Today on Engineering Newswire, we’re using a robot as a portable printer, cruising the water with the HeliCat, and rediscovering physics with electron beams.
Building Better Electron Beams: The Department of Energy’s Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility has opened the door to the future by recording the first data of the 12 billion electron-volt era. By sending beams of electrons around this giant accelerator facility, experimenters can run high-end physics experiments, like discovering the building blocks of the universe.
Ink Squirting Robot Is a Portable Printer: Based on an omni-wheel system, this pocket-printer can move in any direction, and can print on any size of paper, lasting for up to an hour on a full charge. This ink squirting robot is currently seeking funding on Kickstarter with 24 days to go and less than $50,000 left to raise of the original $400,000 goal.
HeliCat Looks Like Copter, Drives Like Boat: The HeliCat 22 is great for stable & safe, fun, fast, economical and practical water travel. It features two independent motor/fuel/electrical systems for redundancy, and can travel up to 20 to 30 miles per hour in whitecap waves at 5 miles per gallon, which is impossible with other boats.
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