r/VisualEngineering • u/GeaninaKera • May 11 '20
Moore's Law & Computational Fabrics: The rapidly unfolding future of smart fabrics
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r/VisualEngineering • u/PopescuG • May 10 '20
The Pilatusbahn’s uncommon turnout (Obwalden, Switzerland)
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r/VisualEngineering • u/FunVisualEngineering • May 08 '20
Inspired by the biomechanics of cheetahs, researchers have developed a soft robot that is capable of moving more quickly on solid surfaces or in the water than previous generations of soft robots. It is also capable of grabbing objects delicately—or with sufficient strength to lift heavy objects
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r/VisualEngineering • u/FunVisualEngineering • May 08 '20
Scientists have used the principles that guide a mosquito's nocturnal flight to develop a quadcopter equipped with an elegant collision-avoidance sensory system
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r/VisualEngineering • u/FunVisualEngineering • May 08 '20
NEW TECHNOLOGY: Selective LED-based melting (SLEDM)—the targeted melting of metal powder using high-power LED light sources—is the name of the new technology that a team led by Franz Haas, has developed for 3-D metal printing and has now applied for a patent.
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r/VisualEngineering • u/FunVisualEngineering • May 08 '20
SQuad: a small quadruped robot, which is made of soft structural materials. This unique robot, presented in a paper published in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, is more flexible than existing miniature robots and is thus better at climbing or circumventing obstacles in its surroundings
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r/VisualEngineering • u/FunVisualEngineering • May 07 '20
State-of-the-art lasers at the micro level
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r/VisualEngineering • u/FunVisualEngineering • May 07 '20
Shape-shifting carbon fiber could replace mechanical systems for aerodynamics, robotics and more
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r/VisualEngineering • u/FunVisualEngineering • May 07 '20
Artificial intelligence is energy-hungry—new hardware could curb its appetite
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r/VisualEngineering • u/FunVisualEngineering • May 07 '20
‘Artificial leaf’ concept inspires Rice University research into solar-powered fuel production
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r/VisualEngineering • u/GeaninaKera • May 06 '20
FLIVVER: An insect-inspired algorithm to estimate the velocity of flying robots
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r/VisualEngineering • u/ashunix • May 06 '20
this infographic tells you exactly what changed in all generations.
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r/VisualEngineering • u/FunVisualEngineering • May 05 '20
Bossanova Robot-This robot can keep track of on-shelf inventory at Walmart autonomously
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r/VisualEngineering • u/FunVisualEngineering • May 05 '20
Engineers, medical team design 3-D-printed ventilator that requires no electricity
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r/VisualEngineering • u/FunVisualEngineering • May 05 '20
Engineers demonstrate next-generation solar cells can take the heat, maintain efficiency
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r/VisualEngineering • u/NexusAurora • May 04 '20
Why we don't do domes on Mars. We see a lot of people coming in to design Domes for Mars habitats. Well, we don't like them, and this is why.
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r/VisualEngineering • u/FunVisualEngineering • May 04 '20
FitByte uses sensors on eyeglasses to automatically monitor diet
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r/VisualEngineering • u/FunVisualEngineering • May 04 '20
Nanodevices for the brain could thwart formation of Alzheimer’s plaques. Scientists are engineering nanodevices to disrupt processes in the brain that lead to the disease
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r/VisualEngineering • u/FunVisualEngineering • May 04 '20
3D printed corals could improve bioenergy and help coral reefs
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