Flexible material mimics octopus skin with nanoscale color and texture transformations

Stanford researchers have developed a flexible material that can quickly change its surface texture and colors, offering ...
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This brainless blob folds itself like living origami using a trick we’ve never seen before

For decades, this question has bewildered biologists. Now, by studying Placozoa, scientists at Stanford University have ...
IEEE

Closed-Loop Shape-Forming Control of a Magnetic Soft Continuum Robot

Abstract: Continuum manipulators are frequently employed in endoluminal interventions, however, a lack of softness and dexterity in standard manipulators can risk trauma during navigation and limit ...
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When shadows form shapes resembling human faces

Instances where shadows appear to form recognizable faces. House Democrat hits Trump with nothing but receipts over his 'phenomenal' health care fail Taylor Swift's Christmas card is here—and this is ...
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This Shape-Shifting Polymer Lantern Moves Like It’s Alive

Researchers have created a polymer “Chinese lantern” that can snap into more than a dozen curved, three-dimensional shapes by compressing or twisting the original structure. This rapid shape-shifting ...
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What are Snowflakes? Know all about Snow Shape, Size, and Color

Snowflakes form when supercooled water vapor freezes around particles in clouds. Temperature and humidity dictate snowflake shape; needles form around -5 to -10°C. No two snowflakes are alike due to ...
IEEE

Double-Stream Differential Chaos Shift Keying Communications Exploiting Chaotic Shape Forming Filter and Sequence Mapping

Abstract: A new Differential Chaos Shift Keying modulation scheme exploiting Chaotic Shape-forming Filter and Sequence Mapping (CSF-SM-DCSK) is being proposed. The new CSF-SM-DCSK system employs a ...