Stretching a tightly coiled carbon nanotube yarn in an electrolyte bath generates enough electricity to power a light-emitting diode (right). The scientists also coated the yarns with a gel ...

Most people probably don’t think about springs until one kinks up or snaps, but most of the world’s springs are pretty crucial. The ones that aren’t go by the name Slinky. We all use and encounter ...

Most experiments in flexible robot actuators are based around pneumatics, but [Ayato Kanada] and [Tomoaki Mashimo] has been working on using a coiled spring as the moving component of a linear ...

Easily recognized by its unique 2¼ coil cross section, Coiled Pins are retained by radial tension when installed into the host component, and they are the only pins with uniform strength and ...

This file type includes high resolution graphics and schematics. Engineers working on everything from laptops to cosmetic cases to glove boxes commonly use coiled spring-pin hinges because they can ...