Scientists Make Material That Can Morph Into Anything With the Pull of a String

Inspired by kirigami, a type of Japanese paper art, researchers have created a new material that transforms from a grid into ...
Tech Xplore on MSN

One pull of a string is all it takes to deploy these complex structures

MIT researchers have developed a new method for designing 3D structures that can be transformed from a flat configuration ...
Interesting Engineering on MSN

Single string pull turns flat designs into 3D structures for modular space habitats

When a user pulls the string, the structure moves smoothly into its final 3D form. If the user releases the string, the ...
New Atlas

Bees pull some strings to spread learned skills

Apes and birds have long been known to demonstrate their intelligence by pulling a string to access food, but now researchers at Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) have discovered that bumblebees ...
Environment News Service

Bees Learn to Pull Strings For Food, Teach Other Bees

Bumblebee pulls a string to extract blue disk with a sugar-water reward in the center out from under a plexiglas cover. (Screengrab from video by Queen Mary University of London) LONDON, UK, November ...
Christian Science Monitor

Two Barbados bird species pull strings, join elite group

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...
Hackaday

Pull-string Most Useless Machine

The mechanical simplicity of this pull-string controlled most useless machine is delightful. You can see the metal gripper which is reaching up to tug on a light-fixture-style pull chain. This is how ...
PBS

Make Alma’s No-Break, Pull-String Piñata

Pinatas are a way, way, way exciting part of many celebrations! As children swing a stick, they aim to break open the colorful container revealing the hidden treats inside. But seeing a torn, broken ...