Gaize is like a VR-based breathalyzer for drug use

While breathalyzers make it quick and easy to tell if someone is drunk, it takes more time and effort to determine if they're intoxicated by drugs such as cannabis. A new device known as Gaize could reportedly soon change that.

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US Air Force looks into flying robotic multi-engine jet transports

With an eye to taking autonomous flight to the next level, the US Air Force has awarded a contract to study how to turn multi-engine transport jets into robotic aircraft that can handle all aspects of a flight by themselves, from taxi to landing.

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Sea-creature-inspired linked robots could explore alien oceans

If you're designing robots for the exploration of oceans on other planets, you want something that's tough, versatile and easy to store in a spacecraft. It turns out that soft-bodied robots inspired by a marine organism may be the perfect choice.

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Realme GT Neo 5 boasts 240-W charging for sub-10-minute top ups

Smartphone manufacturers have been steadily increasing fast-charging speeds of late, making full top-ups possible in minutes. The fastest to date has just been launched by Shenzhen's Realme, promising to take the battery to 100% in under 10 minutes.

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AI tools are now creating video, and matching sound effects

"No Lights, no cameras, all action." You knew it was coming. One of the key companies behind the Stable Diffusion image generator has launched a mind-blowing AI video creation and editing tool that operates something like DALL-E for moving pictures.

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Modular voxel tech could bring swimming robots into the mainstream

Bioinspired underwater robots that swim by undulating their bodies may be more energy-efficient than their rigid counterparts, but they're also quite difficult to build. That could soon change however, thanks to a new modular robotics system.

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Smart fall-detecting insole keeps tabs on worker safety

If slips, trips and falls tend to occur in one area of an outdoor workplace, employers ought to know about it, so they can address the problem. A new "smart" insole is designed to provide that information, in case workers forget or don't bother.

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DARPA selects competitors for its Liberty Lifter seaplane project

DARPA has chosen two radically different designs from teams led by General Atomics and Aurora Flight Systems for development of the Liberty Lifter Seaplane Wing-in-Ground Effect full-scale seaborne strategic and tactical heavy lift demonstrator.

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SUCOM tech makes for better cellular comms with delivery drones

While short-range radio remote control may be fine for consumer drones, long-distance delivery drones often use cellular networks to communicate with their operators. A new mobile network system could make the latter method much more reliable.

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Samsung takes mobile photography to 200 megapixels with Galaxy S23 Ultra

Samsung has held its first in-person Galaxy Unpacked event since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, launching new premium smartphones and a trio of 2-in-1 laptops – though the Galaxy S23 Ultra stole the limelight with its 200-MP camera.

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