Virginia Tech articles

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  Hydrogen fuel breakthrough lets researchers extract gas from any plant

  By Chris Welch on April 4, 2013 10:12 am + 54 comments

  Researchers at Virginia Tech have successfully extracted large amounts of hydrogen from plants, a Continue reading…

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  Autonomous, human-sized robot jellyfish could patrol US waters

  By Jeff Blagdon on March 29, 2013 12:47 am + 23 comments

  Researchers are building an eerie, human-sized robot jellyfish with a lifelike silicone mantle to Continue reading…

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  LTE networks can easily be taken down by low-cost jammers, says Virginia Tech

  By Aaron Souppouris on November 15, 2012 08:45 am + 30 comments

  Modern LTE networks are more vulnerable to radio jamming attacks than traditional GSM and CDMA Continue reading…

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  US Navy's firefighting robot SAFFiR pictured for the first time

  By Dante D'Orazio on March 19, 2012 05:19 pm + 5 comments

  Navigating the confines of a damaged U.S. Navy ship to extinguish fires while at sea sounds like the Continue reading…

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  Navy's firefighting robot being tested in 2013, can now toss grenades

  By Andrew Webster on March 8, 2012 01:29 pm + 15 comments

  We first caught a glimpse of the Navy's robot firefighter during our look at Virgina Tech's Robotics Continue reading…

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  Walking as Jazz: Virginia Tech takes on the biggest challenge in robotics

  By Paul Miller on November 8, 2011 10:31 am + 74 comments

  Dennis Hong is incredibly, almost intimidatingly, energetic. When I met him at his Virginia Tech lab Continue reading…