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Your paper notebook could become your next tablet

“Innovators from Purdue University hope their new technology can help transform paper sheets from a notebook into a music player interface and make food packaging interactive. Purdue engineers developed a simple printing process that renders any paper or cardboard packaging …

A topography of extremes

“On the track of unconventional superconductivity, researchers are charting unknown territory An international team of scientists from the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, and colleagues from the USA and Switzerland have successfully combined …

An improved wearable, stretchable gas sensor using nanocomposites

“A stretchable, wearable gas sensor for environmental sensing has been developed and tested by researchers at Penn State, Northeastern University and five universities in China. The sensor combines a newly developed laser-induced graphene foam material with a unique form of …

CERN’s newest accelerator awakens

“The CERN Control Centre (CCC) is abuzz once again. The second long shutdown (LS2) has come to an end for CERN’s newest accelerator – Linac 4 – and the accelerator complex’s slow awakening from a two-year repair-and-recuperation hibernation has begun …

Elon Musk Is Finally Revealing Neuralink’s Controversial Brain Chip

“On Friday, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk will reveal a major update of his biotech startup Neuralink and demonstrate a “working device” for the company’s hyped brain-machine interface. Neuralink’s technology, the founder claims, will “merge biological intelligence …

HX1230_CountdownTimer

“LowPower Arduino Countdown Timer Features: - the timer is always enabled and remains ready in deep sleep mode - low power modes used as often as possible to save energy - 500mAh LiPo cell should last for 2-3 years depending of how often …

Introducing Grove Beginner Kit for Arduino

Today I received the Grove Beginner Kit for Arduino from Seeed Studio. The first impression I had is this Kit is very good! Delivered in a very nicely built box. The experience of opening the Kit is amazing. The box …

Molecular architecture: New class of materials for tomorrow’s energy storage

“Researchers at the Technische Universität Berlin (TUB) have created a new family of semiconductors, the properties of which were investigated by the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB). The researchers christened the first member “TUB75”. The material belongs to the class called metal-organic …

Recordable Cardboard Robot Arm

“A robotic arm made from easily available materials that can record and replay positions. This is a simple robotic arm that can record and replay positions. It is made from easily available materials, like cardboard and hot glue, which makes …

Researchers develop molecule to store solar energy

“Researchers at Linköping University have developed a molecule that absorbs energy from sunlight and stores it in chemical bonds. A possible long-term use of the molecule is to capture solar energy efficiently and store it for later consumption. The Earth …