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Emerging tech: Honeybee habitats can now be inside your home

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Jun 15, 2018
A new product will soon enable novice beekeepers to keep honeybees inside their houses. The BEEcosystem is modular honeybee habitat that can be hung almost anywhere; it simply needs to be placed near a window if inside, or in a sheltered location outside. Watch a video that shows how the technology works.
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Decoding the Dance of the Honey Bee, in Real-Time

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Oct 12, 2017
Since the deciphering of the honey bee ‘waggle’ in the 1920’s by Karl von Frisch, researchers have been measuring the dance-like form of communication that allows bees to convey direction and distance to a food source. While this observation process was initially manual and time-consuming – requiring humans, protractors, and stopwatches – techniques have evolved with technology. Recently, a team from the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science at the Free University of Berlin, Germany
Canada’s Jet-Age Dream: The Avro Arrow
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Canada’s Jet-Age Dream: The Avro Arrow

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Jul 14, 2017
Between 1952 and 1959, Avro Canada developed an advanced all-weather fighter interceptor called the CF-105 Arrow. This aircraft, with its futuristic, delta-wing design, captured Canadians’ imaginations in a way few projects have, before or since.
Atoms-thick layer of silicon-based semiconductor may allow us to better understand the harsh environments of Venus
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Atoms-thick layer of silicon-based semiconductor may allow us to better understand the harsh environments of Venus

Apr 21, 2017
In 1967, Venera 4 was the 1st probe to transmit data from another planet’s atmosphere. 8 models, and close to 15 years, later we were able to receive the 1st colour panoramic views of that same planet’s surface. Today, Venus still very much remains a mystery with probes unable to withstand the extreme temperatures and atmospheric pressures for more than 127 minutes. However, researchers at Standford University’s Extreme Environment Microsystems Laboratory are working on developing an atoms-thick
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A New Take on the Robotic Arm: Tentacles

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Apr 21, 2017
Engineers are constantly taking cues from nature when designing new technologies, and the robotic tentacle arm created by German robotics company, Festo, is a great example.
Chemists Are First in Line for Quantum Computing’s Benefits
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Chemists Are First in Line for Quantum Computing’s Benefits

Apr 21, 2017
Efforts to invent more practical superconductors and better batteries could be the first areas of business to get a quantum speed boost.