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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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FEATURED VIDEOS
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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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A robot that can open doors, drawers regardless of knob-type
29 Feb 2024Source: Marie DonlonThe team developed an adaptive learning approach that enabled a robot with a limited knowledge base to learn via hands-on experience. -
Volunteer to live on Mars
27 Feb 2024Source: S. HimmelsteinSeeking a change of pace or planet? NASA needs volunteers willing to reside in a simulated Martian environment for one year. -
New robot dog makes its debut at MWC
27 Feb 2024Source: Marie DonlonRecently introduced at the Mobile World Congress on Monday, February 26, in Barcelona, Spain, Dynamic 1 can reportedly climb stairs, bow and shake hands. -
The US returns to the Moon
23 Feb 2024Source: S. HimmelsteinThe robotic Odysseus lander launched on February 15 by a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket touched down autonomously on the lunar surface on February 22. -
Uponor launches new Xpress Trak residential radiant heating panels
21 Feb 2024Source: GlobalSpec News DeskThe single-panel system with lightweight XPS foam at its core and laminated aluminum around the entire surface provides exceptional heat-transfer capability. -
A robot designed to assist the elderly at home
21 Feb 2024Source: Marie DonlonADAM, which stands for Autonomous Domestic Ambidextrous Manipulator, is equipped with vision systems and grippers, enabling it to perform a variety of tasks. -
This robot picks up and places objects in an unfamiliar house
20 Feb 2024Source: Marie DonlonTo create such a robot, the team outfitted a system from manufacturer Hello Robot with visual language models (VLMs), which enabled the robot to recognize objects based on language prompts. -
Video: Production underway at the largest liquid green hydrogen plant in the US
16 Feb 2024Source: S. HimmelsteinThe facility is engineered to produce 15 tons per day of liquid electrolytic hydrogen, a supply sufficient to power approximately 15,000 forklifts per day. -
Newly designed padding could make football gear, packages safer
16 Feb 2024Source: Marie DonlonThe new design features a modified, 3D printed foam material that buckles under the force of an impact — unlike current foam cushioning materials that compress when squeezed. -
Team trains robot to read braille at double the speed of humans
16 Feb 2024Source: Marie DonlonThe team created machine learning algorithms to teach the robotic sensor to swiftly slide over lines of braille text, reading at an estimated 315 words per minute with roughly 90% accuracy. -
This robot toasts marshmallows, folds clothes and dances
15 Feb 2024Source: Marie DonlonMagicBot is being eyed for assorted applications including search and rescue missions, sports, entertainment, industrial automation, logistics, transportation and more. -
Investing in US hydropower efficiency
14 Feb 2024Source: S. HimmelsteinInvestments in 46 projects across 19 states will increase access to affordable, clean electricity. -
This monocycle robot rolls, balances on 2 tiny legs
12 Feb 2024Source: Marie DonlonThe monocycle robot prototype can reportedly move entirely without a human, thereby potentially paving the way for the development of a driverless mode of transportation in future cities. -
Video: Final flight for the Mars Ingenuity Helicopter
12 Feb 2024Source: S. HimmelsteinThe mission of the first aircraft to fly on another planet ended on January 18, 2024. -
E-Lectric audiogram series, episode 2: EV protect
12 Feb 2024Listen to learn about H.B. Fuller’s line of EV Protect adhesives provided by Ellsworth Adhesives. -
Video: A design to block the boom of supersonic flight
09 Feb 2024Source: S. HimmelsteinThe NASA X-59 quiet supersonic aircraft is expected to fly at 1.4 times the speed of sound, or 925 mph, while generating a quieter sonic thump. -
Smith & Loveless Inc. highlights the EVERLAST series 4000 pump station
08 Feb 2024Source: GlobalSpec News DeskThe system lowers operating and maintenance costs and enhances operator safety compared to submersible wastewater pumps. -
AGILOX North America to showcase their autonomous vehicles at MODEX Trade Show in Atlanta
07 Feb 2024Source: GlobalSpec News DeskThe company will exhibit its cutting-edge autonomous mobile robots, offering attendees a firsthand look at the future of material handling and logistics. -
Eagle-inspired drone designed for surveillance missions
07 Feb 2024Source: Marie DonlonEvolution Eagle is a covert surveillance platform intended for military needs and designed to look like an actual eagle in shape, size and even color. -
Facility designed to test radwaste solidification solutions
05 Feb 2024Source: S. HimmelsteinProcesses and equipment for encapsulating various types of radioactive waste into a solid, secure form suitable for long-term storage will be evaluated at the site.