Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)

Cleaning water with 'smart rust' and magnets

Pouring flecks of rust into water usually makes it dirtier. But researchers have developed special iron oxide nanoparticles they call "smart rust" that actually makes it cleaner. Smart rust can attract many substances, including oil, nano- and microplastics, as well as the herbicide glyphosate, depending on the particles' coating. And because the nanoparticles are magnetic, they can easily be removed from water with a magnet along with the pollutants. Now, the team is reporting that they've tweaked the particles to trap estrogen hormones that are potentially harmful to aquatic life. The researchers will present their results today at the fall meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS). "Our 'smart rust' is cheap, nontoxic and recyclable," says Marcus Halik, Ph.D., the project's principal investigator. "And we have demonstrated its use for all kinds of contaminants, showing the potential for this technique to improve water treatment dramatically."

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Metastable states of floating crystals

Magnetocapillary interactions between particles allow self-assembly of floating crystals along liquid interfaces. For a fixed number of particles, different states with different symmetric characteristics, called metastable states, coexist. Various pioneering works have observed the existence of metastable states in floating crystals. As different states coexist, it is difficult to control the formation of specific structures. However, controlling the formation of metastable states is a key ingredient to functionalize such assemblies, paving the way for self-assembling microrobots for example. The way to control the state of a floating crystal has never been studied before.

https://www.nanotechnologyworld.org/post/metastable-states-of-floating-crystals

I’ve had the oportunity to realise a Game Ready Asset during a school assignment at ISART Digital Paris. For this project we had to use several software as following, Zbrush, 3DS Max & Substance 3D Painter. In this assignment, the model had been entirely modeled in ZBrush, then a low poly version had to be realized in 3DS Max as well as the UV Editing, and then we did the texture painting in Substance 3D Painter using bakes and custom made smart materials.

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Latest Innovations in Construction Safety Protocols

The construction industry is constantly evolving, and with it, the latest innovations in construction safety protocols are emerging. This article explores these advancements, highlighting their significance in enhancing worker safety and operational efficiency. Technological Advances in Safety Protocols AI and Machine Learning: AI and Machine Learning in construction safety protocols have…

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Smart materials

Smart materials, also known as responsive materials or intelligent materials, are materials that can interact with surroundings and have the ability to change their properties in response to external stimuli, such as mechanical stress, temperature, light, pressure, PH, or electric/magnetic fields. These materials can exhibit reversible changes, meaning they can return to their original state after the stimulus is removed.

Smart materials have cognitive responsiveness, rapid perceptiveness, swift reactivity, high efficiency, energetic vibrancy, and intellectual acumen. So we say this materials can think on their own.

The field of smart materials has significant implications for various industries, including aerospace, healthcare, robotics, consumer electronics and smart textiles.

Note that:

Smart materials are able to:

receive information.

analyze and decide. 

act on the decision.

The Future of Smart Materials in Mechanical Engineering

Unbreakable Future: Exploring the Self-Healing Materials Market

The self-healing materials market is growing rapidly around the world. The major reasons that are credited to the growth of this industry are, increasing acceptance of these materials in the automotive, electronics and healthcare sectors, and their better long-term results. On the basis of product, the industry is divided into concrete, metal, ceramic, fiber-reinforced composites, asphalt…

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Smart Materials Market Growth, Overview with Detailed Analysis 2022-2028

Smart Materials Market Growth, Overview with Detailed Analysis 2022-2028

The Smart Materials Market research report 2022-2030 provides an in-depth analysis of the changing trends, opportunities, and challenges influencing the growth over the next decade. The study includes a detailed summary of each market along with data related to demand, supply and distribution. The report examines Smart Materials market growth strategies adopted by leading manufacturers which…

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I'm sincerely very happy for anyone who is enjoying the show but every time I see takes that the show has improved the book characterizations or that the book characters are underdeveloped in comparison to the show...

soundwave with his 2 lil minbots cassettes and 3 minicons cassettes

A high-ranking decepticon only outranked by Megatron himself, Soundwave is smart, logical, efficient , loyal, and one of the most dangerous decepticons out there, co-leading the decepticons stranded on earth with Starscream. though often he and Startscream are working against each other rather than with each other. Starscream wants to run things differently, while Soundwave wants to continue fallowing Megatron's old orders until they can get back in contact with Cybertron and get new orders from Megatron.

Though Soundwave's dry, monotone way of speaking and efficient way of carrying out tasks might make you think he is not the creative type, he is actually quite the artist, most often expressing himself through music ragging between several different cybertronian music genres.

just the lil guys

Nanodiamonds could hold key to cool clothing

Researchers from RMIT University are using nanodiamonds to create smart textiles that can cool people down faster. Their study, published in the journal Polymers for Advanced Technologies, found fabric made from cotton coated with nanodiamonds, using a method called electrospinning, showed a reduction of 2–3°C during the cooling down process compared to untreated cotton. They do this by drawing out body heat and releasing it from the fabric—a result of the incredible thermal conductivity of nanodiamonds. Project lead and Senior Lecturer, Dr. Shadi Houshyar, said there was a big opportunity to use these insights to create new textiles for sportswear and even personal protective clothing, such as underlayers to keep fire fighters cool. The study also found nanodiamonds increased the UV protection of cotton, making it ideal for outdoor summer clothing.

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Scientists have achieved a breakthrough in the development of non-volatile phase change memory−−a type of electronic memory that can store data even when the power is turned off−−in a material that has never displayed the sort of characteristics that such memory requires.

It’s so funny when people act like it’s some major burn to be like “Victor Frankenstein didn’t even graduate from university!!” Bro if someone fresh out of high school invented teleportation or time travel and then built a functioning way to do so, I would not demand to see a diploma to call it an accomplishment.

Earthquake-Resistant Building Design: A Guide to Safer Structures

In regions prone to seismic activity, earthquake-resistant building design is not a luxury but a necessity. The primary goal of such design is to ensure that structures can withstand the shaking and shifting of the earth without catastrophic failure. This is achieved through a deep understanding of geotechnical engineering principles, materials science, and the dynamics of seismic forces. By…

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Thinking about the protective way Clara tells Fleet not to go into DeVries' dangerous-looking training set-up, and about how when Septimus mentions Fleet's friend Fleet's immediate assumption is that he must mean Clara, and about "This is Miss Clara Entwhistle, my partner - in business, my business partner." / "I'm also his friend, but he doesn't like to say it.", and about how Fleet rarely smiles but he smiles to himself at Clara having a good idea (and Clara notices the change in his expression), and about how Clara is trying to work out Fleet's birthday through a process of elimination, and about how Fleet tries twice to shut down the conversation with Frances Byrne that's making Clara uncomfortable, and about how panicked and angry he sounds after realising she's been poisoned...