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Friday, August 21, 2015

Smart workout shirt doubles as personal trainer

Fashion designer Ralph Lauren introduces the PoloTech smartshirt that measures your vitals as you exercise and creates a real time personalized workout routine for you to follow on your iPhone. Roselle Chen reports.
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Thursday, August 20, 2015

U.S. agencies to thwart illegal drones

After a drone landed on the White House lawn, U.S. government agencies are quickly developing technology to disable illegal drones.
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Wednesday, August 19, 2015

Clean water thanks to robot swans

Researchers in Singapore have developed an autonomous robotic swan that collects real time data about water quality in an effort to efficiently monitor reservoirs. Ben Gruber reports.
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"Kounotori" cargo craft blasts off from Japan

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency launches its "Kounotori" HTV-5 cargo craft to the International Space Station. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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3D printed drone launched from warship

Engineers launch a 3D printed unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) from a Royal Navy warship to demonstrate the potential of small, lightweight drones which can be used in a marine environment. Matthew Stock reports.
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Tuesday, August 18, 2015

A mobile home for the modern age

Team invents a luxurious egg shaped mobile home for two, that can exist in almost any environment in the world. Sharon Reich reports.
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Furniture fashioned from 3D printing waste

Students who mould 3D-printed waste to wire and make furniture say their invention could end the "scandalous" proliferation of unrecyclable printing by-products. Edward Baran reports.
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