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Light-Controlled Gel Could Benefit Soft Robots
BERKELEY, Calif., June 4, 2013 — Inspired by the way plants grow toward light sources, bioengineers at the University of California, Berkeley, created a hydrogel that flexes in response to near-IR laser light. The achievement could be a step toward adding softness and flexibility to robotics.
Microactuator flexes under laser light
BERKELEY, Calif. – A microscale actuator that flexes like a tiny beckoning finger under a burst of laser light may point toward practical applications in artificial muscles, microfluidics and drug delivery. The Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab)...
Microactuator Flexes Under Laser Light
BERKELEY, Calif., Dec. 17, 2012 — A microscale actuator that flexes like a tiny beckoning finger under a burst of laser light may point toward practical applications in artificial muscles, microfluidics and drug delivery.
PI Releases Catalog
AUBURN, Mass., Nov. 10, 2010 — PI (Physik Instrumente) L.P., a manufacturer of piezo ceramic actuators and precision motion-control equipment for semiconductor, biomedical and nanotechnology applications, has released a new catalog on piezo mechanisms. The 400-page catalog...
PI Releases Actuators Brochure
AUBURN, Mass., July 20, 2010 — Piezo ceramic actuator and precision motion-control equipment provider PI (Physik Instrumente) LP released a new brochure for its lever amplified piezo flexure actuators. The brochure features a variety of newly designed flexure actuators for OEMs,...
Holograms lighten the payload of unmanned aerial vehicles
ARLINGTON, Va. – US Air Force scientists have devised a way to make un-manned aerial vehicles (UAVs) better eyes in the sky, besides making them lighter and more efficient. Also known as drones or pilotless aircraft, UAVs increasingly are being used for...
Phase I Projects
Mar 18, 2010 — Boston Micromachines Corp. of Cambridge, Mass, a microelectromechanical systems-based deformable mirror provider, has received two Phase I contracts totaling about $200,000 from NASA’s Small Business Innovation Research Program to further space...
A Few Photons Control Atom
GARCHING, Germany, Dec. 30, 2009 – The motion of a single atom in an optical trap has been controlled by the use of a fast feedback logic loop developed by scientists at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics (MPQ), who also showed that the detection of just a few photons is all...
Big research on tiny technologies
Dec 1, 2009 — IMEC is one busy research center. Headquartered in Leuven, Belgium, the independent research and development center focuses on nanoelectronics and nanotechnology, partnering with companies, universities and other research institutes. One example of...
Nanostrings Serve as Probes
GARCHING, Germany, Oct. 14, 2009 – New fabrication techniques have enabled the development of on-chip mechanical elements with dimensions on the nanometer scale. Their application, however, has been limited by the lack of sufficiently sensitive techniques for measuring the motion of...
PI Receives US Patent for Piezo Actuator Technology
Dec 31, 2008 — Physik Instrumente (PI) of Auburn, Mass., a manufacturer of piezoactuators and precision motion control equipment, has received a US patent for its development of multilayer ceramic actuators. PI’s Picma piezoceramic actuators are based on stress...
Optelecom-NKF Granted Patent for Fiber-Optic Encoder
Apr 13, 2007 — Optelecom-NKF Inc. of Germantown, Md., a supplier of network video equipment including Internet protocol cameras and fiber-optic systems, yesterday announced it was granted a new patent on technology that will improve aircraft reliability and safety...
'Inchworm' Actuator Measures Friction
Mar 31, 2004 — ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., March 31 -- Creating a tool small enough to measure friction on a microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) device is not an easy task. The tool has to be about the width of a human hair. But researchers at the National Nuclear...
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