Rolls Royce CEO sticks it to fossil fuels, announces the future of flight is electric
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF The airline industry has been grappling with the dual challenge of rising fuel costs and increasing pollution levels for decades, but now executives agree the future is electric. Twenty years ago if you’d said that the future of cars was electric people would have...
Solar powered artificial skin gives prosthetics a sense of touch
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Many amputees complain of “Phantom limb” syndrome but now a new breakthrough could help them finally feel again, for real. UK researchers have developed a synthetic skin for prosthetic limbs that can generate power and return the sense of touch to amputees. Researchers from...
