Posts Tagged ‘Engineering’

New adhesive device to let humans walk on walls!

By TechnoGadge on February 2, 2010 at 5:59 am

Just like Spider-man, soon humans will be able to walk on the walls! Thanks to a palm-sized device invented at Cornell that uses water surface tension as an adhesive bond. The rapid adhesion mechanism could lead to such applications as shoes or gloves that stick and unstick to walls, or Post-it-like notes that can bear loads, according to Paul Steen, professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, who invented the device with Michael Vogel, a former postdoctoral associate. The new device is the result …

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NASA Moon Work Design Contest for College Students

By TechnoGadge on December 8, 2009 at 5:07 pm

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)’s 2009-2019 Moon Work Design Contest in now open. Are you an engineering student? Want to work at NASA as paid interns? Moon Work Design Contest is a great opportunity for you because this year, the top-ranked students will be offered a chance to intern with a team from NASA’s Exploration Technology Development Program. The 2010 NASA Moon Work engineering design challenge seeks to motivate college students by giving them first-hand experience with the process of …

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