Nov 29
This Is Why 4D Printing Is Cool
Posted in: Today's Chili The U.S. Army Research Office has just thrown some money the way of 4D printing
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Nov 28
And you thought your last move was difficult. The process of moving a large building, from a mansion to a railway station, from one location to another is a major engineering challenge. Here are some eye-popping photos of massive structures in transit.
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Nov 27
Microsoft’s Kinect is great, but it has its limitations. Not so MIT’s new nano-camera, though, which uses similar technology but can weave the same magic with translucent objects, and even work in snow or rain.
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Nov 26
Nov 22
Forget printing circuits: how about drawing ’em instead? At least, that’s what you can do with this rollerball, which spews out conductive silver ink to let you doodle circuits all day long.
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Nov 21
In the future we should hope for all of our displays to be OLED; it’s thin, light, deep with color, and energy efficient to boot. It’s also incredibly expensive. That could soon change, though, thanks to a jumped-up inkjet printer.
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Nov 21
Li-on batteries are great and all, but there’s a barrier preventing them from storing much more power: they, um, tend to catch fire
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Nov 19
The Yangtze River is the third longest in the world and it’s served as a critical artery in the beating heart of China’s economic boom. It’s also incredibly wide at points—which has forced China to become a top contender as the builder of the most advanced long-span bridges in the world. Taizhou Bridge is definitely one of those bridges.
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Nov 19
Hydrogen is one of the most promising fuels of the future
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Nov 18
You probably have no idea where the ink in your pen comes from, much less whether it’s a simple factory process or demanding of more expertise. Josh Velson, a chemical engineering consultant for bio and petrochemicals, has your answer.
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