AI has been used for a breakthrough in batteries
Liverpool team uses AI for battery breakthrough - The Engineer
https://www.theengineer.co.uk/content/news/liverpool-team-uses-ai-for-battery-breakthrough
Researchers at the University of Liverpool have used AI tools to aid the discovery of a new solid-state material that rapidly conducts lithium ions.
Chilling Breakthrough: The Science Behind a Real-Life “Freeze Ray” Technology for the Air Force
Chilling Breakthrough: The Science Behind a Real-Life “Freeze Ray” Technology for the Air Force
https://scitechdaily.com/chilling-breakthrough-the-science-behind-a-real-life-freeze-ray-technology-for-the-air-force/
A University of Virginia professor believes he has discovered how to create a freeze-ray device, inspired by the Batman villain, Mr. Freeze. Rather than being a weapon, this device is intended to cool down electronics within spacecraft and high-altitude jets. Do you know that freeze-ray gun that
Little bacterium may make big impact on rare-earth processing
Little bacterium may make big impact on rare-earth processing
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/12/231218130041.htm
A tiny, hard-working bacterium -- which weighs one-trillionth of a gram -- may soon have a large influence on processing rare earth elements in an eco-friendly way.
World’s first off-road solar car ‘Stella Terra’ succeeds in cruising from Morocco to the Sahara
world’s first off-road solar car ‘stella terra’ succeeds in cruising from morocco to the sahara
https://www.designboom.com/technology/worlds-first-off-road-solar-car-stella-terra-morocco-sahara-team-eindhoven-10-17-2023
The Simplest Walking Robot -- only one actuator and two rigid bodies, and cute, too!
The Simplest Walking Robot
https://youtu.be/RLjmxp9vyTY?si=V_gCp94rC3sD_SRW
Mechanical Engineering’s Aaron Johnson and his students discuss their project to create simple walking robots.
Surprising discovery shows electron beam radiation can repair nanostructures
Surprising discovery shows electron beam radiation can repair nanostructures
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/10/231012111712.htm
In a surprising new study, researchers have found that the electron beam radiation that they previously thought degraded crystals can actually repair cracks in these nanostructures. The groundbreaking discovery provides a new pathway to create more perfect crystal nanostructures, a process that is critical to improving the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of materials that are used in virtually all electronic devices we use every day.
New Glasses Can Transcribe Speech in Real Time
New Glasses Can Transcribe Speech in Real Time
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/new-glasses-can-transcribe-speech-in-real-time/
Glasses that provide subtitles for conversations could be a boon to people with hearing loss
Coolest Christmas Gifts for a MechE?
Looking for some ideas for friends and coworkers. If anyone can think of anything cool, I'd love to see it.
Engineers: How many other Notes/Specifications can we add to this?
The Rebel Drone Maker of Myanmar
The Rebel Drone Maker of Myanmar
https://www.wired.com/story/the-rebel-drone-maker-of-myanmar/
In a cave in eastern Myanmar, a young engineer who goes by the nom de guerre “3D” is building weapons to fight against a brutal military dictatorship.