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Robots offer the elderly a helping hand
by Helen Massy-Beresford
Low birth rates and higher life expectancies mean that those over 65 years old now will account for 28.7 % of Europe’s population by 2080, according to Eurostat, the EUâ...
20 June 2017, by
Horizon Magazine
Choreographing automated cars could save time, money and lives
If you take humans out of the driving seat, could traffic jams, accidents and high fuel bills become a thing of the past? As cars become more automated and connected, attention is turning to how to be...
15 March 2017, by
Horizon Magazine
Avatar interviews and portable scanners to speed up border crossings
by Ethan Bilby
Anastasia Garbi from European Dynamics in Luxembourg is working on a system that uses facial recognition to begin screening people before they leave home.
‘You can use what you have...
15 February 2017, by
Horizon Magazine
Keeping a robotic eye on pollution
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By Ethan Bilby.
Field robots and plane-based remote sensors can patrol the earth and the sky to monitor the gases that cause climate ch...
19 November 2016, by
Horizon Magazine
Airborne tech is coming to the rescue
by Fintan Burke
‘There’s no real way to determine how safe it is to approach a building, and what is the safest route to do that,’ said Dr Angelos Amditis of the Institute of Communication an...
25 May 2016, by
Horizon Magazine
Robot bees open the lid on hive behaviour
by Steve Gillman
It’s part of a series of projects where researchers are building robots that mimic evolutionary traits of animals in order to interact with the world in a more efficient way.
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23 May 2016, by
Horizon Magazine
Protecting European wine: Vinbot rover optimises harvest and quality
by Fintan Burke
With warmer winters and drier summers, climate change might even be having an effect on your favourite bottle of wine.
Winemakers are already witnessing changes. In...
13 May 2016, by
Horizon Magazine
