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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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Video: Prospective sites selected for next Moon landing
26 Aug 2022Source: S. HimmelsteinAfter a 50 year absence, NASA is tentatively scheduling to bring a human crew back to the Moon by 2025. -
Robots deployed for re-stocking shelves in convenient stores
26 Aug 2022Source: Marie DonlonThe robot, dubbed the TX SCARA, is designed for autonomously restocking refrigerated shelves with bottled and canned beverages. -
Watch this smart excavator automate construction site tasks
25 Aug 2022Source: Marie DonlonBy automating repetitive tasks such as digging, SRI suggests that the smart excavator can improve construction site productivity. -
Landmine-detecting drone in the works
25 Aug 2022Source: Marie DonlonThe drone features ground penetrating synthetic aperture radar for detecting landmines and was developed under Project FindMine. -
Optimizing batch/blending of solids using CentriFeeder technology
24 Aug 2022Finding an accurate and repeatable batch blending system will assist in maximizing profits and minimizing costs associated with product loss or waste. -
Video: Marine fauna inspire energy-conserving adaptive building façade
24 Aug 2022Source: S. HimmelsteinThe optofluidic technology can reduce building energy needs for heating, cooling and lighting by up to 30% when compared with savings afforded by motorized blinds or electrochromic windows. -
Hazard detection and rescue robot dog makes its debut
24 Aug 2022Source: Marie DonlonThe robotic dog can navigate complex terrain in the aftermath of a disaster, perform detection tasks in extreme weather conditions and navigate both high risk outdoor and indoor spaces. -
Fake finger correctly IDs surfaces 90% of the time
23 Aug 2022Source: Marie DonlonTo enable the artificial finger to determine the material composition of certain surfaces, the researchers outfitted the finger with triboelectric sensors to impart the sense of touch. -
Video: Funding advances magnetized target fusion tech
18 Aug 2022Source: S. HimmelsteinArmed with new funding awards from the U.S. Department of Energy, General Fusion will advance its Magnetized Target Fusion (MTF) technology for use in commercial fusion power plants. -
Video: Enter the Engineering for People Design Challenge
17 Aug 2022Source: S. HimmelsteinNow in its 12th year, the Design Challenge has reached over 60,000 undergraduate students across Cameroon, South Africa, the U.K., Ireland and the U.S. -
Video: Sand-based energy storage system switched on in Finland
17 Aug 2022Source: S. HimmelsteinThe system represents the world's first commercial solution to store electricity in sand as heat for use in a district heating network. -
LCD 2.0 — Azumo frontlight for reflective LCDs
17 Aug 2022Reflective liquid crystal displays (RLCDs) offer the benefits of traditional backlit LCDs while having the additional benefits of very low power and sunlight readability. -
New tech promises uninterrupted methane emission detection
17 Aug 2022Source: Marie DonlonBecause reducing methane emissions has become a critical component of many new global environmental efforts and regulations, Sensirion Connected Solutions has developed “Nubo Sphere,” a methane emissions monitoring solution. -
Video: Chimera robot promises to automate pressure vessel inspections
17 Aug 2022Source: Marie DonlonCompanies such as the engineering firm Forth have worked to develop Chimera for reducing the costs and risks associated with internal vessel inspections. -
Vidir introduces new VLM
15 Aug 2022Vidir Solutions introduces new industry standards such as servo motors and chain drives. -
Robotics firm introduces its new robotic welding system
15 Aug 2022Source: Marie DonlonThe new “FastARC” welding cobot features a Fanuc CRX-10iA/L 6-axis robot mounted on a mobile platform. -
Team develops safer anti-cavity, teeth whitening coating
12 Aug 2022Source: Marie DonlonThe new hydrogel coating is the combination of bismuth oxychloride nanoparticles, copper oxide nanoparticles and sodium alginate, which is activated by safer green light. -
Video: Fuel-flexible generators fired with ammonia and hydrogen
11 Aug 2022Source: S. HimmelsteinThe system is designed to dynamically switch between natural gas and renewable fuels like biogas and hydrogen, delivering both high efficiency and low emissions. -
Electromechanical robots that are faster than cheetahs
11 Aug 2022Source: Marie DonlonThe steerable robots, which are controlled using a magnetic field and powered using a battery pack or tether, were constructed using soft, tiny electromagnetic actuators featuring embedded liquid metal coils. -
Video: Record efficiency for nuclear-based hydrogen production
10 Aug 2022Source: S. HimmelsteinEfficient high-temperature electrolysis paves the way for large-scale hydrogen production in the nuclear industry.