Like killing elephants, paper airplane construction is a skill passed from father to son generation after generation -- at least until the robots take over. Dr. James Porter knows this and has done us ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. How you fold a paper airplane can determine how fast or how far it ...

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kq-_riKtzsY&w=640&h=390] You might have heard of the da Vinci surgical robot (or “waldo,” since it is directly controlled ...

The da Vinci Surgical Robot Makes Paper Planes the Size of a Penny The da Vinci surgical robot is normally used to perform precise, delicate incisions in the operating room. Dr. James Porter decided ...

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“If you take a regular piece of paper and try to make it fly, it will flutter, tumble, flip around in the air and do all sorts of crazy motions,” said Leif Ristroph, an associate professor of ...

As much trouble as humanoid robots are to build and control, we keep on trying to make it work because it’s easiest to operate in a human environment if you can do the same things that a human can.

Laser optics, said Springfield Central High School senior Anthony Pena La Bosco. The 17-year-old plans to study laser optics starting next year at Springfield Technical Community College. “There is ...