Virgin Orbit’s Start Me Up mission is scheduled to lift off at 10:16 pm GMT on Monday from Spaceport Cornwall, marking a historic day for the UK’s space sector. The UK’s first rocket launch from British soil is expected to take place on Monday, a few hours before midnight GMT, with additional
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Allowing the driver of an autonomous vehicle to watch a movie, a dealer to sell automobiles from a "virtual" car lot, or an engineer to simulate how a new part fits: the auto industry is getting a tantalizing taste of the metaverse at the huge CES technology show. ne gadget on
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Mercedes-Benz has said it is in Las Vegas for CES 2023, which ends tomorrow, to showcase “Tech to Desire” with several developments that will enrich the lives of its customers. Most notably, the automaker announced plans to launch a global high-power Mercedes-Benz-branded charging network. Rollout starts this year in North America
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BMW unveiled Wednesday the prototype of a car that can change color and showcases digital features like projecting driving data across the inside of the windshield. This car, called i Vision Dee, was presented at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas at an event attended by "Terminator" actor and former
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A new method can produce a hundredfold increase in light emissions from a type of electron-photon coupling, which is key to electron microscopes and other technologies. The way electrons interact with photons of light is a key part of many modern technologies, from lasers to solar panels to LEDs. But the
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Berkeley Lab scientists have introduced ionocaloric cooling, a potential alternative to refrigerants that could provide safe and efficient cooling and heating for homes. Based on the science behind the practice of adding salt to roads to prevent ice from forming, researchers at the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley
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Additive manufacturing of tools using a laser powder bed fusion process offers a great number of advantages: It is economical, precise and allows for customized solutions. That said, it can be difficult to determine the optimal process parameters, such as the scan speed or power of the laser. For the first
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Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC) has kicked off mass production of advanced 3-nanometer (nm) chips at its Tainan campus. Taiwanese tech giant TSMC said on Thursday (29 December) that it had started mass production of next-generation chips, among the most advanced to come to market. The Taiwanese company operates the world’s largest silicon
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Smart buildings, which are central to the concept of smart cities, are a new generation of buildings in which technological devices, such as sensors, are embedded in the structure of the buildings themselves. Smart buildings promise to personalize the experiences of their occupants by using real-time feedback mechanisms and forward-looking
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The UK has five years to secure investment in green industries or risk missing out forever, according to think tank Onward’s latest report. The report warned that the country was already “rapidly falling behind the EU” on green manufacturing investment and called for the government to provide cash incentives for green
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