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Scientist Trap Sunlight to Reach Temps of Nearly 2,000 Degrees Fahrenheit
Engineers are cooking up a new clean energy solution: charging up crystals with solar energy to temperatures of 1,832 degrees Fahrenheit (1,000 degrees Celsius), potentially making them a greener substitute for the carbon-intensive processes that smelt steel and cook cement. The new technology—described in a proof-of-concept study published today in Device—makes use of a property…
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Watch This Two-Armed Robot Carve Like a Renaissance Master
Tabletop gamers often use hot wire cutters to turn chunks of foam into elaborate miniature landscapes, but this pair of robot arms turns hot wire carving into an intricate art form. By coordinating their movements, they can recreate even the most complex curves of a 3D model by bending and warping a flexible metal rod…
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You Can Stop Worrying, Disney Figured Out How To Make Perfect CG Sugar
So far 2016 has been a wild ride, but there’s one less thing to keep you awake at night, terrified about the future, now that Disney Research has finally found a way to render convincing computer-generated sugar that looks and moves just like the real thing. Phew!
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Watch This Machine Juggle Four Balls Better Than A Circus Clown Can
With the potential to revolutionise everything from busking to children’s parties, a researcher named Raffaello D’Andrea at ETH Zurich has built a simple sensor-less machine using four strategically placed paddles that are able to juggle four balls in the air with surprising accuracy.