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Carbon Scrubbing Vehicles

Students at Eindhoven University of Technology have built a carbon net-zero electric car prototype which includes a CO2 scrubber in the front grill. Built from sustainable, recycled and/or reusable materials and components, with solar cells to extend range, the electric car can also scrub 2kg of CO2 for every 20,600km driven.

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Drug Smuggling Submarine Drones

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Spanish Police three submarine drones that were being used between Gibraltar and Morocco to smuggle 200kg of drugs.

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Sand Battery

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Researchers in Finland have commercialised sand battery technology that can store heat energy from excess generation. The excess electricity is used to heat air, and energy is then transferred from the air to the sand using a heat exchanger. The sand battery has been deployed in the town of Kankaanpää in western Finland and is used to power the central heating system for the district.

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Freeze Dried Cell Clones

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Researchers at the University of Yamanashi have demonstrated the ability to clone a mouse from a freeze-dried skin cell. The process could replace the need to store cell samples for cloning in expensive and sometimes unstable liquid nitrogen.

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Artificial Photosynthesis

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Researchers in the University of California have developed a method of artificial synthesis that is 400% more efficient at growing plant mass, in the dark. Using a two-step electrocatalytic process, carbon dioxide, electricity and water are used to created acetate. Plants can then feed on the carbon in the acetate to grow without the need of sunlight.

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Volvo Hydrogen Hauler Trucks

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Volvo is testing new hydrogen powered haulage trucks which can be charged by 12kg of hydrogen in 7.5 minutes fir 4 hours of operation. Volvo expects to commercialise hydrogen powered vehilces by 2025.

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Optical Microphone

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Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University developed an optical microphone that uses lasers to measure sound vibrations on materials to reconstruct the isolated audio.

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Direct Sound Printing

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Scientists at Canada's Concordia University developed a method of 3D printing using sound. Direct Sound Printing sends ultrasound pulses into resin to solidify it at specific locations, allowing incremental printing in hard to reach areas, like inside the body.

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