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Flexible phone
New technology

Flexible phone

Earlier this year, Samsung showed off its 4.5-inch AMOLED screen, which was only 0.3 mm thick, able to bend or even roll up neatly. The technology is based on the graphe…

December 11, 2018
Glass is metal-stable due to palladium
New technology

Glass is metal-stable due to palladium

Recently a group of researchers has succeeded in making a metallic glass with incredible hardness and plasticity even when compressed.

December 11, 2018
Light bending material
New technology

Light bending material

Recently, American scientists have discovered the opposite, light can bend matter.

December 11, 2018
Bending liquid by ... light
New technology

Bending liquid by ... light

French and American scientists have found a way to bend and adjust the direction of the liquid only by the force of light. They used a laser beam to create a surprisingl…

December 11, 2018
Self-bending paper
New technology

Self-bending paper

South Korean researchers have invented a gold-plated cellophane that bends when charged. Thanks to this feature, it can act as a wing flap in a paper plane, insect or pa…

December 11, 2018
Versatile robot
New technology

Versatile robot

The University of Southern California has designed a robot that can crawl like a solid, bend in a wheel, walk like normal legs and run like a tank.

December 11, 2018