Items tagged with engineering
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Ryan Whitwam - Mon, Aug 12, 2024
An expedition to visit the sunken wreck of the Titanic ended in tragedy last year when the OceanGate Titan submersible imploded, killing all five people aboard. The company still exists, despite the death of founder and CEO Stockton Rush...
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Tim Sweezy - Mon, Aug 12, 2024
A group of engineering students have developed a robotic fish to help solve mysteries of the ocean. The soft robotic underwater fish, called Eve, blends into a coral reef environment, allowing operators to take isolated eDNA samples and...
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Tim Sweezy - Mon, Aug 01, 2022
A group of MIT engineers have developed a stamp-sized ultrasound adhesive that can produce clear images of the heart, lungs, and other internal organs. The hope is that these small devices could replace the need for bulky equipment in...
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Tim Sweezy - Mon, May 02, 2022
A mechanical jumper just set a new record for any known jumper, engineered or biological. The jumping robot is able to leap an astounding 100 feet (30 meters) into the air.
The Eliot Hawkes Lab's jumping robot is referred to as a fresh...
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Nathan Ord - Wed, Jul 28, 2021
While robots are cool, the jury is still out on whether they will want to kill us pesky humans if the robot uprising occurs. This is not helped by the fact that we are making more robust robots that can walk and move as well as if not...
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Brittany Goetting - Sun, Oct 06, 2019
How do you get to Sesame Street? Dr. Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg may hold the key. The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative’s Primary School is working alongside the Sesame Workshop to offer a new education curriculum.
The Primary School...
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Shane McGlaun - Fri, Jun 29, 2018
Dropping your smartphone can be a very expensive accident if you happen to crack the screen. There are plenty of cases out there that protect smartphones from drops and bumps, but a German engineering student named Philip Frenzel from...
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