Chemists have developed a revolutionary new way to manufacture natural chemicals by clipping smaller molecules together like Lego. They have used the new method to assemble a scarce anti-inf... Read more
Google has announced the winners of this years Google Science Fair, an annual, worldwide science and technology competition for 13-18 year olds. This year’s Grand Prize winner is a pro... Read more
Newly developed modular components take microfluidic system construction from flat to 3-D and make it cheap, quick and easy Thanks to new LEGO®-like components developed by researchers at th... Read more
A new technique which uses light like a needle to thread long chains of particles could help bring sci-fi concepts such as cloaking devices one step closer to reality. A new method of buildi... Read more
“You could think of it as clever Legos” Purdue University researchers are working with the U.S. Army Research Laboratory to develop a technology for creating parts out of interlo... Read more
Could Aid in the Design of Pressure Sensors and Artificial Muscles If you squeeze a normal object in all directions, it shrinks in all directions. But a few strange materials will actually g... Read more
As the 3D printing revolution continues, prices of 3D printers have continued to fall, with devices such as the Buccaneer 3D printer set to sell for under US$400. But even that is still too... Read more
Next steps in the application of this new technique include fabrication of different types of functional tissues Researchers at Columbia Engineering have developed a new “plug-and-play” meth... Read more
Is this the future of 3D printing? Cubify robots are snap-together, poseable toys that can be ordered directly or downloaded as files and made by the user. Toys are showing what the market f... Read more
The individual grains would pass messages back and forth and selectively attach to each other to form a three-dimensional object New algorithms could enable heaps of ‘smart sand’ that can as... Read more
A great early example of the usefulness of 3-D printing. Ever wanted to connect your Legos and Tinkertoys together? Now you can — and much more. Announcing the Free Universal Construction Ki... Read more
MINDSTORMS is quite definitely not the LEGO that many of us might remember Despite what TV shows like CSI would have us believe, a lot of lab work tends to be highly monotonous. It’s the typ... Read more
How are robots most useful in a classroom setting? The idea of having a robot as a classmate or a learning tool in the classroom is no longer just a psy-fi fantasy- today’s robots are... Read more