Applied Physics
- InstantShoe- Adjustable Customized Footwear Uses Memory Shape Composite
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A new adjustable female shoe based on memory shape composite of leather and Nitinol material allows fitting the shoe to the foot shape after obtaining anthropometric measurements through a portable scanner and modifying it with a machine that completes the ...
Article - News Staff - May 25 2015 - 11:31am
- Microscopic Sonic Screwdriver Invented
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A team of engineers have created tiny acoustic vortices and used them to grip and spin microscopic particles suspended in water. The research by academics from the University of Bristol's Department of Mechanical Engineering and Northwestern Polytech ...
Article - News Staff - Jun 3 2015 - 10:00am
- How To Cut A Vortex Into Slices
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A lot of problems, associated with the mixing of the liquid in the microchannels, could be solved via proper organization of the inhomogeneous slip on the walls of these channels, according to a joint group of Russian and German scientists lead by Olga Vi ...
Article - News Staff - Jun 9 2015 - 11:30am
- To Explore Mars With Likes Of Occulus Rift & Virtuix Omni- From Mars Capture Orbit, Phobos Or Deimos
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I've talked before about how life on present day Mars could be vulnerable to Earth life. If only humans could be sterilized of other life, like a plant seed. But sadly, we can't do that, and it would kill us to try. Recent ideas, and experiments ...
Article - Robert Walker - Jan 4 2017 - 12:39am
- Lego Optics Lab: Beam Splitter
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I finally took apart a broken computer projector. Some of the optics were burned or broken but I managed to salvage several lenses, mirrors, filters, and a curious little glass cube. ...
Article - Steve Schuler - Jun 8 2015 - 12:08pm
- Lego Optics Lab: Small Lens Holder
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In my previous article, I started building a Lego optics lab with a dichroic prism I salvaged from an old computer projector that I took apart (I used the prism to build a beam splitter). I also salvaged several lenses, mirrors, and filters. To continue t ...
Article - Steve Schuler - Jun 29 2015 - 9:24am
- Lexus Hoverboard Gets Off The Ground
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By Michael Greshko, Inside Science- In the classic 1989 film Back to the Future 2, intrepid time traveler Marty McFly jumps ahead a few decades, to October 21, 2015. Luxury car manufacturer Lexus appears to be ready for him. This week, they announced that ...
Article - Michael Greshko - Jun 29 2015 - 9:30am
- Lego Optics Lab: Large Lens Holder
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For my Lego Optics Lab I have so far built a beam splitter, and a small lens holder. The beam splitter article got a link on io9 (my name is misspelled) and on Scientific American. ...
Article - Steve Schuler - Jun 29 2015 - 9:56am
- Topological Insulators: Donuts, Coffee Cups And Soundproofing With Quantum Physics
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Donuts, electric current and quantum physics- if you are a theoretical physicist interested in topological insulators, materials whose ability to conduct electric current originates in their topology, it makes perfect sense. The easiest way to understand ...
Article - News Staff - Jul 11 2015 - 6:11am
- Lego Optics Lab: Mirror/Filter Holder
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I’ll demonstrate how I built a simple mirror or filter mount out of Lego. This mount can then be attached to a pan and/or tilt mechanism. Follow me on Twitter: @SteveSchuler20. Also see my previous article to see how I built a large lens holder for my Leg ...
Blog Post - Steve Schuler - Jul 6 2015 - 7:42am
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