Bee-inspired flying robot gains yaw control via angled wings

Robotic versions of flying insects hold a lot of promise for numerous applications, but controlling their yaw axis while in flight has proven challenging. A new bee robot, however, addresses that problem with a clever design.

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Milky Way’s center found to be strung with more mysterious filaments

Decades ago, the astronomy world was taken aback by the discovery of tall light filaments spiking out from around our galaxy's central black hole. Now more filaments have been found, only these have some significant – and puzzling – differences.

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20-ft-long Chicorée tiny house packs in plenty of flexibility

This latest tiny house by Baluchon is just as small as we've come to expect from the French firm, but nonetheless squeezes in a surprisingly flexible interior, including sleeping space for up to five and two work areas.

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Motorola hopes you’ll flip over the large cover screen on the Razr+

Back in the mid-2000s, Motorola scored a massive global hit with a high-style flip-phone called the Razr. The fashion icon was revived for the smartphone age in 2019, and now the company has out-flipped the competition with the Razr Plus.

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Trurest lets you faceplant your way to sleep on economy flights

There's precious little human dignity in economy airline travel to begin with; why not go all the way? The HypNap TruRest offers you the opportunity to attempt sleep with your face mashed into a padded cradle, and arrive red, wrinkly and refreshed.

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Brooks Instrument Joins Major Biotechnology Consortium Focused on Regenerative Drug Manufacturing

Brooks Instrument will contribute insights and precision fluid control technology to the Advanced Regenerative Manufacturing Institute’s BioFabUSA program...

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Flexible, moveable wooden walls mean no more ‘knocking through’

Knocking down a wall to create an open-plan space can be expensive. Researchers have created sustainable, moveable wooden partition walls that can be positioned right where you want them, making ‘knocking through’ a thing of the past.

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