Science and technology
The shoebox-sized satellite, built by students and staff over four years, sent its first signal to the ground station on the university roof shortly after launch.
Samuel Adeyemi ·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 ·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 ·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 ·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 ·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 ·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 ·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 ·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 ·
