This remarkable miniature rotorcraft is so lightweight and efficient that it can lift its own mass given nothing but sunlight. The entire thing weighs about as much as four paperclips, and it can fly ...

A team of researchers provides a perspective on the role that soft actuators and energy harvesters play in building mechatronic devices ...

Electrostatic motors are now common in MEMS applications, but researchers at the University of Wisconsin and spinoff C-Motive Technologies have brought macroscale electrostatic motors back. [via ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Imagine, for a moment, that you’re a honeybee. In many ways, your world is small. Your four delicate wings, each less than a centimeter ...

Over on his YouTube channel [Ryan Inis] has a video about how electrostatic motors are breaking all the rules. He explains that these days most motors are electromagnetic but suggests that may be ...

Whether you're a casual gardener or someone who needs to disinfect surfaces frequently for their actual job, you may have encountered the need for a sprayer at some point. In the past, all kinds of ...

What if the very principles that have powered industry for over a century were suddenly turned on their head? For decades, electromagnetic motors—reliant on copper windings and rare earth magnets—have ...

Invisibly to us, insects and other tiny creatures use static electricity to travel, avoid predators, collect pollen and more. New experiments explore how evolution may have influenced this phenomenon.

High-end headphone firm Stax has launched a new version of its acclaimed electrostatic over-ears – just don't call them headphones. The Stax SR-007S over-ears are electrostatic "earspeakers".

The new QUAD ESL 2812X are 107cm high, while the ESL 2912X are 40cm taller. They are finished in a matt-black steal design. One of the most exciting audio brands for me at the moment is QUAD. It’s ...