Comprehensive guidance about the design of permanent bamboo structures has been published by the Institution of Structural ...

The United States Coast Guard today released the Force Design 2028 Initial Update, detailing the reforms implemented since January 2025 and the significant, measurable impacts these changes have ...

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Sensors and vehicle platforms remain capable for decades. The factor limiting their lethality is the computing hardware sitting between the sensors and the shooter. By treating that hardware as ...

The $249 Ori umbrella uses origami to do away with that pesky (but long-standing) design feature: the steel frame. But is it worth it?

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Nick is a freelance writer from Chicago, IL, with a BA in Creative Writing from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His lifelong belief in the artistic power of video games led him to ...

The field of robotics has transformed drastically in this century, with a special focus on soft robotics. In this context, origami-inspired deployable structures with compact storage and efficient ...

The brilliantly shiny diamond is more than just pretty; it's one of the hardest minerals on Earth, with a name derived from the Greek word adámas, meaning unbreakable. Scientists have now engineered a ...

Abstract: The truss deployable mechanism is widely used in large aperture space antennas. A modular truss deployable antenna mechanism based on a scissors hexagonal frustum unit is presented in this ...