Organic visible light communication system based on mixed white light illumination and color-selective OPDs fabricated with OLEDs. Credit: POSTECH Li-fi, a communication technology harnessing visible light for data transmission, has…
Tag: Engineering
Piezo composites with carbon fibers for motion sensors
The principle, structural design, and application of unidirectional carbon fiber-reinforced flexible piezoelectric nanocomposite materials. Credit: Tohoku University An international research group has engineered a novel, high-strength flexible device by combining…
Insect compasses, fire-fighting vines: 2023’s nature-inspired tech
Some insects – such as ants and bees – navigate visually based on the intensity and polarization of sunlight. Even as human-caused climate change threatens the environment, nature continues to…
NASA, Joby pave the way for air taxis in busy airports
Savvy Verma, left, and Huy Tran, director of aeronautics at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley, center, explain a recent air traffic management simulation to guests at Ames’…
Researchers create ‘Mugatu,’ the first steerable bipedal robot with only one motor
Credit: Carnegie Mellon University Mechanical Engineering Small robots are important tools for the investigation and inspection of, well, small spaces. They can carefully place their steps, allowing them to navigate…
Engineers design safer and more comfortable football equipment
Two groups of mechanical engineering students at the University of Missouri are working with the Tigers to incorporate heat transfer technologies into football equipment—keeping feet cool in summer and heads…
Analyzing interactions between radiation and matter for a long-term plutonium storage strategy
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Long-running research between the UK’s National Nuclear Laboratory and The University of Manchester, UK, has probed the complex interplay between the surface features of plutonium dioxide…
