In a world-first, wooden items get 3D-printed out of wood-only ingredients

Scientists have developed a new "ink" that allows objects to be 3D-printed out of wood. The material could reduce the amount of wood that gets wasted in the manufacturing of various products, plus it could utilize existing wood waste.

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Smart rebounder builds soccer skills by taking hits and giving feedback

A new training device is claimed to make you a better soccer player, even if you're practicing by yourself. It's called Voon Soccer, and it electronically assesses your performance in tens of different skill-building drills.

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Logitech simplifies livestreaming with wireless 4K MFT camera

Ease of use, lens flexibility and Micro Four Thirds image quality is what Logitech is offering digital content creators with the launch of the app-controlled Mevo Core wireless livestreaming camera.

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Extraordinary bird-shaped airport spreads its wings in China

Taking the form of a large white-feathered bird ready to take flight, MAD Architects' Lishui Airport is currently under construction in China. The unusual airport is slated for completion in late 2024.

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NVIDIA aims to speed up humanoid development with Project GR00T

NVIDIA has announced that it's building a new AI platform for just about all of the big players in humanoid robot development, which is based on a general-purpose foundation model that's possibly named after a Marvel talking tree-like creature.

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Video: Giant robotic arm 3D-prints a two-story house

A new 3D construction printer from Icon can whip out two-story concrete buildings faster and cheaper than its previous Vulcan printer. It has already been used to build a 27-ft-high structure called Phoenix House, now on display in Austin, Texas.

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Green Pioneer: World-first ammonia ship fills up in Singapore

In 2021, Australian mining and cleantech company Fortescue announced a plan to float the world's first ammonia-powered ship by 2022. It's a bit late, and not quite as ammonia-powered as we hoped, but the Green Pioneer now appears ready to roll.

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Earth 2: Next-gen NVIDIA AI aims to solve weather and climate forecasting

This week’s global NVIDIA GTC, GPU Technology Conference, included a discussion about using accelerated computing to drive climate action. Three startup companies have taken advantage of NVIDIA's AI and Earth-2 platform to do just that.

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Winged cargo ship saves three tonnes of fuel per day on first voyage

An age of greener, more efficient shipping may be in the offing as a specially modified 43,000-tonne bulk freighter completes a six-month sea trial using a combination of diesel engines and a set of high-tech automatic sails to catch the wind.

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Sounds appealing – reef recordings entice coral larvae to start building

Scientists have discovered that audio recordings of healthy coral reefs may help attract free-swimming coral larvae to damaged ones. The finding could be a major step toward preserving the world's coral reefs.

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