Technological innovations in 2018 saw no end: Here's what you must know
Finding
ways to hide information in text, unveiling state-sponsored trolls, a plane
with no moving parts, wood as strong as titanium and even efforts to go beyond
the corporeal to life beyond death... there was seemingly no end to tech innovations
in 2018.
It
was a year that saw technology
take a quantum leap to touch virtually every aspect of our lives, and even
beyond it maybe, from terrestrial to the skies above.
In
a first, a plane with no moving parts -- no turbines, propellers or even fans
-- took flight in November.
Developed
by researchers at US' Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), the small
prototype was powered by "ionic wind" -- the flow of ions produced by
the plane that generates enough thrust to push it through the air for a sustained,
steady flight.
This
is the first-ever sustained flight of a plane with no moving parts in the
propulsion system," Steven Barrett, associate professor at MIT, said in a
statement.
Another
development likely to benefit the aviation industry is an autonomous flying
drone that can safely herd birds away from airports. Read
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