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New Metamaterial Features Mechanical Properties That Can Be Reprogrammed
By EPFL JANUARY 20, 2021
Over the past 20 years, scientists have been developing metamaterials, or materials that don’t occur naturally and whose mechanical properties result from their designed structure rather than their chemical composition. They allow researchers to create materials with specific properties and shapes. Metamaterials are still not widely used in everyday objects, but that could soon change. Tian Chen, a post-doc at two EPFL labs — the Flexible Structures Laboratory, headed by Pedro Reis, and the Geometric Computing Laboratory, headed by Mark Pauly — has taken metamaterials one step further, developing one whose mechanical properties can be reprogrammed after the material has been made. His research appears in Nature.
Read more here: https://scitechdaily.com/new-metamaterial-features-mechanical-properties-that-can-be-reprogrammed/
CMAS Winter Merch
CMAS quarter zips and toques are now available for purchase! Quarter zips are $33.00 (before tax and shipping) and toques are $17.45 (before tax and shipping). You can view the products and purchase them here: https://shopaccentlogos.com/collections/carleton-student-engineering-soceity
Bentley completes its first reverse-engineered 1929 Blower
By Loz Blain
Bentley is 40,000 man-hours into its painstaking reverse-engineered, laser-scanned copy of the 1929 Bentley Blower, and has just announced the completion of “car zero” – the master prototype from which 12 “Continuation Series” cars will be built.
Read more here: https://newatlas.com/automotive/bentley-blower-continuation-car-zero/
MAE CAD competition voting
Submissions are in! It is now time to vote for your favorite redesign of The Thing! Designs can be found here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B03_tpZAN0AafkNYRXU5cTJyYlg1MjhIMVZXMVBYdWJyVXJsRnlyQVR2TFVJQjVPeHFoNlU?usp=sharing
Vote here: https://forms.gle/3trtsDq9k4uszoMk6
Voting closes Monday at 23:59. Thank you to everyone who participated!
Entire Boston Dynamics robot line-up dances in the new year
By Rich Haridy
Boston Dynamics is sending off 2020 with its most impressive robot video to date – showing off its entire range dancing to the classic song “Do You Love Me?”. The fun video offers the first glimpse at two Atlas robots working together while also highlighting just how quickly this technology is developing.
Read more at https://newatlas.com/robotics/entire-boston-dynamics-robot-dances-spot-atlas-handle/