Monthly Archives: March 2022

‘A Smart Sensor That Can Be Woven Into Everyday Life – Nature Journal’

Nature Journal Mar 16, 2022

A hybrid design combines sensitivity and flexibility to create an acoustic single-fibre sensor that can be knitted into fabric. The future of tracking our health and fitness looks wearable 8212 and perhaps even implantable. Flexible fibres with a high piezoelectric coefficient.

‘LSU ME Professor Gilbert Designs ‘Soft’ Robot For NASA – Louisiana State University’

Louisiana State University Mar 14, 2022

March 14 2022 BATON ROUGE LA Hard cold metal is usually what comes to mind when one imagines a robot. While these rigid automatons have their advantages researchers are now exploring soft or continuum robots that can provide flexibility and compliance where traditional robots cannot. One such researcher is LSU Mechanical Engineering Assistant Professor Hunter Gilbert.