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Father son duo Jim and Andrew Kazmer build and drive one of the most exciting and best supported robots at NHRL in Project Liftoff.

They’ve further developed this into a second bot in Flip n Cut with a variation in weapon type and have pushed the limits of innovation with their fully autonomous combat robot DeepMelt.

How does a fully autonomous robot work, and how will it assist human drivers in future?
What is a Meltybrain, how does it work?
Why is the choice of wheel so important?
Will we see a 250lb Project Liftoff?

Find out in the episode 4 of This Is Havoc: Liftoff.

NHRL is the biggest and most accessible robot combat league in the world, home of the 3lb, 12lb and 30lb robot combat world championships.

We are one of the toughest places to win, but also one of the most friendly and welcoming for all ages and experience.

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In some ways, the world in 2090 may resemble the world we live in today. Yet, two key areas will almost certainly change: the natural world and technology. Will our thirst for consumption ultimately deplete the world’s most critical natural resources? Or will technology help us persevere? And how will innovation change the way we move, work, and explore? Today, we’ll take a deep dive into these captivating questions.

Sources:

Population.
https://www.un.org/en/sections/issues-depth/population/

The Map of the World in 2090 Suggest We Have a Huge Problem.
https://www.indy100.com/discover/world-map-2090-population-d…ca-7665711

Vacuum Trains: a high-speed pipe dream?
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20120601-high-speed-pipedreams.

Melting Ice Sheets will Add over 15 inches to Global Sea Level.

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University of Southern California and the Cleveland Clinic Florida Research and Innovation Center researchers have published new research on GRP78, a protein implicated in both COVID-19.

First identified in 2019 in Wuhan, China, COVID-19, or Coronavirus disease 2019, (which was originally called “2019 novel coronavirus” or 2019-nCoV) is an infectious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). It has spread globally, resulting in the 2019–22 coronavirus pandemic.

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At number 14 on IE’s 22 best innovations of 2022, is a new heatshield technology from NASA that’s helping put out fires.

As the global space industry gears up for human space exploration of Mars and beyond, it will need technologies that make atmospheric entries innumerably safer.

It essentially acts as a massive inflatable break system for spacecraft, making spaceflight much safer.

Ibrahim Can/Interesting Engineering/NASA

That’s where NASA’s Low-Earth Orbit Flight Test of an Inflatable Decelerator (LOFTID) heatshield technology comes in. This year, the US space agency successfully tested the novel heatshield technology in orbit for the first time.

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The innovation was inspired by the measles virus.

In a world-first, researchers at Tel Aviv University have conceived of a way to control the encapsulation and release of drug molecules by exposure to UV light, according to a press release by the institution published on Monday.

The scientists now hope that this new efficient encapsulation will allow for the high loading capacity of molecules leading to further development of delivery systems for the controlled release of biomolecules and drugs in the body by external stimuli using light.

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At number 15 on IE’s 22 best innovations of 2022, we take a look back at Qatar’s Stadium 974.

Qatar has built or refurbished eight stadiums for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, and they have all been equipped with technology to keep players and fans cool in the Qatari heat.

Stadium 974 was built in Qatar and is named after the nation’s dialing code and the number of ocean shipping containers that were utilized in its construction.

Ibrahim Can/Interesting Engineering.

One of the eight stadiums that is sure to blow our minds is Stadium 974, designed and built with the intention of removal after the event. This radical idea stemmed from Fenwick Iribarren Architects, in association with Schlaich Bergermann Partners and Hilson Moran.

Continue reading “Qatar’s Stadium 974, the first dismountable stadium in the world” | >