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Could ultrasound help the blind see?

Could ultrasound help the blind see?

A research team is now exploring a non-surgical solution that could restore sight by using another of the five senses: sound.

6-year-old’s logo will be featured on UK’s first space launches

6-year-old’s logo will be featured on UK’s first space launches

Callum Wilkinson, a 6-year-old from Bolton, has won the UK Space Agency’s competition to design a logo that will be displayed on the UK’s first small satellite later this year.

Robots to the rescue! Automating search and rescue

Robots to the rescue! Automating search and rescue

You’re lost deep in the woods, surrounded by difficult terrain. It’s dark and cold, and all you have is a phone transmitting a WiFi signal. When your rescuers arrive, it’s not a search-and-rescue team, but a group of robots that have located your signal and mapped the ideal route to reach you.

Artificial intelligence can predict if you will have a fatal heart attack

Artificial intelligence can predict if you will have a fatal heart attack

AI can revolutionise clinical decision-making and increase survival from sudden and lethal cardiac arrhythmias, one of medicine’s deadliest and most puzzling conditions.

Swarms of two-wheeled robots unleashed on Mars rovers to uncover planet’s history

Swarms of two-wheeled robots unleashed on Mars rovers to uncover planet’s history

Using two-wheeled robots will enable longer exploration missions on Mars that gather more information about the planet’s history, potential habitability, and possible traces of surface water or prior life.

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