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Ingestible capsule can be controlled wirelessly

Posted by Age of Robots | Jan 12, 2019 | 3D Printing |

Electronic pill can relay diagnostic information or release drugs in response to smartphone commands.

‘Smart’ Machine Components Alert Users to Damage and Wear

Posted by Age of Robots | Aug 24, 2018 | 3D Printing |

Scientists have used advanced additive manufacturing technology to create ‘smart’ machine components that alert users when they are damaged or worn.

An elastic fiber set to revolutionize smart clothes

Posted by Age of Robots | Jul 4, 2018 | Manufacturing |

EPFL scientists have found a fast and simple way to make super-elastic, multi-material, high-performance fibers.

Cheaper and easier way found to make plastic semiconductors

Posted by Age of Robots | May 11, 2018 | Manufacturing |

Cheap, flexible and sustainable plastic semiconductors will soon be a reality thanks to a breakthrough by chemists at the University of Waterloo.

Ancient paper art, kirigami, poised to improve smart clothing

Posted by Age of Robots | Apr 16, 2018 | Wearable Technology |

New research shows how paper-cutting can make ultra strong, stretchable electronics.

‘Candy cane’ polymer weave could power future functional fabrics and devices

Posted by Age of Robots | Apr 2, 2018 | Manufacturing |

If scientists are ever going to deliver on the promise of implantable artificial organs or clothing that dries itself, they’ll first need to solve the problem of inflexible batteries that run out of juice too quickly.

Low-Tech, Affordable Solutions to Improve Water Quality

Posted by Age of Robots | Mar 29, 2018 | Environment |

The PVC piping system developed by Brian Barkdoll, left, and Mohammad Alizadeh Fard, offers a low-tech, affordable internal piping method for drinking water supply managers to circulate water within large municipal water supply tanks to prevent against waterborne illness following large drawdowns of the tanks. Adding colorants to the water demonstrates how the sprinkler system effectively circulates the water within the experimental tank.