His studio work
uses mechanical motion to create kinetic works and he has taught workshops around the U.S., among others, at Penland, the Houston Metal Art Guild, and the Metal Art Society of Southern California.
Not exact matches
Although such measurements have been performed in much larger scale systems, the latest results were achieved within a micrometer - sized waveguide — a thin wire that guides light — and demonstrated the
use of optical torque to induce rotational
motion in a microscale
mechanical device.
The Persian carpet flatworm, the cuttlefish and the black ghost knifefish look nothing like each other — their last common ancestor lived 550 million years ago, before the Cambrian period — but a new study
uses a combination of computer simulations, a robotic fish and video footage of real fish to show that all three aquatic creatures have evolved to swim with elongated fins
using the same
mechanical motion that optimizes their speed, helping to ensure their survival.
To
use this
motion - sensing technique in a practical device, Aksyuk and Roxworthy embedded the gold nanoparticle in a microscopic - scale
mechanical structure — a vibrating cantilever, sort of a miniature diving board — that was a few micrometers long, made of silicon nitride.
Similar, though typically larger,
mechanical structures are commonly
used for both scientific measurements and practical sensors; for example, detecting
motion and orientation in cars and smartphones.
The resulting organoids could either be banked for future
use or immediately fragmented and seeded into the «epithelial» channels of multiple Organ Chips where they were further matured by flowing specialized culture medium and applying
mechanical stimulation to the channels to mimic physiological peristalsis - like
motions.
Although the
use of rigid metal and plastic parts tends to result in stiff,
mechanical motion, a team at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.) is experimenting with the
use of a single piece of flexible silicon and urethane polymer to create robotic fish that smoothly wriggle through the water much like their natural counterparts.
Because of the sheer number of electrons interacting with each other, it is not possible to solve exactly the problem of many - electron
motion in solids
using quantum
mechanical theory.
ARL created a generalized model
using an energetic formulation approach, which was key in identifying two important mechanisms for enabling high bending
motion in soft biological actuators: (i) tuning physical properties (
mechanical and geometric) via exploiting the interplay between the materials and dynamic nonlinearities to augment the
motion; and (ii) highlighting the electromechanical coupling between the electrical field and nonlinear structural stiffness through the distributive actuation circuitries.
Mechanical exfoliation gently sloughs away dead skin cells from skin's surface through
motion rather than by employing the
use of chemicals (for example acid).
A variety of
mechanical hinges are
used for normal joint range of
motion while controlling / preventing abnormal joint
motion from occurring.
Moving a controller around and shooting down the same viruses
using a pad accomplishes the same goal on a
mechanical level, but actually going through the
motions with your hands brings the game to life.
The
mechanical energy of the Hadley cell is
used also to force the
motion of the Ferrel cell, which rotates «in the wrong direction» and therefore consumes rather than produces
mechanical energy.