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Safety-critical standard

The Khronos Group has released a standard for safety-critical GPU graphics and computing. The group has already developed a range of standards for graphics used by key developers such as Nvidia, but the Vulkan Safety-Critical...

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Data helps stop spoofing

Cambridge Pixel has developed a technique for using radar data to support global satellite navigation systems, protecting USVs or ASVs at sea against GPS spoofing, jamming and interference. Spoofing is where a GNSS signal from a GPS or Galileo satellite...

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Anti-radiation shield

Researchers in Japan have developed a 3D-printed radiation shield to allow mainstream low-cost UAVs to be used to gather vital data on climate change. Numerical weather predictions (NWPs) rely on mathematical models that use data collected by...

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Miniature flapping drive

A new drive system for flapping-wing autonomous craft has been developed at the University of Bristol, in the UK, using a new method of electromechanical zipping that removes the need for conventional motors and gears (writes Nick Flaherty)...