Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Engineers have worked out how to give robots complex instructions without electricity for the first time, which could free up more space in the robotic ‘brain’…
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Texting while walking puts pedestrians in danger, finds study
An image of one of the sites used for the study, at the Granville and Smithe intersection in Vancouver, BC. Credit: UBC Applied Science New UBC research analyzing actual pedestrian…
New design software takes a concept to a multitude of configurations
deepSPACE provided a spectrum of novel aircraft configurations from conventional to unconventional. Credit: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign deepSPACE isn’t a futuristic film, a new videogame or the next season…
Novel recycling process for rare-earth elements could improve green technology and boost carbon neutrality
Schematic of the SEEE process. Credit: Hang Hua et al. In a recent study published in Engineering, researchers from Kyoto University have unveiled a novel method for the efficient separation…
Unique straining affects phase transformations in silicon, a material vital for electronics
Valery Levitas, right, and Sorb Yesudhas prepare a rotational diamond anvil cell for experiments at Argonne National Laboratory. Credit: Ryan Riley/College of Engineering When Valery Levitas left Europe in 1999,…
Researchers design platypus-inspired bionic multi-receptor skin
Roughly illustration of the team’s multi-receptor skin concept. Credit: Du et al While engineers have developed increasingly advanced bio-inspired systems over the past decades, the sensing capabilities of these systems…
Measurement technology enables high-speed 3D recordings for crash tests
The goCRASH3D system uses two cameras (left and right) and powerful lighting (center) to capture up to 12,000 2D images per second, from which around 1,200 3D images are calculated.…
Storing the sun’s heat at 1,200°C
After up to 500 hours in the oven, many of the materials show visible signs of corrosion. Credit: Empa Closing the CO₂ cycle by converting climate-damaging carbon dioxide back into…
Team develops versatile knee exoskeletons for safer lifting
Emily Keller, a doctoral student in robotics at the Locomotor Control Systems Lab, University of Michigan, demonstrates the knee exoskeletons on the steps outside of the Ford Robotics Building at…
