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The monthly service, MEL Kids, visually translates difficult-to-understand science concepts through hands-on experiments, an accompanying illustrated comic book and a lesson delivered via augmented reality app.
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New science-education subscription service for kids
21 Aug 2019 -
Seeking welder with 'golden arm,' developer turns to cobot system
01 May 2019 -
Listen to a Bit of Space History
15 Nov 2018 -
Watch: 13 Ocean Solutions for Climate Change
04 Oct 2018 -
A First for Flat Lenses: Full-Color Imaging
03 Oct 2018
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Watch: Viruses self-assemble into antibacterial gel
31 Jul 2019Source: S. HimmelsteinA hydrogel incorporating billions of bacteriophages forms a material that is not only self-healing but also offers antibacterial services for medical and environmental applications. -
Students develop alogrithm to prevent hackers from viewing smart home footage
31 Jul 2019Source: Marie DonlonEngineering students from Canada’s Simon Fraser University (SFU) have developed an artificial intelligence (AI)-driven privacy shield that scrambles the images of occupants captured by smart home security systems vulnerable to hacking. -
Watch: Microrobots designed to travel and treat the GI tract
29 Jul 2019Source: S. HimmelsteinA microrobotic platform for precise delivery of drugs within the gastrointestinal tract has been engineered by researchers from California Institute of Technology and Washington University in St. Louis. -
Watch: Water desalination with solar steam technology
29 Jul 2019Source: S. HimmelsteinA solar steam generation system designed to desalinate seawater harvests salt in addition to producing potable water. -
Researchers develop modular robots capable of reconfiguring themselves in 17 different ways
24 Jul 2019Source: Marie DonlonResearchers from the ModLab at the University of Pennsylvania have developed robots that are capable of reconfiguring themselves into other shapes. -
Watch the progress of an ionic wind propeller
18 Jul 2019Source: S. HimmelsteinThe first ionic wind-activated device to spin and lift off in air has been reported by SUNY Oswego researchers. -
Video: Wearables get a boost from metamaterials
18 Jul 2019Source: S. HimmelsteinA wireless body sensor network based on a new conductive metamaterial enables wearable devices to transmit data with 1,000 times stronger signal than conventional technologies. -
Watch: Cucumbers cue artificial muscle fiber design
16 Jul 2019Source: S. HimmelsteinNew polymer fiber-based actuators take their cue from cucumbers, or more accurately from the tightly coiled tendrils sprouted by young plants. -
Watch: Upside-down 3D-printing skin and bone for Mars missions
10 Jul 2019Source: S. HimmelsteinA 3D bioprinting method for use in space produces new skin and bone tissue with resources available to astronauts. -
Watch: Tiny camera captures polarization, expands reality
09 Jul 2019Source: Amy J. BornUntil now, polarization-sensitive cameras have been large, bulky and expensive, which limits their usefulness. Researchers have developed a compact, portable version. -
Watch a tiny jellyfish robot swim through several tasks
09 Jul 2019Source: S. HimmelsteinThe 5 mm diameter, untethered, robotic platform was inspired by juveniles of the most widely distributed jellyfish, scyphomedusa ephyra. -
Watch: Window film makes the MOST out of solar heat gain
08 Jul 2019Source: S. HimmelsteinThe window film stores solar heat and releases it during cooler periods of the day, evening out indoor temperatures to a comfortable level. -
Earn a master's degree in engineering online from NC State
08 Jul 2019Engineering Online offers graduate degree programs with all the benefits of an on-campus experience. -
Watch the Volkswagen ID.R set another record
08 Jul 2019Source: S. HimmelsteinThe 500 kW electric race car completed England's Goodwood track in just 39.9 seconds to break the previous Formula 1 record by 1.7 seconds. -
Watch: Low-cost OCT system expands the field for eye scans
05 Jul 2019Source: S. HimmelsteinThe compact optical coherence tomography unit is 15 times lighter and smaller than current commercial systems at less than a tenth the retail price. -
Multi-jack electronically synchronized system
05 Jul 2019Take a look at this multi-jack system, demonstrating smooth, synchronous operation with preset stops. -
How does a jet engine work?
05 Jul 2019Source: Eric OlsonLearn how a jet engine exploits Newton’s third law of motion to achieve jet propulsion. -
Robotics company creates strawberry-picking robot to assist with worldwide farm worker shortages
03 Jul 2019Source: Marie DonlonA Belgian robotics company has developed a strawberry picking robot to assist farmers and strawberry producers amidst farm worker shortages. -
Discover the full potential of generative design with ANSYS
02 Jul 2019With Generative Design from ANSYS Discovery, engineers can quickly explore design alternatives based on material properties and constraint requirements. -
Video: Spirit Aerosystems brings new titanium fabrication technology to factory
02 Jul 2019Source: Engineering360 News DeskThe process allows Spirit to form parts out of titanium plates rather than relying on machining large blocks of titanium.