Billions of cicadas will soon emerge across the US. Will their pee be a problem?
These hummingbird-sized bugs can spray urine faster than an elephant and will emerge in their billions this summer.
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These hummingbird-sized bugs can spray urine faster than an elephant and will emerge in their billions this summer.
The SEAS-colada could be the hottest summer drink. Gin, pineapple juice, coconut milk, and a dielectric elastomer actuator-based soft peristaltic pump are all required.
Harvard engineers designed a robot based on jellyfish and octopuses. Its pink tentacles can pick up fragile objects without damaging them.
Robots tend to be a bit ham-handed when holding delicate objects. If you need help moving Fabergé eggs or glass figurines, it’s still best to ask a human. But Harvard is looking to give those clumsy robots the old soft touch with their new robot tentacle gripper.
New research has created a robot which uses soft filaments that tangle around the object - think of this like a hairbrush getting stuck in curly hair.