News tagged with actuation
A new paper made of graphene and protein fibrils
(Phys.org) -- Researchers led by Raffaele Mezzenga, a professor in Food and Soft Materials Science, have created a new nanocomposite made of graphene and protein fibrils: a special paper, which combines the ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
May 07, 2012 |
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Neutron scattering charts moves of memory-shape alloys that change structure in response to environmental cues
(Phys.org) -- Shape-memory alloys (SMAs) are an engineer's dream, able to shape-shift spontaneously to accommodate changing operating conditions. A research team from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration ...
May 09, 2012 |
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Jellyfish Robot Swims Like its Biological Counterpart
(PhysOrg.com) -- "Jellyfish are one of the most awesome marine animals, doing a spectacular and psychedelic dance in water," explain engineers Sung-Weon Yeom and Il-Kwon Oh from Chonnam National University ...
Jun 26, 2009 |
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New Smart Material Bends Under Internal Heat Source
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have developed a new smart material that can bend under the influence of an internal heat source. The material could be used as an aerodynamic flap in cars, in order to stabilize ...
Feb 06, 2009 |
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Robot snake 'Uncle Sam' now climbs trees (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Uncle Sam, Carnegie Mellon's latest robotic snake, has been taught to climb trees. The snake is the newest version of "modsnake" created by the Biorobotics Laboratory at the Carnegie Mellon ...
Sep 07, 2010 |
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Microfabrication breakthrough could set piezoelectric material applications in motion
(PhysOrg.com) -- Integrating a complex, single-crystal material with "giant" piezoelectric properties onto silicon, University of Wisconsin-Madison engineers and physicists can fabricate low-voltage, near-nanoscale ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Nov 17, 2011 |
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New 'nanobead' approach could revolutionize sensor technology
Researchers at Oregon State University have found a way to use magnetic "nanobeads" to help detect chemical and biological agents, with possible applications in everything from bioterrorism to medical diagnostics, ...
Apr 26, 2011 |
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Heated AFM tip allows direct fabrication of ferroelectric nanostructures on plastic
Using a technique known as thermochemical nanolithography (TCNL), researchers have developed a new way to fabricate nanometer-scale ferroelectric structures directly on flexible plastic substrates that would ...
Jul 18, 2011 |
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'Flying carpet': Princeton team's plastic sheet can hover above ground (w/ video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- A thin sheet of plastic has been making headlines at Princeton as a magical flying carpet, after the publication of a paper describing experiments by the team with their prototype sheet of ...
Oct 01, 2011 |
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New Study Helps Explain the Surprising Behavior of Tiny 'Artificial Muscles' (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Using neutron beams and atomic-force microscopes, a team of university researchers working with the National Institute of Standards and Technology may have resolved a 10-year-old question ...
Apr 27, 2010 |
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Do it yourself guy builds train detector to automatically shut bedroom window
(PhysOrg.com) -- In a nice display of can-do thinking leading to positive action, a guy by the name of Ed Rogers has devised a device that automatically shuts the window in his bedroom whenever a train passes ...
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Sep 16, 2011 |
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Watch, Listen, and Feel Movies with a Haptics Jacket
(PhysOrg.com) -- Sometimes you may feel a shiver go up your spine as you're watching a chilling movie scene, but a new jacket can actually give you a real shiver. The haptics jacket, designed by scientists ...
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Mar 23, 2009 |
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Electroactive polymer key to durable, affordable full-screen Braille displays
(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of North Carolina State University researchers are one step closer to creating a workable, affordable full-screen Braille computer display that would allow the blind to scan Web pages in much the same ...
Mar 28, 2012 |
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Tactile technology guaranteed to send shivers down your spine
A new tactile technology developed at Disney Research, Pittsburgh (DRP), called Surround Haptics, makes it possible for video game players and film viewers to feel a wide variety of sensations, from the smoothness of a finger ...
Aug 08, 2011 |
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Zhejiang University researchers design gecko inspired robot
(PhysOrg.com) -- Those of you who paid close attention in biology (or zoology) class may recall that the gecko can climb any vertical substance known to man, with the exception of Teflon, without much trouble ...
May 27, 2011 |
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