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News

Boeing HorizonX makes first investment in autonomous technologies

Electronics

Optical receiver promises super-fast broadband in every home

Electronics

Smartphone diagnosis via card-mounted lab-on-a-chip differentiates similar viruses

Electronics

Good vibrations: wearables add security to voice activated devices

Robotics & UAVs

Video of the week: meet China's answer to Big Dog

Aerospace

Mars explorers could breathe oxygen made by plasma

Energy & environment

World's first floating wind farm delivers electricity to grid

Electronics

Highest-power biological solar cell offers potential for medical devices in remote regions

Electronics

Flexible sensor skin gives robots a sense of dexterity

Civil & structural

MasterChef inspires Highways England funded self-healing road project

Materials

Chromatography techniques yield rare earth elements from coal ash

Electronics

Liquid metal morphing makes shapes for robotics