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    Search-and-rescue robot tackles a stepped obstacle course

    A tracked robot used its cameras and lights to pick its way across a field of uneven wooden blocks. Chloé Martin

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    Tidal turbine prototype starts generating in the channel off Fenwick Point

    The 500-kilowatt machine sits on the seabed and turns with the incoming and outgoing tides, and engineers will spend two years testing how it copes with strong currents. Rafael Ortega

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    A 3D model of a Mars rover, seen from every angle

    The animation shows the six-wheeled rover’s robotic arm, cameras and chassis in detail. Isabel Duarte

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    Night launch: a sounding rocket climbs through the clouds

    Fired from a pad ringed by trees, the rocket left a trail of flame before vanishing into cloud. Owen Pryce

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    University switches on new supercomputer for local weather forecasts

    The machine can model the weather over the Wrenhaven coast in squares just 500 metres across, which forecasters say should improve warnings of flash floods and coastal gales. Aisha Rahman

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    Eastmoor data centre waste heat to warm 2,000 homes in district heating pilot

    Heat pumped from the cooling systems of the data centre on the Eastmoor industrial estate will be piped to nearby homes and a school, in a pilot the council hopes could later cover much of the east of the city. Aisha Rahman

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    University spin-out designs a tiny low-power chip to run coastal flood sensors for years

    A start-up founded by researchers at the University of Wrenhaven says its new sensor chip can run for a decade on one small battery, making dense networks of flood gauges far cheaper to maintain. Jonah Becker

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    Wrenhaven-made app predicts queues at public car chargers across the region

    Built on open data from charge-point operators and the council, the free app tells drivers how long they are likely to wait at each charger and has grown to about 19,000 regular users. Mei Lin Tan

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    Solar panels raised above crops: first results from an Asher Valley trial

    A two-hectare trial near Bramley Cross that grows vegetables and soft fruit beneath raised solar panels has produced its first full season of data, with some crops doing better in partial shade. Samuel Adeyemi

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    Robots for rent: small bakeries and food makers lease automation by the month

    A Wrenhaven firm is renting out robot arms to small food producers on monthly contracts, letting bakeries and kitchens automate heavy, repetitive jobs without paying tens of thousands of euros upfront. Aisha Rahman

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    Eastmoor plant to recover lithium and cobalt from used batteries

    The facility will shred and process up to 8,000 tonnes of spent batteries a year, recovering metals that can be sold back to battery makers. Jonah Becker

  12. Technology

    Drones begin carrying blood samples from Tarnmere to Wrenhaven General

    A six-month trial cuts the journey for test samples from the village health centre to the hospital laboratory from over an hour by road to about 18 minutes. Lucas Moreau

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    Libraries lend laptops and run digital skills classes for older residents

    Residents can now borrow a laptop for up to three weeks and join small weekly classes on everything from video calls to spotting online scams. Freya Collins

  14. Technology

    Volunteer-built app maps step-free routes for wheelchair users

    More than 300 volunteers have surveyed kerbs, ramps and slopes across central Wrenhaven, and the free app now plans routes that avoid steps and steep hills. Hannah Okoye

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    Smart street lights that dim on empty streets cut council energy bill

    Motion-sensing LED lamps fitted in Netherby and Bramley Cross use 70 per cent less electricity, and residents in the trial streets say they barely noticed the change. Elena Sokolova

  16. Technology

    Free Wi-Fi and phone charging arrive on every Wrenhaven tram

    All 46 trams now have onboard internet and charging points at every seat bay, and the operator says the same network will feed live crowding information to passengers. Isabel Duarte

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    Solar-and-battery phone masts keep marsh and island villages connected in storms

    New masts with their own solar panels and batteries kept mobile coverage running in the Saltings during last winter's longest power cut, and more are now being installed around Greyling Bay. Jonah Becker

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