“We completely understand the public’s concern about futuristic robots feeding on the human population, but that is not our mission”
Harry Schoell of Cyclone Power Technologies attempts to quash internet rumours that his company is developing a robot that runs its biomass-powered engine by digesting fallen soldiers on the battlefield (The Guardian, London, 20 July)
“Absolutely amazing – the most spectacular real-time tsunami forecast ever”
When an earthquake struck off the coast of New Zealand on 15 July, nearly 100 tsunami researchers, including Costas Synolakis, happened to be attending a talk on tsunami tracking. The trackers plugged the live data into…
