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Curious Displays by Julia Yu Tsao
Curious Displays functions simultaneously as a form of design research and as a proposal for a new product, a future display technology. Curious Displays is a product proposal for a new platform for display technology. Instead of a fixed form factor screen, the display surface is instead broken up into hundreds of ½ inch display blocks. Each block operates independently as a self-contained unit, and has full mobility, allowing movement across any physical surface. The blocks operate independently of one another, but are aware of the position and role relative to the rest of the system. With this awareness, the blocks are able to coordinate with the other blocks to reconfigure their positioning to form larger display surfaces and forms depending on purpose and function. In this way, the blocks become a physical embodiment of digital media, and act as a vehicle for the physical manifestation of what typically exists only in the virtual space of the screen. More of Julia’s great work can be seen on her website.
No Comments »Ultrasonic Robot Vibrations and Pizza Tossing by Monash University
Really interesting developments on ultrasonic robotic vibrations. Scientists from Monash University will use the physics of a perfect pizza toss to design the next generation of micro motors thinner than a human hair.
No Comments »Magnetically Actuated Micro-Robots
A 200 x 100 x 50-micron permanent magnet micro-robot moving on a glass slide in air with a dime underneath for scale, actuated by magnetic fields.More information on the website.
World’s Smallest Robot With Gripper
At 1/20th of a cubic inch, this may be the world’s smallest wheeled robot with a gripper. The video shows it picking up and moving an 8 pin integrated circuit. Details on how to build it at instructables. Here is another video.
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Nanofactory Design
A nanofactory is a proposed system in which nanomachines (resembling molecular assemblers, or industrial robot arms) would combine molecules to build larger atomically precise parts. These, in turn, would be assembled by positioning mechanisms of assorted sizes to build macroscopic (visible) but still atomically-precise products.
No Comments »Waalbot Robot by nanoRobotics Lab at Carnegie Mellon
New nanorobot videos of the Waalbot, a wall climbing robot from the Nanorobotics lab at Carnegie Mellon University. Video shows robot climbing on wood cabinets using synthetic dry adhesive microfiber footpads. More info at nanolab.me.cmu.edu/projects/waalbots/tri-leg.shtml and nanolab.me.cmu.edu/projects/geckohair/
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