MICHIGAN: Robot food delivery is no longer the stuff of science fiction. But you may not see it in your neighborhood anytime soon. Hundreds of little robots — knee-high and able to hold around four large pizzas — are now navigating college campuses and even some city sidewalks in the U.S., the U.K., and elsewhere. […]
DUBAI: Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has marked another breakthrough by achieving the Guinness World Records title for the first 3D-printed laboratory in the world. The record was awarded for DEWA’s Robotics & Drone laboratory, housed within the Research & Development (R&D) Centre at the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park. Saeed Mohammed […]
SHARJAH: In line with its strategy 2021-2025, anchored on investing in the world-class infrastructure, and latest technologies on achieving digital transformation. The Sharjah Airport Authority has started implementing the “Passenger Flow and Queue Management” system, which contributes to enhancing efficiency in daily operations in the areas of check-in, security checks, and passports; as well as […]
NEW ZEALAND: As he made history by becoming the first person to fly across New Zealand’s Cook Strait in an electric plane, Gary Freedman thought it only fitting that the first thing he saw when approaching the Wellington coastline was the rotating blade of a wind turbine producing renewable energy. Freedman’s 40-minute solo flight in […]
DUBAI: In observance of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Emirates Health Services has launched the Pink Shield application, which seeks to raise awareness among community members of the importance of the early detection of breast cancer to ensure prevention and diagnosis, thus accelerating therapeutic interventions. The application is available in Arabic and English and contains basic […]
DUBAI: Showcasing developments that will change the way we live in the future, Expo’s specially curated ‘Cities of the Future’ visitor journey plots a tour through Country Pavilions that illustrate how advanced materials, smart technology, and big data are making citizens safer, healthier, happier and more productive. By 2050, the world’s population is expected to reach […]
Passengers flying into Rome from 2024 onwards will be able to go airborne for their taxi ride into the city center too if a project between the company operating its main airport and a German startup lifts off on schedule. Startup Volocopter hopes to make Fiumicino Airport a pioneer site for the rotor-bladed, battery-powered two-seater […]
DUBAI: A play starring robots, the illumination of a robot statue, and a seminar devoted to robotics and Artificial Intelligence marked the Czech Pavilion’s celebration of the country’s invention of the word ‘robot.’ Coined in the Czech Republic, then known as Czechoslovakia, around 100 years ago, ‘robot’ was first uttered on the stage of the National Theatre […]
DUBAI: Russia has blazed a new trail in space, developing technology that will soon enable advertising high above the Earth as early as next year, and shooting a full-length feature film at the International Space Station (ISS). Participating in ‘Russia: Space’, held as part of Expo 2020 Dubai, Russian company Avant Space unveiled details of […]
DUBAI: Al Jalila Foundation, a member of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives, dedicated to transforming lives through medical innovation, announced the launch of Majlis Al Amal (Hope Lounge), a unique ‘cancer drop-in centre’ and the first of its kind community centre dedicated to female cancer patients and their wellbeing. In the UAE, approximately 4,500 […]
DUBAI: The Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) announced that it has selected SpaceX as launch provider to deliver MBZ-SAT, the most advanced commercial satellite in the region in the field of high-resolution satellite imagery, into space. The second Emirati satellite to be fully developed and built by a team of Emirati engineers after the […]
