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Started in August 2014 as a project to write a science story every day for a whole year. Read more →

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Tag: engineering

Why aren’t we all falling over? | Day 295

Why aren’t we all falling over? | Day 295

A compilation of robots falling over might make you think they are just incompetent toys – but that is not so.

Posted on June 8, 2015Categories 365 Science StoriesTags embodied movement, engineering, robotics, robots, walking1 Comment on Why aren’t we all falling over? | Day 295
One SlugBot, please | Day 81

One SlugBot, please | Day 81

I need a self-sufficient, slug churning robot that roams around the yard, instilling terror in the slimy pests.

Posted on November 5, 2014November 10, 2014Categories 365 Science StoriesTags engineering, gardening, history, inventions, SlugBotLeave a comment on One SlugBot, please | Day 81
Origami space flowers | Day 57

Origami space flowers | Day 57

In 1995 an experimental Japanese spacecraft, named the Space Flyer Unit (SFU), carried several experiments into the Earth’s orbit. Amongst these was perhaps the coolest origami project ever attempted.

Posted on October 12, 2014Categories 365 Science StoriesTags engineering, origami, science and art, spaceLeave a comment on Origami space flowers | Day 57
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