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Over the past few years, the aerospace industry has seen countless innovations coming to fruition with many more on the horizon. Here are six emerging aerospace technologies you’ll want to know about: 1. Zero-Fuel Aircraft The idea of a zero-fuel aircraft has gained a lot of traction recently in both civil and commercial sectors. The concept can be used in agriculture, aerial photography, 3D mapping, wildlife protection, and the provision of internet access in remote places. But how does it work? According to Avimanyu Basu, a lead analyst at Technavio for aerospace research: “Zero-fuel aircraft use photovoltaic panels to utilize solar energy to provide necessary thrust to the engines. The Solar Impulse 2, a solar-powered prototype had nano carbon fiber reinforced structural components to reduce the overall weight of the body,” The recent surge in interest has put pressure on global aerospace and defense industries to create a long-term development strategy for ...

If the prospect of being assisted by a robot in daily tasks still seems distant, it is not the same in the industrial sector. With cobotics, robots are already working alongside people! Why make people perform arduous tasks when a robot could do them? Noise, repetitive motion, risk-filled environments… Some industrial jobs are particularly difficult. What is the solution? One approach is cobotics. A neologism from the words “cooperation” and “robotics”, it refers to collaboration between a person and a robot. The objective of these cobots is to automate a large range of tasks and perform work in closer collaboration with people. Specifically, what is cobotics? Tasks that are arduous, difficult, or to which people add little value are transferred to machines. Cobots assist operators by augmenting their capabilities in terms of effort, allowing them to manipulate parts that are hot, heavy, bulky, or too small for precision handling. In addition, with machines running around th...

Smart lighting is a lighting technology designed for energy efficiency. This may include high efficiency fixtures and automated controls that make adjustments based on conditions such as occupancy or daylight availability. Lighting is the deliberate application of light to achieve some aesthetic or practical effect. It includes task lighting, accent lighting, and general lighting. Check out this Robotic ship for the US marines Energy Consumption 19% of energy use in the world is used for lighting, and 6% of greenhouse emissions in the world derive from this energy used for lighting. In the United States, 65 percent of energy consumption is used by commercial and industrial sectors, and 22 percent of this is used for lighting. Minimizing energy usage Smart lighting is the good way which enables to minimize and save light by allowing the householder to control remotely cooling and heating, lighting, and the control of appliances. This ability saves energy and provides a le...

The Sea Hunter is a fully robotic ship, which makes it perfect for high-risk missions at sea. The U.S. Navy’s ambitious push into unmanned ships may have a new mission: ferrying critically-needed supplies through hostile waters. The Navy believes its new Sea Hunter unmanned ship, and others like it, could be used to transport supplies to small groups of ground forces trapped behind enemy lines or operating over a wide area. The unmanned ship would get the job done in situations where ships risk being intercepted by enemy forces. Check out May 11, 2009 and Space Technology History. One of the formative moments in U.S. military history was the Guadalcanal campaign in the Pacific Theater of World War II. After landing an invasion force of U.S. Marines the Navy withdrew, worried that a superior Japanese force lurked nearby. Although the Navy eventually returned, the incident is still a sore point between the Navy and Marine Corps. It also strengthened the ethos that the U.S. mi...

Technology and medicine have gone hand and hand for many years. Consistent advances in pharmaceuticals and the medical field have saved millions of lives and improved many others. As the years pass by and technology continues to improve, there is no telling what advances will come next. Here are the top 10 new medical technologies in 2019:  10.  Smart inhalers Inhalers are the main treatment option for asthma and if taken correctly, will be effective for 90% of patients. However, in reality, research shows that only about 50% of patients have their condition under control and as many as 94% don’t use inhalers properly.   To help asthma sufferers to better manage their condition, Bluetooth-enabled smart inhalers have been developed. A small device is attached to the inhaler which records the date and time of each dose and whether it was correctly administered. This data is then sent to the patients’ smartphones so they can keep track of and control thei...

May 11, 2009, the  space shuttle  Atlantis  launched on the fifth and  final s ervicing mission for the Hubble Space Telescope .  During  mission STS-125 , astronauts installed two new instruments on the telescope. One was the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph, which allowed Hubble to observe faint objects in the cosmos in ultraviolet light. This would help researchers study the formation of galaxies and other large-scale structures in the universe.  Photos: NASA's Last Mission to the Hubble Space Telescope The second instrument was the Wide Field Camera 3, which replaced the old Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 that was installed during the first servicing mission in 1993. This new camera could observe the universe in visible, near-infrared and near-ultraviolet light with a higher resolution and larger field of view than any of Hubble's older instruments.  The crew completed their tasks in five spacewalks over the ...