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Rail & marine

Northern trial shows how train driving style can cut fuel use

Siloton’s retinal scanning system, illustrating how it will be used in the home reduce preventable blindness
Medical & healthcare

Eye imaging chip aims to reduce preventable sight loss

SpaceX Super Heavy rocket
Space

SpaceX Super Heavy rocket caught by ‘chopsticks’ arms

C2I

Recruitment specialist Hays announced as Young Innovator sponsor for 2024 Collaborate to Innovate awards

Dr Vishwanathan Mohan with the strawberry-picking robot
Robotics & UAVs

Prototype agribot promises to cut costs and tackles labour shortages

Paebbl technology stores captured carbon in building materials like concrete
Energy & environment

Paebbl raises $25m for its CO2 sequestration tech

The research offers a blueprint for safer public toilet designs and has broader implications for reducing the spread of infectious diseases
Energy & environment

Study calls for changes to public toilet design

Nissan is set to launch its Vehicle to Grid (V2G) charging
Automotive

Nissan set to launch bi-directional Vehicle to Grid technology in 2026

Liquid stream of silk solution solidifies to a fiber, adheres to and lifts a glass laboratory beaker
Materials

Web-slinging device shoots fibres that can pick up objects

AV elevate's Simulation Manager can automate variations with both the vehicle model and the environment
Automotive

Advanced simulation aims to remove testing barrier for autonomous vehicle development

The ‘AI on The River’ software is trained to accurately detect debris blocking culvert trash screens
Artificial Intelligence

AI-powered CCTV spots blockages to prevent floods

Two proposed versions of ILMs in their different engagement states
Fastening, Adehesives and Assembly

Interlocking metasurfaces get a grip with shape memory alloys