Search results for 4-D printing

Engineering May 2, 2016

New health sensing tool measures lung function over a phone call, from anywhere in the world

Most people in the developing world who have asthma, cystic fibrosis or other chronic lung diseases have no way to measure how well their lungs are functioning outside of a clinic or doctor visit.

Other May 1, 2016

From new to old, some of the gun safety features over time

Daytona Beach, Florida-based iGun Technology Corp. has been developing a "smart gun," a firearm that uses a ring with a chip in it to send a signal to a circuit board embedded in the firearm so that only an authorized user ...

Consumer & Gadgets Apr 28, 2016

Review: Kindle Oasis aims at avid readers, pricey for others

The Kindle Oasis is Amazon's sleekest, lightest e-book reader yet—and at $290, unnecessary unless you're a die-hard reader.

Space Exploration Apr 17, 2016

Symposium envisions golden age of space travel

A symposium on space this past week was abuzz with talk of a new golden age of space travel.

Consumer & Gadgets Apr 6, 2016

Review: The bigger the drone, the bigger the fun for beginners

I've reviewed a few quadcopters over the past year, but they've been on the tiny side.

Materials Science Mar 22, 2016

New technique for advanced printed electronics

Researchers have developed a fabrication technique for single-crystalline thin-film arrays of an organic ferroelectric small molecules working as a memory device by using a solution process under ambient pressure at room ...

Consumer & Gadgets Feb 23, 2016

Food printers and eye writing: tech show's quirkiest gadgets

While tens of thousands flock to the Mobile World Congress to check out the latest smartphones, the show also offers glimpses of some of the coolest off-beat—and downright strange—innovations.

Consumer & Gadgets Feb 22, 2016

How Intel is approaching wearable tech

The fast-growing field of "wearables" - apparel and accessories that contain some sort of connected technology - is forcing chipmakers to find common ground with the fashion world.

Environment Jan 29, 2016

Laboratory-bred corals reproduce in the wild

Researchers of SECORE International (USA, Germany), the University of Amsterdam (Netherlands) and the Carmabi Marine Research Station (Curaçao) have for the first time successfully raised laboratory-bred colonies of a threatened ...

Materials Science Jan 25, 2016

Novel 4-D printing method blossoms from botanical inspiration

A team of scientists at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University and the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences has evolved their microscale 3D printing technology ...

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