Drone Interceptor pops its own props to deploy a drone-catching net

Over the years, we've seen a number of drones that are designed to capture other drones. One of the latest, aptly named the Drone Interceptor, utilizes detachable net-pulling propellers to get the job done.

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Robotic rat may one day search for survivors at disaster sites

While scientists have already created tight-space-exploring robots based on snakes and cockroaches, rats are also highly adept at squeezing through narrow openings. They now have a robotic equivalent of their own, in the form of the SQuRo.

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Fender celebrates offset underdog with 60th Anniversary Jaguar

Styled similarly to the older Jazzmaster model, the favored underdog of artists like Kurt Cobain, Tom Verlaine, J Mascis and John Frusciante has now reached its 60th birthday and Fender is celebrating with two new Jaguar guitars.

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SOM’s smart office tower designed to withstand Chicago’s harsh winters

SOM's 800 Fulton Market boasts brains and brawn: the tower has high-tech building management systems and sustainability features, while its exterior is defined by X-shaped supports engineered to ensure stability in harsh winter weather.

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Generation IV, the future of nuclear power

Although nuclear power remains controversial, new reactors are being built in surprising numbers and these will provide the second largest share of the world’s carbon-free energy. It's also an industry undergoing rapid change as new technology comes on line. So, what will nuclear power look like in the decades to come?

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Harley-Davidson debuts new motor with the 2022 Nightster

The latest addition to the new Sportster family, the Nightster, comes in the shape of a lowered and downspecced Sportster, serving as Harley-Davidson’s platform of choice for the introduction of a smaller version of the Revolution Max V-twin powerplant.

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KERS-charged Hycon gravel ebike folds fast with Italian flair

The Hycon Gravel e bike looks like a mash-up of several bikes from different corners of the industry, but it comes together nicely. The stylish e-rig charges itself during braking and folds down in a matter of seconds to travel effortlessly indoors.

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Hypersonic space cannon promises 10 minutes from ground to orbit

Green Launch says it can fire a space vehicle skywards three times faster than SpinLaunch's kinetic launch system. Its huge hydrogen gas cannon can produce hypersonic launch velocities upwards of Mach 17, enabling orbital altitudes up to 1,000 km.

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