engineering

Łódź scientists create revolutionary ‘heavy-duty’ biodegradable materials from modified starch

Although the use of starch in recycled materials is not new, previous attempts to apply it created materials that were weak and susceptible to tears. The new development has overcome the problem for the first time in history. Press materials

Although the use of starch in recycled materials is not new, previous attempts to apply it created materials that were weak and susceptible to tears. The new development from the Łódź University of Technology has overcome the problem for the first time in history. 

Wrocław engineers create robotic arm powered by synthetic muscles based on water

A video of the arm at work shows it being able to lift a 7kg dumb-bell and acting like a real human arm, wiggling its fingers and clasping the weight.

Engineer creates prosthetic hand that GROWS with its user

Ewelina Drelich from Warsaw University of Technology came up with the idea for the hand prosthesis with cheap, interchangeable parts for her engineering thesis.

Kraków engineer invents ‘virus-killing’ chair that disinfects itself

By analysing which parts of a chair are most often touched by its user, Angelika Kopcińska came up with a way for it to disinfect itself using rollers and UV-C light. 

Tee-rific idea! Golf fan comes up with smart suit to teach techniques and prevent injury

VIDEO: The Weregolf suit is based on a motion capture technology, which ensures identification of even most complex movements.

Making the cut: Polish engineer named in group of innovators pushing the barriers of science and space.

Named as one of just 24 people under the age of 24, Torchała joins a select group of young engineers.

Forgotten space pioneer Ary Sternfeld was father of modern aerospace engineering

If it weren’t for the Polish engineer born in a small town northwest of Łódź, World Space Week, annually celebrated by 95 nations from Oct 4th- Oct 10th, probably wouldn’t exist. There may have been space travel, but not as we know it.

Fifty years ago today Lubomirski Palace was cut from its foundations and ROTATED 74 degrees - to fit ‘aesthetic vision’ of city planners

Deciding the newly rebuilt palace interfered with their architectural concept, post-war planners placed the 8,000-tonne, 65-metre-long and 18-metre-wide palace on 16 tracks and then spent 49 days moving it to its current location.

Not as Darth as it seems! Student’s ‘light sabre’ project to be used in cataract eye surgery

Initially seen as being a bit of a joke, the Star Wars inspired sabre contains an unusual lens which can help scientists create an innovative corneal implant for cataract patients.

Breaking the glass ceiling: When it comes to science, Polish women are on the up

Poland has one of the best female-to-male ratios of scientists in the world.

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