Dissolving food stickers also wash your fruit

Dissolving food stickers also wash your fruit: "New York based electrical engineer and designer Scott Amron has come up with an idea that could transform the way industries label fruit and vegetables."

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New Omni-Crawler can move in all directions

New Omni-Crawler can move in all directions: "When the need to move super-heavy objects arises, short, squat crawlers are usually deployed to get the job done. Unfortunately, that heavy lifting ability comes at the sacrifice of mobility (no sideways motion), so maneuvering objects into place can be a lengthy process"

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Honda's Intelligent Horse - biomimicry gives us the All-Terrain-Vehicle of the 23rd Century

Honda's Intelligent Horse - biomimicry gives us the All-Terrain-Vehicle of the 23rd Century: "If the horse is not humanity's favorite animal, it should be, as it has served us far better than any other domesticated animal. It has been the predominant form of personal transport for the last millennia, has done more work for us than any animal, and its mastery became the fundamental military technology which helped Genghis Khan build the biggest empire in history."

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Biologically inspired adhesive tape can be reused thousands of times

Biologically inspired adhesive tape can be reused thousands of times: "As is so often the case these days for those searching for a better way to stick stuff together, researchers from the Zoological Institute at the University of Kiel in Germany have turned to the biology of gravity-defying ceiling walkers, such as geckos and insects. These creatures served as inspiration for a new dry adhesive tape that not only boasts impressive bonding strength, but can also be attached and detached thousands of times without losing its adhesive properties."

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NASA evaluating "tractor beam" technologies

NASA evaluating "tractor beam" technologies: "NASA is looking to turn another staple of science fiction to practical use by studying ways to make "tractor beams" a reality."

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