Oh, the possibilities! This tiny little thing they call a miniature origami robot is a unique drone specimen which weighs a third of a gram and is just 1.7 cm long. It starts out as a flat paper or polystyrene wafer which once activated via a small heat source, folds itself up into the complex shape you see above and can begin to do various tasks such as swim, climb a slope, carry a load and more!
The drone's movement, recently revealed by MIT, is "powered" by two sets of magnets: a neodymium magnet integrated into the robot itself and another four electromagnetic coils located under the operating surface that attract and repel the onboard magnet as needed.
One small step for mankind, one giant leap for robots...Back in September we featured the Robotic Cheetah that could run, well, just like a real cheetah. Now those fine folks over at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, have 'programmed' this robotic cheetah to successfully jump and land over objects...
This optical illusion was first created a few years ago by science students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the United States and now they have turned it into a GIF which will quickly let you know if you need to get your eyes checked or not! Take the test. What do you see?
If you have healthy eyes, looking at the GIF from a normal distance means you will see Albert Einstein.
For those of us who see Marilyn Monroe, it means we may need to take a trip to our eye doctor. At normal viewing distance, healthy eyes should be able to pick up the fine lines on Einstein's face, causing the brain to disregard Marilyn Monroe's image altogether.
Some people see both - or Marilyn Monroe with a moustache! Perhaps the video below by AsapSCIENCE will help shed some light on this neat little trick.
What a dedicated scientist! Professor and neuroscientist Nancy Kanwisher at MIT will do anything when it comes to educating her pupils - even if it means shaving her head bald and drawing on it...
