The CSIRO robot called Zee uses six legs, each with spider-like joints, as a platform for a streaming camera and real-time 3D scanning. It?s capable of changing the direction of the camera using the motors in each leg joint ? making it perfectly suited for inspection tasks. It can traverse completely novel environments with relative ease. https://blog.csiro.au/lasers-legs-robots/

A rare mineral discovered in Russia in the 1830's could hold the key to boosting internet speeds 1,000 times faster than today. The mineral, perovskite, has a number of incredible properties. Perovskite (CaTiO3) is a calcium titanium oxide mineral. While scientists have known about the mineral for quite some time, researchers continue to find useful characteristics of this mineral. The mineral can use light instead of electricity to transfer data, allowing transfer speeds 1,000 times faster than current technology. This inexpensive and simple way to transfer data presents a multitude of opportunities to transform our digital lives in the future. https://www.forbes.com/sites/trevornace/2017/11/27

Take a photo of any wine label and learn that wine's rating, review, and average price instantly. Scan any wine list to see the rating and review of each wine on the list, helping you pick the right wine for every night out. All supplied by 26 million users - the world's largest community of wine drinkers. https://www.vivino.com/app

Major American cigarette manufacturers are now publishing anti-smoking ads to correct the misleading statements they made over many years about the effects of smoking, a move that complies with a court order filed in 2006. The ads explain that smoking kills and cigarettes are intentionally designed to get people addicted. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/big-tobaccos-anti-smoking-ads-begin-after-decade-of-delay/2017/11/21/8841d418-ce82-11e7-a87b-47f14b73162a_story.html

Physicists just found a loophole in graphene that could unlock clean, limitless energy. New research into graphene has discovered a physical phenomenon on an atomic scale that could be exploited as a way to produce a virtually limitless supply of clean energy. A team of physicists led by researchers from the University of Arkansas discovered that a single ten micron by ten micron piece of graphene could produce ten microwatts of power. It's already being touted as a building block for future conductors. Perhaps we'll also be seeing it as a source of future electrical power. http://www.sciencealert.com/graphene-levy-flights-limitless-power-future-electronic-devices

GP at Hand is an app-based primary care service in London that offers video consultations 24/7 and face to face appointments. It uses technology provided by Babylon Health. Their purpose is to put an accessible and affordable health service in the hands of every person on earth. They promise that patients will be able to book an appointment within seconds via a smartphone app and have a video consultation with a GP typically within under two hours of booking anytime, anywhere. Those who need it can then see a GP face to face within 48 hours at one of six sites across London. https://www.babylonhealth.com/