Sci-Tech

Microsoft cloud to help Baidu self-driving car effort

SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) - Microsoft's cloud computing platform will be used outside China for collaboration by members of…

Japanese engineers develop headset-less VR system

A virtual reality "space ride" in which viewers feel as if they are flying through the air inside a giant…

Ghanaian teen builds video search engine to rival YouTube

ACCRA, Ghana (Reuters) -- Ghanaian university student Gabriel Opare wanted to build a search engine that could challenge the dominance…

Wheelchair prototype lets users ‘lean in’ to turn

LONDON, United Kingdom (Reuters) -- A new wheelchair system that allows paraplegics to maneuver by using their upper body movement…

Combining origami with modular robotics

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (Reuters) -- Mori combines origami robots and reconfigurable, modular robots, a unique marriage say its creators at Switzerland's…

Wheelchair prototype lets users ‘lean in’ to turn

(Reuters) -- A new wheelchair system that allows paraplegics to manoeuvre by using their upper body movement rather than through…

Russia launches 73 satellites into orbit

MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) -- An imaging satellite and 72 micro-satellites were launched into orbit Friday from the Baikonur cosmodrome in…

5-seater solar car going for glory

EINDHOVEN, Netherlands (Reuters) --  A student solar racing car team says its newly-created five-seater model has two purposes - to…

Study finds our Sun is like other stars, resolving mystery

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- Our Sun is much like other stars, and not an anomaly because of its magnetic…

Apple unveils iCloud data center in China as cyber laws tightened

SHANGHAI, China (AFP) -- Apple has unveiled plans to build a data center in China to store its local iCloud…

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