Researchers have spent years trying to teach robots how to grip different objects without crushing or dropping them. They could be one step closer, thanks to this low-cost, sensor-packed glove. In a paper published in Nature, a team of MIT scientists...
The Hiiga-One workout system stands out immediately, even in the middle of a busy CES hall packed with flashing, swirling, blinking and thumping gizmos. It's a towering, weight-free, mechanical bench press machine outlined in white and with two...
Researchers have developed small flying robots that can grab and pull heavier objects with ease. Inspired by gecko and insect feet, these micro robots can work together to perform different complex...
Researchers have developed small flying robots that can grab and pull heavier objects with ease. Inspired by gecko and insect feet, these micro robots can work together to perform different complex...
Artificial muscles have been honed down to the level of perfection where they are much more capable than real life muscles. Instead of using electromagnetic motors, these muscles have been used to do...
Yo’ momma’s so fat, the only thing that weighs more than her is the world’s heaviest weight down at the NIST. Among its many wonders, the facility houses a stack of twenty precisely calibrated 50,036.27 pound masses. The massive stack can generate a maximum force of 4.45 meganewtons, or 1 million pounds, with an uncertainty of less than 5 pounds per million.
Check out Veritasium’s video for an explanation of how the massive tower of weights was assembled, and how it’s used to calibrate gauges, which are then sent into the field to measure extreme forces:
If you’re wondering what kind of things they’d need to test these sort of forces on, just think about jumbo jets and the force their engines can push out, or the incredible power produced by rockets.
Two large nuclear power plants in United State’s Tennessee Valley were closed after The Three Mile Island nuclear incident in 1979. In response to that shutdown, electricity generation shifted to...
A recent study in Ireland showed that those people who ate lots of cheese and dairy products tended to lead healthier lives. Surprisingly those who ate low-fat dairy products instead of full-fat ones...
A recent study in Ireland showed that those people who ate lots of cheese and dairy products tended to lead healthier lives. Surprisingly those who ate low-fat dairy products instead of full-fat ones...
The rates of obesity in the United States have climbed up in recent decades. The really disturbing and depressing scenario is however seeing so many obese and overweight people giving up on the...
Researchers have spent years trying to teach robots how to grip different objects without crushing or dropping them. They could be one step closer, thanks to this low-cost, sensor-packed glove. In a paper published in Nature, a team of MIT scientists...
The Hiiga-One workout system stands out immediately, even in the middle of a busy CES hall packed with flashing, swirling, blinking and thumping gizmos. It's a towering, weight-free, mechanical bench press machine outlined in white and with two...
