Search results for 4-D printing

Engineering Jan 15, 2014

Power (of electronics) to the people

MIT Media Lab alumna and entrepreneur Ayah Bdeir SM '06 wants to help all people worldwide, tech savvy or not, understand and build creatively with electronics.

Consumer & Gadgets Dec 19, 2013

Smartphones are changing the picture for camera sales

It's a modern paradox: People are taking more photographs than ever before, nearly 400 billion this year, yet sales of cameras are shrinking.

Internet Dec 9, 2013

Big tech companies lash out at government snooping (Update 4)

Silicon Valley is escalating pressure on President Barack Obama to curb the U.S. government surveillance programs that vacuum personal information off the Internet and threaten the technology industry's financial livelihood.

Consumer & Gadgets Nov 25, 2013

Review: HTC, Nokia offer good, giant choices

I find giant phones hard to carry and use, but I'm well aware that many people like the bigger images and text they offer.

Engineering Nov 18, 2013

DIY and save: A scientist's guide to making your own lab equipment

Joshua Pearce is not one for understatement. "This is the beginning of a true revolution in the sciences," says the author of "Open-Source Lab." For cash-strapped researchers, he could be right.

Engineering Nov 12, 2013

From knee to neuron, offspring of Yale's 3D printers multiply

(Phys.org) —Yale neuroscientist Gordon Shepherd has studied neurons for decades. But until recently he'd never had a neuron he could grasp with his own two hands: Neurons are much too small.

Engineering Nov 7, 2013

The shape of things to come

In his State of the Union address in February, President Obama told the American people that 3-D printing has the "potential to revolutionize the way we make almost everything."

Hi Tech & Innovation Oct 29, 2013

Still wearing a real mask this Halloween? Team suggests latest in augmented reality

Halloween costumes can be so… analog. Until this season. Artist and Polytechnic Institute of New York University (NYU-Poly) augmented-reality researcher Mark Skwarek has teamed with one of his grad students to create 3D ...

Engineering Sep 30, 2013

Entering a new dimension: 4-D printing

Imagine an automobile coating that changes its structure to adapt to a humid environment or a salt-covered road, better protecting the car from corrosion. Or consider a soldier's uniform that could alter its camouflage or ...

General Physics Aug 20, 2013

Planes, trains and molecules: Deriving a generic routing algorithm from the physics of interacting polymers

Finding a single optimal route is easy, but optimizing the combination of multiple routes is a challenge found in a wide range of applications including Internet instant messaging, peer-to-peer networks, subway traffic, airport ...

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