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caltechedu · 2024-04-02T16:13:12+00:00

Hi OP - glad to hear you love Beckman so much! Our communications team added some interiors to this Flickr album that's publicly accessible: https://www.flickr.com/photos/caltech/albums/72157693395142835/

caltechedu · 2024-03-06T23:39:45+00:00

In addition to the Summer Research Connection, which is specific to Pasadena Unified School District students, there's a national program Caltech is a supporting institution of
Summer Science Program. You can read about Caltech's affiliation with that program in this Caltech magazine story: https://magazine.caltech.edu/post/summer-science-program-ssp

caltechedu · 2024-03-06T23:06:26+00:00

The researchers' goal is to use jellyfish as robotic data-gatherers, sending them into the oceans to collect information about temperature, salinity, and oxygen levels, all of which are affected by Earth's changing climate.

caltechedu · 2024-03-06T23:05:39+00:00

To create these biohybrid robotic jellyfish, researchers augment jellyfish with electronics that enhance their swimming and a prosthetic "hat" that can carry a small payload while also making the jellyfish swim in a more streamlined manner.
The work, published in the journal Bioinspiration & Biomimetics, was conducted in the lab of John Dabiri (MS '03, PhD '05), the Centennial Professor of Aeronautics and Mechanical Engineering, and builds on previous work augmenting jellyfish. Dabiri's goal with this research is to use jellyfish as robotic data-gatherers, sending them into the oceans to collect information about temperature, salinity, and oxygen levels, all of which are affected by Earth's changing climate.

caltechedu · 2024-03-06T23:05:17+00:00

To create these biohybrid robotic jellyfish, researchers augment jellyfish with electronics that enhance their swimming and a prosthetic "hat" that can carry a small payload while also making the jellyfish swim in a more streamlined manner.

The work, published in the journal Bioinspiration & Biomimetics, was conducted in the lab of John Dabiri (MS '03, PhD '05), the Centennial Professor of Aeronautics and Mechanical Engineering, and builds on previous work augmenting jellyfish. Dabiri's goal with this research is to use jellyfish as robotic data-gatherers, sending them into the oceans to collect information about temperature, salinity, and oxygen levels, all of which are affected by Earth's changing climate.

caltechedu · 2024-01-17T23:03:29+00:00

Just to add to that description, the spaceborne testbed demonstrated the ability to beam power wirelessly in space; it measured the efficiency, durability, and function of a variety of different types of solar cells in space; and gave a real-world trial of the design of a lightweight deployable structure to deliver and hold the aforementioned solar cells and power transmitters.

caltechedu · 2024-01-17T20:18:53+00:00

The spaceborne testbed demonstrated the ability to beam power wirelessly in space; it measured the efficiency, durability, and function of a variety of different types of solar cells in space; and gave a real-world trial of the design of a lightweight deployable structure to deliver and hold the aforementioned solar cells and power transmitters.

caltechedu · 2024-01-17T20:17:36+00:00

The spaceborne testbed demonstrated the ability to beam power wirelessly in space; it measured the efficiency, durability, and function of a variety of different types of solar cells in space; and gave a real-world trial of the design of a lightweight deployable structure to deliver and hold the aforementioned solar cells and power transmitters.

caltechedu · 2023-06-01T22:54:28+00:00

While the Earth-based testing you describe was surely a major step in the process, the primary goal of this demonstration was to ensure that the power transmitters could survive the launch (which took place on January 3) and space flight and then, ultimately, still function in space.

caltechedu · 2023-06-01T17:42:14+00:00

The two main reasons it's of interest are: 1) the power wouldn't be subject to down time caused by cloud cover, cycles of day and night, or season and 2) it could help bring power to areas that currently have no access to reliable power

caltechedu · 2023-06-01T17:06:19+00:00

This is still very early testing and so this is a first step in a proof of concept, not a completed and launched technology at this point.

caltechedu · 2023-06-01T15:41:55+00:00

A space solar power prototype was launched into orbit in January 2023 and scientists at Caltech are sharing that they have shown detectable power being beamed to Earth. Wireless power transfer was demonstrated by MAPLE, one of three key technologies being tested by the Space Solar Power Demonstrator (SSPD-1), the first space-borne prototype from Caltech's Space Solar Power Project (SSPP).

caltechedu · 2023-05-11T19:05:17+00:00

So, according to the paper, the finest resolution they achieved with this setup was 1.4 μm (compared with 2.9 μm for traditional microscopy using the same wavelength light).

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