Nature Communications

TU Delft’s Whiskered Drone Flies Blind in the Dark on 34 KB of Code

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TU Delft’s Whiskered Drone Flies Blind in the Dark on 34 KB of Code

A team at the Delft University of Technology has taught a palm-sized drone to find its way through pitch-black rooms the way a rodent does: by touch. Fitted with two artificial whiskers and running every calculation onboard, the aircraft steers along walls in complete darkness using navigation algorithms that occupy just 34 KB of memory. … Read more

Water-Soluble Battery Binder Cuts Fluorine and NMP From Lithium-Ion Recycling

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Water-Soluble Battery Binder Cuts Fluorine and NMP From Lithium-Ion Recycling

Engineers at the University of California San Diego and the Toyota Research Institute of North America have developed a battery binder that dissolves in plain water at room temperature — a seemingly minor change of ingredient that could strip toxic solvents, high-temperature furnaces and hazardous waste out of both lithium-ion manufacturing and recycling. The work … Read more