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Origami-Inspired ‘Inspector Gadget Robotic Arm’, Published in ‘Science Robotics’

“SNU Soft Robotics Research Center led by Professor CHO Kyu-Jin at the Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering has developed an origami-inspired robotic arm that is foldable, self-folding and also highly-rigid. (The researchers include Suk-Jun Kim, Dae-Young Lee, Gwang-Pil Jung …

Plasmons triggered in nanotube quantum wells

“Rice, Tokyo Metropolitan scientists create platform for unique near-infrared devices A novel quantum effect observed in a carbon nanotube film could lead to the development of unique lasers and other optoelectronic devices, according to scientists at Rice University and Tokyo …

Self-driving Uber car kills Arizona woman crossing street

“An Uber self-driving car hit and killed a woman crossing the street in Arizona, police said on Monday, marking the first fatality involving an autonomous vehicle and a potential blow to the technology expected to transform transportation. The ride services …

Supercomputer simulation opens prospects for obtaining ultra-dense electron-positron plasmas

“To achieve breakthrough research results in various fields of modern science, it is vital to develop successful interdisciplinary collaborations. Long-term interaction of physicists from the Institute of Applied Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, researchers from Chalmers University of …

Tinydice: Professional Pcbs At Home

“What is the Tiny Dice? Simply put, TinyDice is just an electronic, Arduino compatible LED die that looks quite neat.In reality, this project was my attempt at doing things right; making an SMD circuit, a professional quality PCB, a …

Zero Field Switching (ZFS) Effect in a Nanomagnetic Device

“Illustration of an unexpected phenomenon known as zero field switching (ZFS) that could lead to smaller, lower-power memory and computing devices than presently possible. The image shows a layering of platinum (Pt), tungsten (W), and a cobalt-iron-boron magnet (CoFeB) sandwiched …

Alone Together - Plant Lamps

“This instructable is part of the course Physical Interaction and Realization at KTH, Royal Institute of Technology. We are going to teach you how to build two, quite organic and interactive plant-lamps, Thorulf and Svamp. Thorulf is a plant with …

An Open Source Solid State Current measurement device

“There are many practical situations where we need to know the current absorption of a circuit branch, a motor or in general, an electric utilizer. Sure, we could just use a multimeter set on amps measurement, but this is not …

DHL to Deploy Robots, Drones, Virtual Reality to Speed up Deliveries

“DHL is employing a variety of new technologies to deliver packages faster and give consumers more options when it comes to where and when they want their packages arrive. As part of an innovation showcase media event here on March …

Digitize A Song With Arduino

“I wanted to make a project that combined two of my favorite subjects: science and music. I thought of all of the ways that I could combine the two domains, and, I thought that it would be interesting to make …