Author - Carlos Coelho

Flash flooding: Droughts Need Water, Just Not so Fast

Credit: UnsplashAfter weeks of scorching heat and dry conditions in the majority of the UK, with drought announced in parts of England, it seems that a big downpour is what we need.However, the heavy rainfall and thunderstorms predicted by the Met Office this week might be a threat.Researchers are warning that the storms can...

The Massive New Odyssey Ark Monitor by Samsung Gets a Release Date

The Odyssey Ark Monitor in it's vertical orientation. Credit: SamsungAfter revealing the product in January at CES, Samsung has, at last, announced a launch date and price for its enormous 55-inch curved gaming monitor: the Odyssey Ark, releasing in early September; it will set you back $3,499.99.Featuring a 16:9 4K panel with a stand that...

Look Out for These Symptoms! A Deadly Kind of Bacteria Has Been Found in US Soil and Water

Times 5 magnification of colonies of Burkholderia pseudomallei on Ashdown's agar after 4 days' incubation. Credit: wikipediaFor the first time, a possibly fatal strain of bacteria has been identified within the United States's soil and water, causing the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to ask healthcare professionals to look out for signs and...

Want to Make Your DJI Air 2 or Air 2S Into a 360-Degree Camera? Check out this Camera by Insta360

Top view of Insta360's 360º camera. Credit Insta360Insta360 has revealed a new 360 camera, named The Sphere, developed especially for the DJI Air 2 and Air 2S.The accessory works similar to the company's previous 360 cameras, with two wide-angle lenses directed in opposite directions, which are then stitched together to produce 360-degree video and photos.However,...

CDC Warns of Unusually Large Number of Newborns Infected with Potentially Life-Threatening Virus

Credit: Guido Mieth/Getty ImagesDoctors at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say an abnormally high number of harmful viral infections have been detected among infants throughout the United States this year, including one uncommonly large cluster of almost two dozen cases at a single hospital in Tennessee.The infections- a result of a typical...

The technology of ‘cobot,’ which refers to collaborative robots, is transforming the way humans interact with robots in industrial palletizing operations.

Veo Robotics’ FreeMove system being tested with an ABB robot in a palletizing operation. Credit: Veo Robotics’As the industry increasingly adopts collaborative robots (cobots) to work together with humans in manufacturing and assembly tasks, an innovation in cobot technology has emerged. This technology, based mostly on speed and separation monitoring, brings collaborative capabilities to...

The BeTriton: a Completely Electric all-in-one Camper, Trike, and Boat

The all-in-one Camper, Trike, and BoatThe BeTriton, a Latvian-made recreational vehicle, intends to transform the way individuals travel locally.As founder and CEO Aigars Lauzis puts it, "instead of globe-trotting and hopping on planes, you would really travel and engage with the surrounding landscapes around where you are."The inspiration for BeTriton came to Aigars Lauzis...

Does the Brain Learn in the Same Manner that Machines Learn?

Identifying how neural activity changes with learning is anything but black and white. Recently, some have presumed that learning in the brain, or biological learning, may be visualized in terms of optimization, which is how learning happens in artificial networks like computers or robots.A new approaches piece co-authored by Carnegie Mellon University and University...

Israel Reveals a New Autonomous Armed Robotic Vehicle to Test in 2023

The M-RCV system. Credit: Israel Ministry of Defense/FacebookThe weapon will be used for advanced reconnaissanceIn April of 2022, the Ministry of Defense of Israel tested its new laser-based missile defense system named Iron Beam, and now, the Ministry declared it would start testing a new robotic crewless combat vehicle on Monday that is under...