A café run by robots has opened to customers in one of Dubai’s most popular tourist destinations – ideal in a time where social distancing is still prevalent. It is located in Dubai Festival City, a large residential, business, and entertainment development. Customers can place their orders with German-made robots, who then prepare and deliver the … Read more
HS2 Ltd has outlined its plans to incorporate robotic arms in its two tunnel-boring machines (TBMs), used to bore the 16km Chiltern Tunnel. The two 170m-long, 2,000-tonne TBMs – nicknamed Cecilia and Florence – were revealed in August. Beginning at a site near the M25, they will dig as deep as 90m below the Chilterns, … Read more
Scientists at Oxford University have developed a rapid Covid-19 test, which is capable of identifying the virus in less than five minutes. The researchers behind the test suggested it could be used in mass testing at airports. The university aims to start product development in early 2021 and have an approved device available six months afterwards. … Read more
Technology’s failure to come up with a quick solution to Covid-19 reveals how organisations all over the world are nowhere near as digitally advanced as they thought they were. Not a single person alive was prepared for what 2020 has brought. Yet, while we may not have been able to predict coronavirus, we live in … Read more
3D printers could present a risk to human health due to tiny particles that are released during the printing process, a study has found. With 3D printers gaining in popularity due to rapidly falling prices, a group of risk researchers have found that particles released during the printing process are small enough to infiltrate deep … Read more