3D-printed gearboxes are always an interesting design challenge, especially if you want to make them compact. [ZeroBacklash] created a little strain wave gearbox (harmonic drive) for when you want to ...

3D-printed gearboxes are always an interesting design challenge, especially if you want to make them compact. [ZeroBacklash] created a little strain wave gearbox (harmonic drive) for when you want to ...

Flexible batteries may not be an entirely new idea, but here's a development with more backbone than most: engineers at Columbia have developed a flexible lithium ion battery shaped much like a human ...

Engineering researchers have developed a prototype of a high-performance flexible lithium-ion battery that demonstrates -- concurrently -- both good flexibility and high energy density. The battery is ...

Researchers from Columbia University have developed a prototype for a flexible battery based on the shape of the human spine, and it has properties similar to non-flexible batteries. Share on Facebook ...

Researchers have designed and tested a battery with a mechanical design that mimics the spine of vertebrates, yielding a very flexible cell with capacity close to that of a conventional rigid cell.

Scientists have developed a lithium ion battery shaped like the human spine that can power flexible and wearable electronics. The rapid development of wearable electronics such as smart watches, ...