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Neura Robotics NEURA Robotics and Drees & Sommer are entering into a strategic partnership to design intelligent buildings as learning, interactive systems. The collaboration aims to enable buildings to interact with humans and robots in real time. An initial focus will be on automated solutions for sanitary facilities, designed to improve hygiene and availability.

Neura Robotics

Urn burial ground discovered near Mügeln 3400 years old: In the course of the expansion of an open-cast mine in northern Saxony, major archaeological finds have been made time and again. Now several thousand-year-old graves from the Late Bronze Age have been discovered.

Urn burial ground discovered near Mügeln

Beaked whale being dissected New Zealand Rarest Whale: Beaked whale expert Anton van Helden inspects a male spade-toothed whale ahead of a dissection at Invermay Agricultural Centre, Mosgiel, near Dunedin, New Zealand.

Beaked whale being dissected

Innovation - glass fibre recycling through vacuum heaters Christoph Weidling (l) and Steffen Koch, Managing Directors of Deutsche Vacuumtrockner GmbH, inspect completely detached fibres that they have released from glass fibre-reinforced plastic using a process they developed. This makes it possible to reuse them. The company develops special drying processes that make it possible to recycle materials whose components would otherwise be inseparable. The technology is also used in agricultural products, the cosmetics industry, the food sector and the pharmaceutical industry.

Innovation - glass fibre recycling through vacuum heaters

US company wants to bring extinct dodo back to life The last of its kind died in Mauritius in 1681 - now a US biotech company wants to bring the animal back.

US company wants to bring extinct dodo back to life

«aeo» - The Doctor Robot The Japanese company Aeolus Robotics has introduced "aeo" - a doctor robot. It is a two-armed humanoid robot that offers new applications for a variety of service tasks, such as delivery, security, elderly care, kiosk operation and germicidal UV disinfection. If you're lying on the floor, it picks you up - that's the nature of the "aeo", so to speak. A real doctor robot! The "aeo" combines unique mobility with advanced functionality to perform tasks such as opening doors, picking up objects and driving lifts. The "aeo" robot is available as a service robot and features plug-and-play attachments and integration from third-party developers such as Asratec from Japan and Malibu AI in Taiwan. The two arms have seven degrees of freedom (DOF), so "aeo" can use one arm to perform tasks such as delivery or disinfection, while the other arm is free for mobility tasks such as operating lifts and opening doors. Please note the minimum fee of 15 euros.

«aeo» - The Doctor Robot

«EctoLife» - The world's first artificial womb facility The world's first artificial womb facility has been unveiled. «EctoLife», the brainchild of Berlin-based Hashem Al-Ghaili, a biotechnologist and science communicator, is a concept based on over fifty years of groundbreaking scientific research. In theory, «EctoLife» will be able to grow 30,000 babies a year in their lab, and Al-Ghaili believes the facilities would allow infertile couples to conceive a baby and become the true biological parents of their own offspring. But they also plan to offer an 'Elite Package', that would allow you to genetically engineer the embryo before implanting it into the artificial womb - with everything from eye and hair colour to strength, height, and intelligence as choices. Hashem claims it also offers a solution for women who had their uterus surgically removed due to cancer or other complications. He also thinks it could 'help' countries that are suffering from severe population decline, including Japan, Bulgaria, South Korea, and many others. Hashem believes the technology is available already, and only ethical constraints are holding the concept back from reality. Please note the minimum fee of 15 euros.

«EctoLife» - The world's first artificial womb facility

Archaeological sensation: Ancient bronze statues discovered in Italy During excavations in the Italian thermal town of San Casciano dei Bagni, 24 bronze statues from ancient times have been found. According to the experts, this is a sensation: "The discovery will make history," said the archaeologist in charge of the excavations, Jacopo Tabolli, on Tuesday. Italy's Culture Minister Gennaro Sangiuliano spoke of a "treasure".The statues in the site in the Tuscany region were protected for two millennia by the mud and hot water of the thermal baths. Some of them are almost one metre high. They are said to date from the period between the 2nd century BC and the 1st century AD, which was marked by Etruscan and Roman influences. In addition to the statues, around 5000 coins in gold, silver and bronze were found.

Archaeological sensation: Ancient bronze statues discovered in Italy