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Lilium proves its electric air taxi can fly Flying taxi startup Lilium has completed its first phase of flight testing . Its Lilium Jet is now flying at speeds over 100 kilometres per hour.  Today, the company shared new flight footage and announced that it has completed its first dedicated manufacturing facility, a    3,000 square-meter space at its Munich, Germany, headquarters. Lilium has been working on its vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) craft for a few years, and this spring, we saw the prototype hover above the  ground. This new video shows that it can both hover and fly horizontally. To explore more  Click Here . SpiceXpress Ties Up With Throttle Aerospace Systems To Support Drone Deliveries An ET report said that SpiceXpress has tied up with Bengaluru-based drone manufacturer Throttle Aerospace Systems. Under this partnership, Throttle Aerospace Systems will provide the drones and run it in the testing phase , however, op...
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Apple Event Apple Event took place in Cupertino on Sept 10. Everything Apple Announced iPhone 11 iPhone 11 iPhone 11 is the successor of iPhone XR, comes with same 720p display. 6.1" Liquid Retina LCD Display . It is IP 68 water-resistant too.  Apple claims Face ID is 30% faster than previous iPhones.  iPhone 11 Camera Spec There's a lot of improvement in the Camera, they added a new 12 MP Ultra-wide lens with 120° field of view.  Apple added Slo-mo video recording in the front camera, they call Slofies! Night mode is added, but it cannot be turned on manually. Spatial Audio technology which gives more cinematic experience and has the support of Dolby Atmos. The battery in iPhone 11 will lasts 1 hour more than iPhone XR. A dedicated U1 chip is added which make the AirDrop easier for sharing files. And again, no fast charger in the box of iPhone 11. iPhone 11 camera specs Apple iPhone 11 back glass is in glossy...

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Ford Tests Delivery Robots That Could One Day Replace Human Workers Even before the public gets their minds around driverless cars, Ford is looking ahead to a future where maybe robots are driving autonomous cars and delivering our packages. Ford is teaming up with Agility Robotics to explore a brand-new frontier in the world of autonomy — and, says the company, "a new way of thinking about how we make deliveries." Tackling the challenge of " that final step of getting your delivery from the car to your door. " To know more  Click Here . Disney Imagineering has created autonomous robot stunt doubles This dexterous robot could put stunt doubles out of a job. Disney’s Imagineering Research and Development lab built a robotic stuntman that can perform daring flips 60 feet in the air. The robot uses a combination of lasers, accelerometers and gyroscopes to track and adjust its position in midair to mimic the actions of a real stuntman. Disney ca...

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Oh no, there’s AI whiskey now Forget all those whiskey brands from musicians and celebs — there’s AI whiskey now. Microsoft this week announced it has teamed up with Finnish tech company Fourkind and Sweden-based distillery Mackmyra Whisky to create the “world’s first whisky developed with artificial intelligence.” Until now, this entire process was done by humans with a specialized set of skills. For the AI blend, Mackmyra is turning part of the job over to the machines. The AI, Mackmyra says, is capable of generating more than 70 million different recipes. And it will highlight those it predicts will be most popular and of the highest quality, based on the cask types that are currently on hand. To know more  Click here . Germany's First ‘Electric’ Highway Charges Trucks as They Drive Germany has opened the first stretch of a so-called electric highway that will connect hybrid trucks to overhead wires, allowing them to recharge while travelling on the country’s...

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A drone delivers a kidney to save a life First Time Ever: Drone Saves Mother of 3 by Delivering Kidney in Only 10 Minutes for 2.8-mile distance. A custom-made drone of the size of a washing machine flew a kidney to a transplant patient in Baltimore on April 19. To know more Click here . Gene mutation reduces Fear and Anxiety Researchers have discovered a new type of gene mutation that reduces fear and anxiety and also adds to social interaction in development. The research published in the journal Neuropharmacology employed gene manipulation technology to remove the ‘P4h-tm’ gene from the mouse genome and found an unexpected change in mouse behaviour. To know more Click here . Robots as Farmers California farming startup begins selling vegetables grown by a ROBOT. Iron Ox will sell its robot-grown greens to the public for the first time and the system uses a robot arm , an automated porter, and an AI computer system Robotic farming promises to reduce footprin...

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US students make 4-wheel rover, drone system for mine rescues The rover uses a combination of 3D cameras and LIDAR  to navigate and map the environment while looking for humans amid the rubble. It’s equipped with all of the instrumentation that it will need to explore the various area of the mine.” Testing the robots will begin in September, with the Tunnel Circuit. Click  HERE  to know more. Microsoft donates 500 patents to start-ups San Francisco, March 29 (IANS) Expanding its "Azure IP Advantage" programme, Microsoft is donating 500 patents to start-ups that are part of a non-profit organisation called License On Transfer (LOT) Network. Launched in 2018, the "Azure IP Advantage" programme protects users of Microsoft's cloud computing service -- Azure -- against patent trolls. Click  HERE  to know more. Tesla builds its 'largest energy storage system in Asia' Tesla has completed its largest battery storage installation in...

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Flipkart Deploys 100 Automated Robots In Its Bengaluru Delivery Hub Flipkart has deployed a swarm of 100 odd robots to help sort packages at one of its delivery hubs in the outskirts of Bengaluru. The robots, dubbed automated guided vehicles (AGVs), pick products from a conveyor belt, scan them and then drop them down a chute that’s assigned to a particular pin code. As of now, Flipkart’s robots are able to sort nearly 4,500 packages in an hour which is reportedly ten times more than a single human would achieve at the same time.     Click  HERE  to know more. ISRO to launch electronic intelligence satellite ‘ Emisat ’ ISRO would be using a PSLV rocket with four strap-on motors. For the first time, it will be trying to orbit the rocket at three different altitudes. The main passenger of the PSLV rocket will be DRDO's electronic intelligence satellite 'Emisat'. The satellite alone weighs about 420 kg. After launching Emisat at an altitude...