ST. LOUIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--iSEE Store Innovations, a global design and manufacturing company of merchandising display solutions, today announces the launch of Tundra™, the company’s new proprietary ...
ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. (Jan. 31, 2013) -- Natural disasters like earthquakes, hurricanes and tsunamis can unveil points of weakness in man-made infrastructure, and now robots are being called in ...
Four years ago, we heard how scientists had gained a new understanding of the Northern clingfish's ability to … well, to cling to things. Utilizing that knowledge, they've now developed a suction cup ...
A mini-suction cup allows for the painless administration of medications that previously could only be injected. It stretches the mucosal lining of the cheek and, in combination with a ...
A team of engineers and marine biologists built a better suction cup inspired by the mechanism that allows the clingfish to adhere to both smooth and rough surfaces. Researchers reverse engineered the ...
While there already are powered suction-cup devices that allow people or robots to climb walls, they only work on smooth surfaces. Chinese scientists, however, have now developed a system that sticks ...