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‘Cyberplasm,’ a Micro-Robot Modeled After the Sea Lamprey, Could Swim Around Inside You
Tiny microelectromechanical machines running Magic Schoolbus-style through our bodies are the pursuit of nano labs across the globe, but a...
Microrockets Can Zip Around the Human Stomach, Powered by Hydrogen Bubbles
Tiny machines that can enter our bloodstreams and do work inside of our bodies are a staple of both science...
The World’s First “Nano-Ear” Can Listen to the Songs of Bacteria
Hearing sounds smaller than any we've ever heard before
Video: Spring-Loaded MEMS-Driven Pixels Could Enable 3-D Holographic Video Displays
Holographic video is sort of the holy grail of video display technology right now. Stereoscopic 3-D is fine and everything,...
The World’s Smallest Stirling Engine is a Single Particle, Just Three Micrometers Across
At the University of Stuttgart and the nearby Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, researchers are taking the notion of...
Micromechanical Pixels Could Make Low-Power Displays
Organic light-emitting diodes, thin-film transistors, e-ink and other display technologies get plenty of ink — er, pixels — in these...
New Breed of Micro-Motor Will Power Your Next Wristwatch With Great Efficiency
A tiny three-phase motor invented by Swiss researchers could be used to power a new generation of wristwatches, allowing them...
Harvard’s Four-Cent Paper Accelerometer Could Make Motion Sensing Ubiquitous
New tiny force sensors made out of paper cost just four cents apiece, possibly enabling cheap microelectromechanical devices in anything...
Chip-Sized Particle Accelerators Could Lead to Cancer-Fighting Ray Guns
Forget the gigantic Large Hadron Collider — how about a particle-accelerator-on-a-chip? OK, so it can’t reach the energies produced at...
