Tag: Squishy

24 JUL

Squishy, Soft, Soothing – How Softness Infused All Elements Of Semblance’s Design

Semblance takes players to a soft, soothing, squishy world, one they can deform in order to solve its platforming puzzles and to explore the environments in their own ways. With a hard thump from their blobby character, players can create indents that can be used as platforms, adjust the terrain to get around hazards, and […]

22 JUL

Harvard’s robot arm can grab squishy sea animals without hurting them

As you might imagine, you can’t just grab extra-soft sea creatures like jellyfish or octopuses when you want to study them. Not if you want them to remain intact, anyway. Thankfully, researchers at Harvard’s Wyss Institute have a far more delicate solution. They’ve created a robot arm (the RAD sampler) whose petal-like fingers can quickly […]

04 NOV

Squishy or Solid? A Neutron Star’s Insides Open to Debate

The core of a neutron star is such an extreme environment that physicists can’t agree on what happens inside. But a new space-based experiment—and a few more colliding neutron stars—should reveal whether neutrons themselves break down. https://media.wired.com/photos/59f7a4ab5d3b1d641070f0cc/master/pass/NeutronStar_2880x1620-2880×1620.jpg Feed: All Latest