Program aims to develop systems that deliver the goods, then poof out of existence It sounds like an engineering fantasy, or maybe an episode from Mission Impossible: A flock of small, singl... Read more
DNA molecules provide the “source code” for life in humans, plants, animals and some microbes. But now researchers report an initial study showing that the strands can also act a... Read more
The Minibuilders could take on tall tasks, including automating another frontier of human labor: the construction industry. Even though most buildings are designed using the latest digital t... Read more
To the best of our knowledge, this is the first miniature robot that having all the three capabilities: running, jumping, and aerial maneuvering. In nature, small animals or insects use mult... Read more
The Protohouse looks like something out of science fiction, but its architects say that when it’s done, it will be the first house that you can say came from a printer. The race is on to bui... Read more
An Amsterdam-based architecture firm has ambitions to take 3D printing to the next level, by building the world’s first 3D-printed house as early as 2014. The team at Universe Architec... Read more