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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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Custom, small-scale barrier pouch packaging from automation startup
06 Aug 2019Source: Kevin J. HarriganAlthough Keto Farms’ manufacturing facility processes up to 9,000 barrier pouches per day, they are a medium-sized business and large-scale, expensive industrial solutions were impractical. -
Incredible vision
06 Aug 2019Find out how a custom-made piece of technology transformed a sports fan's life. -
Computer-aided software automatically generates knitting patterns, creates garments
05 Aug 2019Source: Marie DonlonThe software users input their chosen designs, color and dimensions and those instructions are sent by computer to a knitting machine, which produces the article. -
Video: Overcoming regulatory hurdles to bespoke 3D-printed implants
02 Aug 2019Source: S. HimmelsteinTwo case studies provide a blueprint for overcoming obstacles in outfitting two patients with rare spinal conditions with custom-made 3D-printed metal implants. -
What is a torque motor?
02 Aug 2019So what is a synchronous torque motor? And where do they fit? Tecnotions torque-series suits applications in markets such as semiconductor, machine tool, printing, rotary tables, factory automation, and robotics. -
Cockroach-inspired robot is nearly indestructable
01 Aug 2019Source: Marie DonlonResearchers at the University of California, Berkeley, have developed a nearly indestructible, insect-sized robot that moves like a scurrying cockroach. -
Blockchain-based app smartens process applications
01 Aug 2019Source: Engineering360 News DeskOndiflo's blockchain-based application for fluid hauling provides an automation platform for the optimization of field-tracking activities. -
Linear bearing corrosion resistance test
01 Aug 2019What happens when you submerge a recirculating linear ball bearing and a self-lubricating plastic linear bearing from igus in water and vinegar for five days? Watch to find out! -
Pentagon testing lasers that can talk to specific targets
31 Jul 2019Source: Marie DonlonScientists at the Pentagon have completed a round of testing on a device that enables lasers to talk. -
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.