A new one, inspired by plant seed pods, takes the form of a robotic gripper which is strong yet easily activated. Putting it simply, bistable devices are tensioned gadgets that are capable of ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Bausch & Lomb introduced the ...

In response to the 1955 disaster at the 24 Hours of LeMans that killed 84 and injured over 120 others, General Motors signed an agreement with the other auto manufacturers of America to abstain from ...

[IMSAI Guy] grabbed an obsolete XOR gate and tried a classic circuit to turn it into a frequency doubler. Of course, being an old part, it won’t work at very high frequencies, but the circuit is super ...

BistableX: Bistable eXploration in Energy Harvesting is a comprehensive dataset comprising experimental measurements from a bistable energy harvester tested under both symmetric and asymmetric ...

In late February 2015, the internet seemed to be a simpler place. Tumblr was still popular, Twitter was still Twitter and "going viral" was something of a more ubiquitous experience. And nothing that ...

Electronics men are especially fond of transistors, those wondrous specks of germanium that perform like vacuum tubes while demanding almost no current and generating almost no heat (TIME, Dec. 1).

The Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 is the most powerful version of the sixth generation of Chevrolet's pony car. The Camaro ZL1, along with all other Camaros, went out of production in January 2024, making the ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. In 2022, BMW revealed an SUV with color-changing “paint” as a ...