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Swiss researchers develop pocket-sized, origami-inspired drone

“Researchers are working on a new drone that is able to automatically unfold itself and quickly go airborne, with the compact and foldable drone ideally suited for emergency first response. The custom quadcopter drone is able to launch in less …

Tessel 2, a $35 Open-Source IoT Development Board That Runs Linux

“Tessel 2 is the next-generation Tessel open-source microcontroller that is programmable in JavaScript (Rust and other languages will also be supported), compatible with Node.js and io.js, and it offers incredibly reliable 802.11 b/g/n WiFi, two …

Truly electronic textile made of graphene for wearable tech

“Researchers have created what they say is the world’s first electronic textile using graphene, which could revolutionize the way wearable tech products are made.”

A high-performance microbattery that can be built into chips

“A high-performance 3D microbattery that could be integrated into microchips at production volumes has been developed by University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign researchers.”

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Combo Breaker

“Combo Breaker is a motorized, battery powered, 3D printed, Arduino-based combination lock cracking device. It is portable, open source, 3D models provided, and exploits a new technique I’ve discovered for cracking combination locks in 8 attempts or less, but …

Computational Hydrographic Printing

“Hydrographic printing is a well-known technique in industry for transferring color inks on a thin film to the surface of a manufactured 3D object. It enables high-quality coloring of object surfaces and works with a wide range of materials, but …

GE 3D-Printed a Miniature Jet Engine That Runs at 33,000 RPM

“Consider it a jet engine for the Oompa-Loompas. GE engineers working on the future of aircraft manufacturing recently showed off some of their capabilities. They made a simple 3D-printed mini jet engine that roared at 33,000 rotations per minute …

Important step in artificial intelligence: Stylized letters classified by their images

“A circuit implementing the rudimentary artificial neural network successfully classified three letters by their images.”

Internet of Things cannot remain a security blind spot

“The network is more exposed than ever before with the expanded attack surface IoT brings, leading to increasing support for securing interconnected devices. As the Industrialization of Hacking evolves, so does the number of vulnerable end points on the network …

Manufacturing partnership with adafruit announced

“Today, May 16th, 2015 Massimo Banzi, CEO and co-founder of Arduino, announced at Maker Faire during the “State of Arduino” keynote that Adafruit is manufacturing Arduino’s for Arduino.cc in New York City, New York, USA! “