Mechanical actions underlie much of what makes modern day society function, whether it’s electric motors, combustion engines, switches, levers, or the springs inside a toy blaster gun that propel foam ...

It can be surprisingly hard to find decent analogies when you’re teaching electronics basics. The water flow analogy, for instance, is decent for explaining Ohm’s law, but it breaks down pretty soon ...

There are three main types of mechanical switches: clicky, linear, and tactile. Here are examples and sound tests of a variety of each kind. Clicky Vs Tactile Vs Linear Mechanical Keyboard Switches ...

A mechanical model of human vocal folds and new observations may lead to new devices to help people afflicted with vocal fold paralysis. From a baby's first blurted "bowl!'" for the word "ball" to the ...

Advances in micro- and nanofabrication technologies are enabling a wide range of new technologies, including the development of mechanical devices with nanosized moving parts. The ability to fabricate ...

An ASU professor has developed a mechanical device that stretches into the sky to catch carbon dioxide and fight climate change. The first one of those devices, called a MechanicalTree, has been ...

Engineers and scientists have invented the first mechanical metamaterials that easily transfer motion effortlessly in one direction while blocking it in the other. Engineers and scientists at The ...