Collaborate Disseminate
You’ve seen it in movies and shows — the hero takes a blurry still picture, and with a few keystrokes, generates a view from a different angle or sometimes even …read more Continue reading 3D Human Models from a Single Image
If you’ve ever set a telescope up in your backyard, you probably learned how quick any kind of lighting ruins your observation. In fact, a recent study found that every …read more Continue reading Fixing Astronomy in the Blink of an Eye
Have you ever wondered how induction cooking works? A rotating magnetic field — electrically or mechanically — induces eddy currents in aluminum and that generates heat. When [3D Sage] learned …read more Continue reading Cooking with Magnets and 3D Printing
It is an interesting fact that the most efficient way to generate electricity — at least so far — is to spin the shaft of a generator. The only real …read more Continue reading Why Gas Turbines Rule the World
Thanks to the various measurement systems in use, we aren’t sure if Volvo has created an electric truck that carries 74 metric tons, 74 short tons, or 74 long tons, …read more Continue reading Electric Truck Carries 74 Tons
What do you get when you mix rigid and elastic polymers with a laser-scanning 3D printing technique? If you are researchers at ETH Zurich, you get robot hands with bones, …read more Continue reading Robot Hand Has Good Bones
The traffic light is a ubiquitous feature of modern life and is quite old — dating back to 1868 London, although that device was a modified railroad semaphore operated by …read more Continue reading Tech In Plain Sight: What Does a Yellow Light Mean?
It used to be a common expression to say that something would happen when “people walked on the moon.” That is, something that was never going to happen. Of course, …read more Continue reading A Brief History of Weather Control
If you have an artistic bent, you might have seen self-inking stamp rollers. These are like rotary rubber stamps that leave a pattern as you roll across a page. [Becky] …read more Continue reading 3D Printed Stamp Rollers
Early video games like Pong were not computer-controlled. They used discrete logic to generate the TV signals. As you might expect, the market exploded when you could get all the …read more Continue reading General Instruments Video Game Chip Rides Again