Tag: metamaterials

Metamaterials: From Spycraft to Infinity and Beyond

By Stephan Blanz The future is here, but if you don’t look closely, you might miss it. Dr. Igor Bargatin, Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics at the University of Pennsylvania is creating metamaterials – materials so thin they can elude the eye. Their unique properties allow them to levitate on their own, harness …

Stefano Gonella steers earthquakes with LEGOs

By Daniel Reasa LEGO cylinders on a plate form a simplified model of a forest, and Prof. Stefano Gonella has experimentally shown that physical waves (analogous to earthquakes) can be guided along complex paths created with these LEGO structures. Gonella, Associate Professor in the Department of Civil, Environmental, and Geo-Engineering at the University of Minnesota, …