Posts Tagged Under: scientist

The Sleeping Habits of the Rich & Famous [Infographic]

You know how they say you should get a good 8 hours of sleep every night to function properly? Well, that may apply to the laymen, but not the people who change the world.

British furniture company Big Brand Beds offers up this well groomed infographic of 12 famous people (some of whom are still among us) and their peculiar sleeping habits. Each personality’s sleep patterns are measured in hours from 1 to 8 along with a ruler that shows the actual time of the day when they hit the sack. You won’t believe Thomas Edison’s schedule!

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Scientists Invent Liquid Metal That Can Move By Itself [Video]

It won’t be long before we do away with rotating electric motors in robots. There are much more practical designs to be used (muscle replicas), and scientists are pursuing these designs in what is an actual field of work: robotics. But one new invention may allow us to leap even further.

A team of scientists in China has obtained a liquid metal akin to mercury (but made from gallium, indium, and tin) which ‘eats’ aluminum to move. The process is slightly more complex than that, and it’s all explained in the embedded YouTube clip below.

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