Reportedly, fully 20 percent—some 200 million—of the world’s mobile devices incorporate a clear cover made of Corning’s Gorilla Glass brand toughened aluminosilicate glass. Depending on the particular test used to...
Posted by Sean Michael Ragan | Tuesday January 24th, 2012 9:00 AM
Categories: Computers & Mobile, Science | 7 Comments
Very cool widget from British firm RTL Materials, who’ve figured out a trick for making composite tubes that are pre-stressed, like a tape measure, such that they want to roll...
Posted by Sean Michael Ragan | Monday January 23rd, 2012 6:00 AM
Categories: Science, Workshop | 13 Comments
Shape-memory metals get a fair amount of attention, but shape memory polymers exist, too. In fact, heat-shrink tubing is a familiar example of a simple shape-memory effect in a polymer....
Posted by Sean Michael Ragan | Friday January 20th, 2012 1:00 PM
Categories: Science | 2 Comments
Our crack shot of an Art Director, Jason Babler, sent me a link to this video of Dutch artist Jólan van der Wiel's Gravity Stool project.
Posted by Gareth Branwyn | Thursday January 19th, 2012 9:30 PM
Categories: Art & Design, Furniture | 17 Comments
In celebration of Advanced Materials Month here on MAKE, I’m bringing you the most fabulous wearable electronics using innovative conductive materials like fibers and paints. This is the roundup to...
Posted by Becky Stern | Thursday January 19th, 2012 10:00 AM
Categories: Craft, Electronics | 5 Comments
Those of you, um, enthusiastic enough to remember Star Trek IV may recall the scene embedded above. If not, let me set up the clip: The crew of the Enterprise...
Posted by Sean Michael Ragan | Tuesday January 17th, 2012 1:00 PM
Categories: Science | 61 Comments
On Friday, I wrote about the development of amorphous or “glassy” metal alloys, in which the atoms are packed together with no regular crystal structure. At the microscopic level, almost...
Posted by Sean Michael Ragan | Monday January 16th, 2012 9:05 AM
Categories: Science | 6 Comments
At the atomic scale, generally speaking, solids are either crystalline or amorphous. In crystals, the atoms or molecules fill space in a repeating, orderly arrangement, like stacked cannonballs or cells...
Posted by Sean Michael Ragan | Friday January 13th, 2012 5:30 PM
Categories: Science | 14 Comments
In honor of our Advanced Materials theme, we’re sharing an excerpt from my favorite book on smart materials, Syuzi Pakhchyan’s Fashioning Technology: A DIY Intro to Smart Crafting. If you’re...
Posted by Goli Mohammadi | Friday January 13th, 2012 5:00 PM
Last year we launched our Skill Builder series on the site, a monthly educational program exploring core maker skills (electronics, woodworking, metalworking, etc.). We think we got off to a...
Posted by Gareth Branwyn | Tuesday January 10th, 2012 4:00 PM
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