Dennis Hong is an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at Virginia Tech and he is in charge of the Robotics and Mechanisms Lab (RoMeLa.)

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Eric Hoek is working with BP engineers to deploy prototypes of oil-water separation technology to aid in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

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If you’re swimming in the surf this summer, don’t expect to see a lifeguard from Baywatch racing to save you from a riptide.

Instead, your rescuer may be EMILY: the 4 foot long robot lifeguard.

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Catherine Mohr works on integrating new surgical technologies into robots such as the da Vinci.

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The first crossing by air over the English Channel was in 1785, when French inventor Jean-Pierre Blanchard and American physician John Jeffries crossed the body of water by a hydrogen gas balloon.

Now, another milestone may be reached, as the world’s first solar-powered blimp plans to attempt the same feat.

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