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07/28/2018 / By Edsel Cook

Snake-like robot wiggles its way into windows and sprays high pressure jets of water to extinguish fires

The Japanese, it appears, will turn just about anything into a robot. Even the humble but vital fire hose is not immune to their knack for modification. An article in IEEE Spectrum covers a snake-like firefighting robot that uses powerful water jets to fly inside burning buildings so that it can drench blazes from within […]

10/05/2017 / By Rhonda Johansson

Ancient technology provides solution for energy storage

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) are re-adapting ancient technology as a low-cost method to store carbon-free energy, effectively removing one of the main barriers to its large-scale adoption. Firebricks, which are essentially clay items designed to withstand high temperatures, can be incorporated into a system which would convert excess electricity into heat […]

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