News tagged with peristaltic motion

Gel undergoes Peristalsis

Aug 18, 2008 | 4.5 / 5 (16) | 4

(PhysOrg.com) -- Large or small, machine parts only move when controlled by an external impulse. Biological systems, on the other hand, are capable of autonomous movements that continuously follow their own rhythms and spatial ...

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Sony to launch new motion controller next spring

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

Sep 24, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(AP) -- Sony plans to release a new motion controller next spring for the PlayStation 3 video game console.

Spirit Rover: Rear Wheel Trouble Continues

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Dec 10, 2009 | 4.8 / 5 (5) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Results of diagnostic tests on Spirit's right-rear wheel on Sol 2109 (Dec. 8, 2009) continue to indicate a troubled wheel, which may leave the rover with only four operable wheels.

Further Tests Designed for Rover's Right-Rear Wheel

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Dec 08, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A series of diagnostic tests on Spirit's right-rear wheel on sols 2104 and 2105 (Dec. 3 and 4) investigated stalls that occurred on Sol 2099 (Nov. 28) and earlier. The rover team cannot draw ...

Engineers track bacteria's kayak paddle-like motion for first time

Physics / Soft Matter

Sep 25, 2009 | 3 / 5 (2) | 0

Yale engineers have for the first time observed and tracked E. coli bacteria moving in a liquid medium with a motion similar to that of a kayak paddle.

A special kind of flight training

Technology / Engineering

Dec 08, 2009 | 4 / 5 (2) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new generation of flight simulators will attempt to make air traffic safer.

Second Planned Extrication Drive is Straight Ahead Again

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Nov 19, 2009 | 3.8 / 5 (4) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Because the first extrication drive for Spirit, on Sol 2088 (Nov. 17), stopped as soon as it began due to an exceeded tilt limit, the plan for an extrication drive on Sol 2090 (Nov. 19) wil ...

NXP Introduces Advanced 3DTV Processor

Electronics / Hardware

Dec 15, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

NXP Semiconductors today announced the availability of the PNX5130, the industry's first video co-processor enabling 3DTV, frame-rate conversion (FRC) and local backlight dimming in a single chip. By eliminating the need ...

New imaging technique reveals different heart motions by age, gender

Medicine & Health / Research

Dec 08, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

Using a new noninvasive imaging technique, scientists said they have discovered important, fundamental differences in heart motion by age and gender.

Spirit Rover: Right-Front Wheel Rotations

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Dec 18, 2009 | 4.8 / 5 (5) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Spirit's right-front wheel, which had stopped operating in March 2006, revolved with apparently normal motion during the first three of four driving segments on Sol 2117 (Wednesday, Dec. 16) ...