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Chewing Gum Plus Carbon Nanotubes
Normally, strain sensors are limited in their flexibility by the underlying substrate. This lead researchers at the University of Manitoba to an off-the-wall solution: mixing carbon nanotubes into a...
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Resistance in Motion: What You Should Know About Variable Resistors
Adjusting the volume dial on a sound system, sensing your finger position on a touch screen, and knowing when someone’s in the car are just a few examples of where you encounter variable resistors in...
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Cornell Students Have Your Back
Back problems are some of the most common injuries among office workers and other jobs of a white-collar nature. These are injuries that develop over a long period of time and are often caused by poor...
View ArticleInteractive Plant Lamps for Quiet Spaces
If you’ve spent any serious time in libraries, you’ve probably noticed that they attract people who want or need to be alone without being isolated. In this space, a kind of silent community is formed....
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Hackaday Podcast 074: Stuttering Swashplate, Bending Mirrors, Chasing Curves,...
Hackaday editors Elliot Williams and Mike Szczys recap a week of hacks. A telescope mirror that can change shape and a helicopter without a swashplate lead the charge for fascinating engineering. These...
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Finger Bend Is A Textile Flex Sensor You Can Sew At Home
So often, we use control devices for electronics that involve our fingers directly grasping, touching, or moving another object or surface. It’s less common for us to use interfaces that detect the...
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A Flex Sensor For A Glove Controller Using An LDR
When most of us think of glove controllers, the first which comes to mind is Nintendo’s PowerGlove, which promised much more than it delivered. But the idea persists, and from time to time we see them...
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