News tagged with linear actuator

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

created Sep 16, 2011 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (7) | comments 1 | with audio podcast weblog

Smart memory foam made smarter

Researchers from Northwestern University and Boise State University have figured out how to produce a less expensive shape-shifting "memory" foam, which could lead to more widespread applications of the material, such as ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Sep 24, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (7) | comments 1




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Scientists pioneer new method for nanoribbon production

Research involving scientists from The University of Nottingham is pioneering a new method of studying and making molecules.

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Aug 09, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

New insights on an old polymer material, Nafion, will enable design of better batteries

Designing new materials depends upon understanding the properties of today's materials. One such material, Nafion, is a polymer that efficiently conducts ions (a polymer electrolyte) and water through its ...

Chemistry / Polymers

created Jun 19, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Innovative microactuators: Compact 3.5 mm cubic rotary-linear piezoelectric actuator

(PhysOrg.com) -- Microactuators are critical components for industrial applications such as MEMS, micro-medical devices, and microrobotics. However, the fabrication of increasingly sophisticated, millimeter ...

Technology / Engineering

created Mar 25, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Engineers invent 'Smart Walkers' for elderly

(PhysOrg.com) -- Cornell biomedical engineering students working with a Weill Cornell Medical College-affiliated psychiatrist have designed an electronic braking system for walkers.

Technology / Engineering

created Jun 25, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Texas Tech, U of Utah win Sandia microdevice competition

The world's smallest chess board — about the diameter of four human hairs — and a pea-sized microbarbershop were winners in this year's design contest for, respectively, novel and educational microelectromechanical ...

Technology / Engineering

created Jun 15, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Tiny Music Player Made from Wire Bridge (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- In 2008, scientists built a loudspeaker made of carbon nanotubes that produced sound and music based on the thermoacoustic effect. Now, a different team of scientists has built a loudspeaker ...

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (18) | comments 1 feature

From human bite to robot jaws

The UK spends around £2.5 billion each year on dental materials to replace or strengthen teeth. The Chewing Robot is a new biologically inspired way to test dental materials and it will be shown to the public ...

Technology / Engineering

created Jun 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Real-life robots obey Asimov’s laws

(PhysOrg.com) -- European researchers have developed technology enabling robots to obey Asimov’s golden rules of robotics: to do no harm to humans and to obey them.

Technology / Engineering

created Sep 08, 2008 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (7) | comments 1

Fast AFM probes measure multiple properties of biomolecules or materials simultaneously

New research demonstrates that novel probe technology based on flexible membranes can replace conventional atomic force microscopy (AFM) cantilevers for applications such as fast topographic imaging, quantitative ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Apr 16, 2008 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (17) | comments 0

Nano machine switches between biological and silicon worlds

Scientists have created a molecular switch that could play a key role in thousands of nanotech applications. The Mol-Switch project successfully developed a demonstrator to prove the principle, despite deep ...

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created Apr 24, 2006 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (39) | comments 0


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