Category Archives: Innovations

The invisibility cloak featured in the Harry Potter series is closer to becoming a reality, thanks to the work of researchers at Stanford University. The researchers developed a theoretical metamaterial that can interact with a wide range of light wavelengths … Continue reading →

Engineers at the Germany company Festo have developed a flying robot inspired by the dragonfly. Like the dragonfly, the BionicOpter can maneuver in all directions, glide, hover, make sharp turns, accelerate and decelerate quickly, and fly backwards.  The robot’s agility is … Continue reading →

Engineers at Purdue University are researching  the use of ultra-fast light pulses to increase the speed and bandwidth of technology. As technology gets smaller and smaller, there will come a point where the components cannot be reduced any further. The … Continue reading →

For the people of Lima, Peru access to reliably clean water is a challenge. To address this issue, some innovative engineers at Peru’s University for Engineering and Technology have developed a novel solution. They created a potable water generator that can produce … Continue reading →

Ever had to bring a smartphone or computer in for repair due to a faulty chip? Inconveniences like this could be a thing of the past thanks to some engineers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). The research team … Continue reading →

Smart fishing nets being tested at Denmark’s North Sea Centre are aimed at reducing wasteful fishing practices. Nets currently used in the fishing industry are inefficient, causing many small fish and sea creatures to be killed unnecessarily. They also disturb seabeds, create pollution, … Continue reading →

Engineers at Duke University have developed a new material that when applied to a ship’s paint, can literally shake off bacteria. When stimulated by stretching, pressure, or electrical impulse, the coating moves at the molecular level causing it to crinkle.  … Continue reading →

Engineers at the Department of Defense and NASA have developed a blimp-like airship for carrying cargo. The airship is comprised of a lightweight carbon fiber and aluminum frame wrapped in a shiny Mylar skin. Helium filled balloons inside the craft keep it afloat, and … Continue reading →

Engineers at the University of California, Santa Barbara have developed a device that can biomimic a dog’s scent receptors to identify various molecules. The device uses the molecule’s vibrational spectrum as a sort of fingerprint for identification. Vapor molecules mix … Continue reading →

Engineers at the Manufacturing Technology Centre in Coventry, UK plan to manufacture a wireless system that can track swimmers’ movements in water. The sensor system provides data on swimmers’ body position, speed, acceleration, stroke rate, and turn time.  To gather this … Continue reading →