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Programmable 3D-printed filaments mimic artificial muscles with heat-driven bending and twisting
Nature is replete with slender filaments that bend and coil—from climbing grape vines, to folded proteins, to elephant trunks that can pick up a peanut but also take down a tree.
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Harvard scientists design elephant-inspired 3D-printed filaments for soft robotics
Researchers have developed a 3D printing strategy to create programmable artificial muscles. Harvard’s SEAS ...
A new RNA-based method creates programmable artificial organelles inside living cells, enabling customizable compartments for ...
For some time, researchers have assumed that solid materials could gain more useful properties by making their microscopic ...
Researchers at Tampere University have recently demonstrated that light can be used to precisely reshape soft materials ...
Just as the human body relies on organs such as the heart or liver for essential functions, cells depend on their own tiny ...
A key advantage of a programmable thermostat is that you can lower the level of heat or air conditioning when everyone’s away ...
As technology advances, and the demand for faster, higher-bandwidth, and more energy-efficient data processing continues to ...
Microchip Technology is expanding its CLB–based MCU portfolio. The families combine CPLD-like programmable logic and an MCU ...
Microchip’s CLB-based PIC® MCUs combine programmable logic and embedded control in a single device to help reduce latency, ...
Microchip Technology has expanded its microcontroller portfolio with new Configurable Logic Block based PIC16F13276 and PIC18 ...
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Light-controlled artificial muscles: Researchers develop shape-shifting materials
Researchers at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) are scaling individual molecular machines into ...
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