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Afghanistan is building a pilot internet network, out of trash. The simple lo-tech FabFi network works at high speed. It’s an open source project inspired by MIT’s Fab Lab. Standard off-the-shelf routers are hooked up to simple metallic mesh reflector dishes that can be made from discards and scavenged rubbish. Creative Commons photo of Hammeed [...]
The creation of the world’s biggest ever telescope is underway. The control headquarters for the £1.2bn technology project has been chosen and funded. The Square Kilometre Array HQ will be at the Jodrell Bank Observatory in Cheshire, UK. The core telescope arrays are likely to be sited in Australia or South Africa. The result will [...]
Israeli entrepreneur Amit Goffer has launched a medical exoskeleton to help paralysed people to walk. His ReWalk device enables standing, walking and even climbing stairs. The 35-pound motorised device costs $100,000 US. Similar medical exoskeletons are in clinical trials in the USA, Japan (Hal 3) and New Zealand.
The Swiss solar-powered catamaran Turandor has finished the first stage of its circumnavigation of the Earth — a transatlantic crossing from Europe to Miami. The Turandor is the world’s largest solar-powered boat, and is completely powered by 22%-efficiency solar cells.
Three blind patients can now see shapes and objects for the very first time, thanks to an innovative sub-retinal implant of a microchip into their eyes. The start-up firm responsible is Retina Implant of Germany, which expects to launch the service in early 2011 to European countries including the U.K. and Italy. The Guardian has [...]
A combination of commercial and military initiatives are finally pushing forward long-duration heavy-lift airships, says the respected IEEE.
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