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Challenging Constraints of Designing a Deep-Sea Rover

Cassie Kelly

Jan 19, 20223 min read

Challenging Constraints of Designing a Deep-Sea Rover

The deep-sea is widely thought of as the harshest environment on Earth. With extreme pressure, no sunlight, and internal waves the size...

Sensing 3D Printing Flaws Can Make AM More Accepted

Cassie Kelly

Jan 18, 20224 min read

Sensing 3D Printing Flaws Can Make AM More Accepted

One drawback to 3D printing for industries such as aerospace, automotive, or medicine is that there simply is no inexpensive way to...

How Artificial Reality Could Help Control Prostheses

Cassie Kelly

Jan 5, 20223 min read

How Artificial Reality Could Help Control Prostheses

For many people with amputations, robotic prostheses hold the promise of some measure of restored functionality. Controlling those...

Cassie Kelly

Nov 8, 20213 min read

Holograms You Can Touch

Virtual reality developers have been dreaming of a holographic gaming experience since Star Trek’s “Holodeck” first appeared on TV in the...

An Octopus-Inspired Soft Robot Uses Origami Principles

Cassie Kelly

Nov 2, 20213 min read

An Octopus-Inspired Soft Robot Uses Origami Principles

The principles of the ancient practice of origami still hold great influence in modern-day mechanics. For Renee Zhao, assistant professor...

IoT Bolsters Weather Forecasting for Farmers

Cassie Kelly

Oct 10, 20213 min read

IoT Bolsters Weather Forecasting for Farmers

One of the greatest threats to the future of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is farm runoff of fertilizers and pesticides that damage the...

Acoustically Triggered Nanorobotics Hold Promise for Cancer Treatment

Cassie Kelly

Aug 2, 20213 min read

Acoustically Triggered Nanorobotics Hold Promise for Cancer Treatment

Many incredible cancer-fighting drugs and treatments have been developed in the past few decades, and on paper, they seem like they hold...

Engineering the Next-Generation Space Station

Cassie Kelly

Jul 14, 20214 min read

Engineering the Next-Generation Space Station

When it was launched in 1998, the International Space Station was only meant to be in commission for 15 years. It was built during the...

Cassie Kelly

Jul 12, 20213 min read

A Tougher Skin for Stealth Aircraft

It takes rigorous training and testing, an acute level of skill, and costs up to $10 million to train a stealth fighter jet pilot, making...

Cassie Kelly

Jul 1, 20213 min read

Engineers Learn the Secret of Syncing

There’s a rhythm to life that almost every living and non-living thing can tap into. Many species of schooling fish will swim in unison,...

Engineering a Refrigerator for Space Travel

Cassie Kelly

Jun 21, 20214 min read

Engineering a Refrigerator for Space Travel

If there is one thing that almost everyone knows about the lifestyle of astronauts in space, it’s that the cuisine is not ideal. This is...

Preparing a Robotic Fleet for Future Mars Missions

Cassie Kelly

Apr 27, 20213 min read

Preparing a Robotic Fleet for Future Mars Missions

Although Perseverance was set off on a mission to study when life could have existed on Mars, many humans are watching and wondering...

Novel 3D-Printing Technique Could Hasten Bone-Graft Recovery

Cassie Kelly

Mar 29, 20213 min read

Novel 3D-Printing Technique Could Hasten Bone-Graft Recovery

Engineers all over the world are convening on the best techniques for growing organs, tissues, and blood vessels using human cells–and...

3D-Printed Algae Boosts Regenerative Medicine

Cassie Kelly

Jan 12, 20213 min read

3D-Printed Algae Boosts Regenerative Medicine

In many ways, regenerative medicine is the next engineering frontier. But, one continued challenge of developing tissues and organs in...

Cassie Kelly

Jan 7, 20215 min read

9 Bioinspired Medical Technologies

Biomimicry, or bioinspiration, is proving to be an effective approach to reimagining technology, especially in biomedical engineering. We...

Tubular Robot Maneuvers Through the Body

Cassie Kelly

Oct 18, 20203 min read

Tubular Robot Maneuvers Through the Body

Vine robots are a promising emerging technology for search and rescue missions. Able to grow to great lengths, these growing robots can...

Digitization Opens Door to Collaboration During COVID-19

Cassie Kelly

Aug 27, 20204 min read

Digitization Opens Door to Collaboration During COVID-19

Industry and government leaders know the key to sustainable growth and continuous innovation is to invest in the young minds that will...

Smart Habitats for Sustained Lunar Living

Cassie Kelly

Jul 22, 20204 min read

Smart Habitats for Sustained Lunar Living

With five years and up to $15 million of NASA funding locked up, Purdue University's Resilient Extra Terrestrial Habitats (RETH)...

Cassie Kelly

Mar 15, 20204 min read

Lab-Grown Meat: A Big Step Forward

Many of us have experienced the sizzle and aroma of steak on a grill. Now, we are one giant step closer to sourcing that meat from a lab...

3D-Printed Organs Nearing Clinical Trials

Cassie Kelly

Mar 3, 20204 min read

3D-Printed Organs Nearing Clinical Trials

With the aid of 3D printing and electrospinning, a team of bioengineers at the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine lead by...