Morning Overview on MSN

Scientists built robots smaller than a grain of sand

Robots that can think and move are no longer confined to factory floors or humanoid prototypes. Researchers have now shrunk ...
PBS

The Great Grain Lift-Off | Simple Machines in Action!

Explore the simple machines behind Buffalo’s grain elevators and the physics that power them. Buffalo’s grain elevators changed the world! In this episode of Compact Science we uncover how a local ...
New York Magazine

My Lean, Mean, Bean (and Grain) Cooking Machine

I didn’t think I needed the KitchenAid Rice and Grain Cooker. It seemed superfluous to my kitchen, given that I already own a fleet of Zojirushi rice cookers in the five- and ten-cup sizes, plus a ...
Decrypt

Scientists Crammed a Computer Into a Robot the Size of a Grain of Salt

Researchers built autonomous robots the size of salt grains—with onboard computers, sensors, and motors that think and swim ...
Machine Design

Axial-Flux Motors and Generators Shrink Size, Weight

Today, most electric machines operate with radial flux (RF). Magnax offers a new concept, though—a machine that operates with axial flux (AF). Figure 1 provides a comparison of the RF and AF ...