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Pepper Robot Receptionists Introduced At Hospitals In Belgium

Posted in Hardware on 14th Jun, 2016
by Alex Muller

Pepper the humanoid robot has started work as an assistant on the reception desk in hospitals in Liege and Ostend.

Sequencing DNA In Outer Space

Posted in Hardware on 12th Jun, 2016
by Alex Muller

No one has ever tried to decode DNA in space before. Being able to is something that might come in handy.

SpaceX Is Disrupting The Space Industry So All Future Launch Systems Must Be Reusable, Use Additive Manufacturing

Posted in Hardware on 11th Jun, 2016
by Alex Muller

Launch providers including in China and India now have to rethink how to drive down cost.

SpaceX Could Drive Launch Costs To Low Earth Orbit Below $1000 Per Pound This Year And Down To $10 Per Pound By 2025

Posted in Hardware on 8th Jun, 2016
by Alex Muller

Full reusability can result in "a two order of magnitude reduction in the cost of spaceflight.

Gigantic Space-based Test To Detect Gravitational Waves

Posted in Hardware on 8th Jun, 2016
by Alex Muller

A full-scale gravitational wave observatory in space would be able to detect fluctuations caused by the mergers of supermassive black holes in galaxies anywhere.