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Programmable Smart Fabric Could Revolutionize the Way We Live and Work

Programmable Smart Fabric Could Revolutionize the Way We Live and Work

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Paving the way for small but mighty robotic devices that can punch well above their weight

Paving the way for small but mighty robotic devices that can punch well above their weight

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Nanomachines power a color changing chameleon skin for camouflage and displays

Nanomachines power a color changing chameleon skin for camouflage and displays

Researchers have developed artificial ‘chameleon skin’ that changes colour when exposed to light and could be used in applications such as active camouflage and large-scale dynamic displays.... Read more

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A robotic stingray, powered by light-activated rat cells

A robotic stingray, powered by light-activated rat cells

Researchers have created a robotic mimic of a stingray that’s powered and guided by light-sensitive rat heart cells. The work exhibits a new method for building bio-inspired robots by... Read more

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Finding a new formula for concrete to make it last 2 to 3 times longer

Finding a new formula for concrete to make it last 2 to 3 times longer

Researchers look to bones and shells as blueprints for stronger, more durable concrete. Researchers at MIT are seeking to redesign concrete — the most widely used human-made material in the... Read more

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Breakthrough fuel cell membrane inspired by cactus

Breakthrough fuel cell membrane inspired by cactus

Inspired by the humble cactus, a new type of membrane has the potential to significantly boost the performance of fuel cells and transform the electric vehicle industry. The membrane, develo... Read more

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Pulling water from thin air

Pulling water from thin air

INSPIRED BY A DESERT BEETLE, CACTUS AND PITCHER PLANT, RESEARCHERS DESIGN A NEW MATERIAL TO COLLECT WATER DROPLETS Organisms such as cacti and desert beetles can survive in arid environments... Read more

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USF Biologist Discovers Secret to Highly Efficient Swimming in Certain Animals, Such as Jellyfish

USF Biologist Discovers Secret to Highly Efficient Swimming in Certain Animals, Such as Jellyfish

The findings may lead to rethinking ideas about some of the evolutionary adaptations acquired by swimming animals and how engineers approach future vehicle design. Previous studies have show... Read more

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Programming adult stem cells to treat muscular dystrophy and more by mimicking nature

Programming adult stem cells to treat muscular dystrophy and more by mimicking nature

Stem cells hold great potential for addressing a variety of conditions from spinal cord injuries to cancer, but they can be difficult to control. Scientists are now reporting in the journal... Read more

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Building a Machine to Mimic What Sea Lions Naturally Do – Moving Without Creating a Wake

Building a Machine to Mimic What Sea Lions Naturally Do - Moving Without Creating a Wake

GW Professor Designs Robotic Foreflipper That Mimics Mammal’s Movement, Hoping it Will Aid Mechanical Innovation in Intelligence Community At a maximum speed of 25 miles per hour, sea lions... Read more

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Butterflies heat up the field of solar research with up to 50 percent increase

Butterflies heat up the field of solar research with up to 50 percent increase

The humble butterfly could hold the key to unlocking new techniques to make solar energy cheaper and more efficient, pioneering new research has shown. A team of experts from the University... Read more

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Mist-Collecting Plants May ‘Bioinspire’ Technology to Help Alleviate Global Water Shortages

Mist-Collecting Plants May ‘Bioinspire’ Technology to Help Alleviate Global Water Shortages

Mimicking a unique water collection-and-release feature found in plants with tiny conical “hairs” or microfibers on the surface of their leaves may enable a technology capable of pulling fre... Read more

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BionicANTs – Cooperative behaviour based on natural model

BionicANTs – Cooperative behaviour based on natural model

For the BionicANTs, Festo has not only taken the delicate anatomy of the natural ant as a role model. For the first time, the cooperative behaviour of the creatures is also transferred to th... Read more

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Machine Counterpart: Nature’s New Creatures

Machine Counterpart: Nature’s New Creatures

The applications of bioinspired robots are as diverse as the animals on which they are based. The translucent bell-shaped figure pumps rhythmically upward through the water, the rise and fal... Read more

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‘Living’ Micro-Robot Could Detect Diseases in Humans

'Living' Micro-Robot Could Detect Diseases in Humans

It will combine advanced microelectronics with latest research in biomimicry A tiny prototype robot that functions like a living creature is being developed which one day could be safely use... Read more

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