Most of us are familiar with haptics on touch-screen phones. The feedback technology uses vibrating pulses to replace the tactility of, for example, pressing a physical button. At the recent computer ...

So, you’re curious about how Laminated Object Manufacturing, or LOM, actually works? It’s a pretty straightforward method ...

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Researchers at MIT have created a camera that is capable of locating hidden objects, like pedestrians behind a wall, and tracking their movement. The tech needed to do this feat typically involves ...

Abstract: Design has been called one of the defining characteristics of engineering, and it has been long-argued that design is equally social and technical in practice. The field of Science and ...