A new model of pneumatic muscle and an active type of assistive equipment incorporating this pneumatic muscle has been developed at Hiroshima University and Daiya Industry Co. Ltd., Japan. T... Read more
Researchers at ETH Zurich have created a new type of foam made of real gold. It is the lightest form ever produced of the precious metal: a thousand times lighter than its conventional form... Read more
A team of Florida State University materials researchers has developed a new type of light-emitting diode, or LED, using an organic-inorganic hybrid that could lead to cheaper, brighter and... Read more
The Hydro-Electric Reactor which uses only air from the atmosphere Cogar International Energy Corporation of Pasadena, California has successfully tested a commercial-sized prototype of its... Read more
The students created their grappling hook gun for an Air Force competition. Of all the gadgets and gizmos that Batman uses to fight crime, one of the ones I always thought was most interesti... Read more
Is about a third the cost of other seismic isolation systems When you live in a country as seismically active as Japan, thinking about earthquakes (and tsumanis) probably occupies a g... Read more
A vehicle that runs on air. It sounds like a fantastic idea, but energy is still needed to compress the air and the losses that go hand-in-hand with converting energy still have to be... Read more
Small Device Works With Air, Pure Oxygen Not Needed An artificial lung built by Cleveland researchers has reached efficiencies akin to the genuine organ, using air — not pure oxygen as... Read more