Honda sets its sights on an eVTOL, telepresence robot and space tech

The new technologies Honda plans to pursue in the coming decades include an eVTOL for inter-city transport, a robot that will act as an avatar for users to perform tasks remotely, and a renewable energy system for the Moon.

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Team CERBERUS uses copter/quadruped combo to win Subterranean Challenge

A few years ago we first heard about DARPA's Subterranean Challenge, a competition in which teams were using robots to explore underground environments. A consortium known as Team CERBERUS has recently been awarded the US$2 million top prize.

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Fairphone goes 5G for “waste-neutral” smartphone

Fairphone has announced the next chapter in its mission towards a more sustainable and, well, fair alternative to today's big brand smartphones. The Fairphone 4 comes with 5G connectivity, two 48-MP rear cameras, and a 5-year warranty.

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Epson’s latest Full HD projector designed for work and play

The current global pandemic has seen a shift in how some of us do our jobs, setting up in the spare room instead of going to the office. Epson has launched a new projector that's ready when you need to work, or when you need to grab some downtime.

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Rolls-Royce to re-engine entire US B-52 bomber fleet

Rolls-Royce North America has been tapped to build the replacement jet engines for the venerable Cold War-era B-52 Stratofortress nuclear heavy bomber, with the company's F-130 turbofan engine to power the giant aircraft for the next three decades.

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Koma 1.5 can be either a buggy or a powered exoskeleton, as required

When you're carrying a heavy load, it can be pretty difficult walking across flat ground, let alone climbing stairs. The Koma 1.5 is designed to help, by alternately acting as a powered buggy or a two-legged lower-body exoskeleton.

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Ultra Bright Series projectors launched to meet high-end professional needs

If you have big-screen content to show at a daytime lecture, exhibition or conference, you're going to need a projector designed to shine bright. That's where Optoma is looking to come in with its Ultra Bright Series, which tops out at 22,000 lumens.

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Sticky-tape module designed to let robots know when floors are clean

Increasingly, robots are being used to autonomously clean floors and other surfaces in places like airports and hospitals. You have to wonder, though … how do they know when a floor is sufficiently clean? A new module could soon tell them.

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Construction begins on the Royal Navy’s first Type 31 frigate

A major shipbuilding program for the Royal Navy is now underway, with the first steel being cut for HMS Venturer, the lead ship of the Type 31 Inspiration class frigates, which will replace the navy's aging Type 23 frigates.

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UK awards contracts to field test laser weapons on sea and land

The British Ministry of Defence has given three four-year contracts worth £72.5 million to consortia led by Thales and Raytheon UK to develop laser and radio frequency demonstrator weapons to be mounted on Royal Navy ships and British Army vehicles.

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