Results 121 to 130 of about 5,272 (298)
Les Cahiers de FramespaIn the Renaissance, armor became much more than a defensive weapon: it was transformed into a true visual manifesto of power, identity, and ideology.
Simon Colombo
doaj +1 more source
Rapid Fabrication of Self‐Propelled and Steerable Magnetic Microcatheters for Precision Medicine
Advanced Materials, EarlyView.A rapid Joule heating fabrication method for the production of self‐propelling, adaptive microcatheters, with tunable stiffness and integrated microfluidic channels is presented. Demonstrated through three microrobotic designs, including a steerable guiding catheter, an untethered wave‐crawling TubeBot, and a distal‐end propelled microcatheter, it was ...
Zhi Chen +5 more
wiley +1 more source
Police Officers: Surviving a real life-threatening incident while wearing body armor [PDF]
, 2014 Despite continuing efforts to improve body armor performance and increase its usage, there has been limited research focusing on police officers who have survived a real life-threatening incident while wearing a body armor.
Xiong, Houawa
core
Oriental StudiesIntroduction. The paper considers body armor patterns with hidden plates worn by warriors of Hulaguid Iran, Chagatai Ulus, and the Timurid Empire. In contemporary weapon studies, such armor is known as ‘kuyak’ or ‘brigandine’. Goals.
Leonid A. Bobrov +1 more
doaj +1 more source
Single‐Chromophore Homojunction Organic Solar Cells: A Path to Simplicity and Efficiency
Advanced Materials, EarlyView.This perspective discusses how the intrinsic optoelectronic properties of organic semiconductors, their molecular packing in the solid‐state, and internal energetic gradients within a device can enable free‐charge carrier generation in homojunction organic solar cells.
Shaun McAnally +2 more
wiley +1 more source
Advanced Materials, EarlyView.A fully flexible ion‐gel‐gated graphene‐channel transistor driven by a triboelectric nanogenerator enables self‐powered tactile sensing and synaptic learning. Mimicking spike‐rate‐dependent plasticity, the device exhibits frequency‐selective potentiation and depression, supporting rate‐coded neuromorphic computation even under flex.
Hanseong Cho +3 more
wiley +1 more source
Department of Defense body armor programs /
, 2008 "H.A.S.C. no. 110-58."Shipping list no.: 2009-0214-P."Hearing held, June 6, 2007."Includes bibliographical references.Mode of access ...
United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services.
core
Miniature Soft Robot With Magnetically Reprogrammable Surgical Functions
Advanced Materials, EarlyView.Miniature soft robots have great prospects to revolutionize minimally invasive treatments. Here we present a miniature soft robot, which can be reprogrammed to perform five surgical functionalities with six‐degrees‐of‐freedom motions. This soft robot can prospectively make minimally invasive surgery considerably safer and painless, and enable ...
Chelsea Shan Xian Ng +4 more
wiley +1 more source
Development/Ballistics Testing of Lightweight Sandwich-Composite Body Armor
, 2013 Body armor is one of the most important tools used in the protection of soldiers and other armed forces around the world. Although the current style of armor, using Kevlar fiber and ceramic inserts, is generally effective, it is bulky and heavy and can ...
Bowden, Dr. Anton, Spencer, Brian
core
Defense Logistics: Army and Marine Corps's Individual Body Armor System Issues [PDF]
, 2007 Correspondence issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Since combat operations began in Iraq and Afghanistan, U.S. forces have been subjected to frequent and deadly attacks from insurgents using various weapons such ...
United States. Government Accountability Office.
core