” into the…

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These antimicrobial spacesuits could solve astronauts’ laundry woes

Jul28
by on July 28, 2023 at 3:20 pm
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Wardrobe malfunctions are never fun. When on Earth, they might be a nuisance or prove somewhat embarrassing. In space however, they could be a matter of life and death. Not to mention, how do you handle, uhm, laundry on the Moon? The European Space Agency (ESA) says that the next generation of lunar explorers will be kitted with a wholly upgraded set of spacesuits. And textile tech has come quite a way since the iconic string of Apollo missions in the ‘60s and ‘70s. Other than having to stand up to an extra-terrestrial environment characterised by high vacuum, radiation, extreme…

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These tiny robotic tentacles could travel into the lungs to treat cancer

Jul28
by on July 28, 2023 at 10:41 am
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Scientists have developed tiny robotic tentacles that travel into the lungs to detect and treat cancer. The device is just 2.4 mm in diameter and ultra-soft.  It’s sent to the periphery of the lungs from the end of a bronchoscope — a thin tube with a light and camera. During the journey, magnets adapt the robot’s shape to the body’s anatomy. As it moves, both its form and position and form are fed back to a clinician. After reaching its destination, an embedded laser fibre can deliver localised treatment. The robot was developed at the University of Leeds’ STORM lab, which…

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