Engineers at MIT have developed tiny magnetic robots that could one day be used as biomedical devices inside humans. The robots, which are about the…
MINE IS YOURS
This new drone can fly to and map places too dangerous for people
Around the world, mines are often dark, dangerous places where humans fear to tread. Mapping them can be a perilous task, involving surveyors who must…
FRANKENFINGER
Watch: A robotic finger uses its lab-grown muscles to lift an object
Metal robot arms can help us assemble cars and make cocktails, but they don’t yet have the flexibility of human arms, hands, and fingers. Advances…
Meet the scientist who makes identical snowflakes
The old adage “No two snowflakes are alike,” is wrong. At least in the laboratory. So says a scientist at the California Institute of Technology…
REAL DEEP DIVE
Researchers just discovered the world’s largest underwater cave
By linking two existing underwater-cavern systems on the Yucatan peninsula of Mexico, near the beach resort of Tulum, researchers and professional cave divers have established…
JURASSIC PARK EFFECT
Despite global warming, some reefs are flourishing, and you can see it in 3D
Maybe it’s not the end of the world for corals after all. That’s one of the surprising findings of a new project called the 100…
AS WE ARE
Turn your selfies into a 3D image at this new art installation
At 14-feet high, Matthew Mohr has a big head. Looking like a prop from Blade Runner, it sits in the atrium of the Columbus, Ohio…
These flying robots can self-assemble in flight
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have developed a series of modular flying robots that can autonomously assemble themselves in midair and fly. In the…
LIT
This artist turned his home into a giant robot fantasyland
Kenny Irwin has turned his dreams, and his nightmares, into a California reality. The 43-year old Palm Springs artist runs Robolights, a two-acre, colossally quirky…
INSIDE OUT
Animals’ delicate capillaries become art in these eerie 3D images
Making art from dead animals is not Scott Echols’ intention, per se, but the three-dimensional images that he has made possible have the quality of…
How California rescued exotic animals during the wildfires
Last week, the Los Angeles Creek Fire swept through a narrow, shrubby canyon, threatening a 160-acre private animal sanctuary that’s home to 400 animals, including…
REEF MADNESS
Turning a huge military plane into an underwater reef
The Lockheed C-130 Hercules airplane is known for its wide-ranging ability to ferry large amounts of cargo and passengers over long distances. In fact, it’s…
