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Pucker up! VR can now create physical sensations using your lips

Pucker up! VR can now create physical sensations using your lips

Imagine a VR world that has a drinking fountain in it: “Every time you lean down and think you should be feeling the water, all of a sudden you feel a stream of water across your lips.”

Sapphire fibre sensor ushers in significantly cleaner air travel

Sapphire fibre sensor ushers in significantly cleaner air travel

A sensor made of sapphire optical fibre could enable much greater efficiency and emission reduction in power generation and air travel.

Self-driving car smashes world record on Space Shuttle airstrip

Self-driving car smashes world record on Space Shuttle airstrip

A car driven by artificial intelligence has beaten the world speed record for a fully autonomous car on a straight.

Introducing Lyra, the robot mapping radioactive materials

Introducing Lyra, the robot mapping radioactive materials

Lyra the robot is helping to inspect redundant nuclear laboratories and identify radioactive materials.

We urgently need to give environmental protection to space too, say researchers

We urgently need to give environmental protection to space too, say researchers

“We need all hands on deck to address the rapidly changing satellite situation if we can hope to co-create a future with dark and quiet skies for everyone,” scientists urge.

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