Horizon magazine

Robots offer the elderly a helping hand

Horizon Magazine 20 Jun 2017

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 EU�...

Choreographing automated cars could save time, money and lives

Horizon Magazine 15 Mar 2017

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...

Avatar interviews and portable scanners to speed up border crossings

Horizon Magazine 15 Feb 2017

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...

Keeping a robotic eye on pollution

Horizon Magazine 19 Nov 2016

[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENcwT8mgDvg[/embed] 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...

Airborne tech is coming to the rescue

Horizon Magazine 25 May 2016

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...

Robot bees open the lid on hive behaviour

Horizon Magazine 23 May 2016

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. ...

Protecting European wine: Vinbot rover optimises harvest and quality

Horizon Magazine 13 May 2016

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...