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European Commission’s Estolas hybrid aircraft will improve aid in disaster-stricken areas
As part of the Extremely Short Take Off and Landing on Any Surface (Estolas) project, the Europ...
The potential of apps to save lives
It is no secret that we live in a time where technology dominates our day-to-day life. Modern living...
‘Biohybrid’ robots could search for toxic leaks or locate aircraft black boxes under water
Researchers at Case Western Reserve University have combined tissues from a sea slug with flexible 3...
Self-assembling robots and their potential uses in emergencies
During a crisis or in conditions brought on by natural disaster, responders often cannot work direct...
Soft, flexible exosuit aids first responders
Our bloggers look at a flexible lower limb robotic exosuit, which could help firefighters and others...
New app helps search and rescuers to locate missing people
Our bloggers examine a new app that identifies high probability areas where an individual goes missi...
Using robots to abate nanotoxicity in emergencies
Our R&D bloggers examine how the RASSR robot can help to protect first responders in environment...
Electronic 'nose' detects nerve gas and pesticides, even at low levels
Researchers have created a metal-organic framework that could equip smartphones with gas detecators ...
'Squishy' motors and wheels could make vehicles for search and rescue after disasters
Engineers have created a small, squishy vehicle equipped with soft wheels that rolls over rough terr...
XStat treats gunshot wound on coalition soldier in first field use
The XStat haemostatic device covered in the R&D Blog in May 2015 has been successfully...
Cognitive systems in disaster response
Eighty per cent of data today is invisible to today’s technologies. With cognitive systems, a ...
Using virtual reality to save lives in disasters
The best way for anyone to learn is through failure. By making mistakes, we begin to understand what...
The right flashlight to kill bacteria
The fourth state of matter, plasma, has previously shown its worth in the medical industry, effectiv...
Copter 4: A new UAV that could revolutionise rescue missions
We live in a world plagued by natural and manmade disasters that affect vast sections of our populat...
Modelling and animation to help search and rescue ships sail more safely in heavy seas
A new computer model built on highly complex mathematics could make it possible to design safer vers...
Wall-climbing scout drone for high-rise fires
Researchers at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) have developed a ...
New chip provides unjammable communications
Battlefields are becoming increasingly digital, which increases the threat of jammed communications....
A foldable material that can change size, volume and shape
Imagine a house that could fit in a backpack or a wall that could become a window with the flick of ...