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Picture solar panels, and you’re most likely picturing a solid square slab. But the tech is becoming more flexible, and now engineers at Pusan National University in Korea have developed prototype solar cells that are fully foldable.Continue ReadingCat… Continue reading Fully foldable solar cell bends in half without breaking
Back in 2018, we heard about a full-size foldable wheel known as the Revolve. Its inventor, Andrea Mocellin, has now incorporated the technology into a wheelchair that folds down to fit inside an airliner’s overhead baggage area.Continue ReadingCategor… Continue reading Wheelchair with folding wheels could be stowed as overhead baggage
We’ve seen tiny houses that extend upward, tiny houses that extend outward, and even tiny houses that take the roof off, but the Brette Haus puts another interesting spin on the small living movement with a folding design intended for easier truck-base… Continue reading Folding tiny house tucks away for easy transportation
There is a lot engineers can learn from Japanese paper folding art forms, from cheap batteries made from paper and water to tiny robots that are activated by heat. While origami gets a lot of the attention, a variation of this called kirigami also has … Continue reading Paper-folding art reduced to the nanoscale in engineering breakthrough
Hacking is about pushing the envelope to discover new and clever ways to use things in ways their original designers never envisioned. [Charlyn Gonda]’s Hackaday Remoticon workshop “Making Glowly Origami” was exactly that; a combination of the art of origami with the one of LEDs. Check out the full course …read more
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Although quadcopter drones may offer relatively good battery life, their hexa- and octocopter counterparts can lift heavier loads. The xFold drone can go either way, however, with extra propeller arms that can be attached or detached as needed.Continue… Continue reading User-configurable xFold drone can lift up to 1,000 pounds
Last month, Chinese phone maker Oppo offered a glimpse into a possible smartphone future with the Oppo X 2021, a concept with a rollable display. Now the company has demonstrated another concept at the China International Industrial Design Expo – the s… Continue reading Oppo phone concept slides out to reveal three different screen sizes
Micro-mobility startup WheelKinetic has launched a squat little electric scooter called the BooZter which folds down to a portable package that can be carried by hand or thrown in a backpack.Continue ReadingCategory: Urban Transport, TransportTags: Sco… Continue reading Folding electric scooter can be carried in the hand or in a backpack
When plants perform movements, such as curling their leaves or twisting their stems, they do so by drawing water into the cellulose fibers in that part of their “body.” Scientists have now replicated that technique to produce self-folding paper structu… Continue reading Plant-inspired printing tech creates self-folding paper structures
While there are now a great number of folding electric scooters on the market, not all of them are particularly easy to transport once folded. The Ekooter looks like it should be, though, as it folds down into a sort of wheeled ring.Continue ReadingCat… Continue reading Ekooter e-scooter folds into a rolling ring – with a handle