Collaborate Disseminate
Many scifi robots have taken the form of their creators. In the increasingly blurry space between the biological and the mechanical, researchers have found a way to affix human skin …read more Continue reading A Robot Face with Human Skin
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: A team of Australian scientists is genetically engineering a common fly species so that it can eat more of humanity’s organic waste while producing ingredients for making everything from lubricants… Continue reading Australian Scientists Genetically Engineer Common Fly Species To Eat More of Humanity’s Waste
Logarithms are everywhere in mathematics and derived fields, but we rarely think about how trigonometric functions, exponentials, square roots and others are calculated after we punch the numbers into a …read more Continue reading Manually Computing Logarithms to Grok Calculators
While fluid dynamics sounds like a dull topic, SoapFilmScope promises to make it fun by using your cell phone to observe the interactions between sound waves and liquid membranes. You …read more Continue reading Exploring Soap Films
Science and engineering usually create consistent results. Generally, when you figure out how to make something, you can repeat that at will to make more of something. But what if, …read more Continue reading The Rise of The Disappearing Polymorphs
Could carbon fiber inflict the same kind of damage on the human body as asbestos? That’s the question which [Nathan] found himself struggling with after taking a look at carbon …read more Continue reading Could Carbon Fiber be the New Asbestos?
Implantable electrodes for the (human) brain have been around for a many decades in the form of Utah arrays and kin, but these tend to be made out of metal, …read more Continue reading Brain Implant Uses Graphene Instead of Metal Probes
If you’ve ever watched Predator, you’ve noted the tactical advantage granted to the alien warrior by its heat vision. Indeed, even with otherwise solid camoflauge, Dutch and his squad ended up …read more Continue reading Small Mammals Appear To Have A Secret Infrared Sense
We’ve all been there — you forgot your lunch, but there are AC outlets galore. Wouldn’t it be so much simpler if you could just plug in like your phone? …read more Continue reading Powering Biology with Batteries
Can you weld wood? It seems like a silly question — if you throw a couple of pieces of oak on the welding table and whip out the TIG torch, …read more Continue reading Welding Wood Is As Simple as Rubbing Two Sticks Together