LiquiGlide: Slippery Surface Solutions

LiquiGlide is a platform technology which creates slippery, liquid-impregnated surfaces that lets food and other products slide easily out of their containers, eliminating waste. The LiquiGlide was developed in 2009 by the Varanasi Research Group at MIT , lead by Prof. Kripa Varanasi and his team of students and postdoc Dave Smith, Rajeev Dhiman, Adam Paxson, Brian Solomon, and… Continue reading LiquiGlide: Slippery Surface Solutions

Doctor Uses Robot to Stitch a Grape Back Together

A da Vinci surgical robot controlled by a surgeon carefully stitches skin back onto a grape. The same technology that can be used to suture a tiny grape is designed to help perform delicate, minimally invasive surgery. Watch the video below.

The Design Of The Aluminum Beverage Can

Bill Hammack from the Engineer Guy explains the remarkable process that went into making and designing the aluminum beverage can. He explains why it is cylindrical, outlines the manufacturing steps needed to created the can. Watch the video below.

The World’s Smallest Computer

In the 1960s mainframe computers took up whole rooms, but now one computer can fit on the edge of a nickel. David Blaauw, computer science and engineering professor at the University of Michigan, and his team were able to achieve the small size by taking the computer’s battery into consideration. By reducing the amount of… Continue reading The World’s Smallest Computer

Augmented Reality Sandbox

Augmented Reality Sandbox is a project created by the UC Davis Department of Geology that utilizes a Microsoft Kinect to created a real-time interactive augmented reality map projected on a literal sandbox, which users can manipulate by moving around piles of sand. The project could be an excellent classroom demonstration to shows how Earth’s physical systems work.… Continue reading Augmented Reality Sandbox

NASA Satellite Tracks Saharan Dust To Amazon In 3-D

NASA’s CALIPSO satellite tracks how much dust makes the trans-Atlantic journey from the Sahara Desert to the Amazon rainforest. Among this dust is phosphorus, an essential nutrient that acts like a fertilizer, which the Amazon depends on in order to flourish. The new dust transport estimates were derived from data collected by NASA’s satellite from 2007… Continue reading NASA Satellite Tracks Saharan Dust To Amazon In 3-D