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Robot takes contact-free measurements of patients’ vital signs

“Mobile system could reduce health care workers’ exposure to Covid-19 virus. During the current coronavirus pandemic, one of the riskiest parts of a health care worker’s job is assessing people who have symptoms of Covid-19. Researchers from MIT and …

Samsung Begins Mass Production of 16Gb LPDDR5 DRAM at World’s Largest Semiconductor Line

“Samsung starts shipping industry’s first third-gen 10nm-class (1z) EUV-based 16Gb LPDDR5 DRAM Following DRAM, new Pyeongtaek Line 2 to produce next-gen V-NAND and foundry solutions Samsung Electronics, the world leader in advanced memory technology, today announced that …

Smoke Measuring Station

“With recent wildfires in California, the outdoor air quality here is changing very quickly*. I created a simple Raspberry Pi station that allows you to watch the PM levels in real time in your browser. With the Raspberry Pi W …

The Interactive Storytelling Radio

“In this project we convert a neat looking radio into a voice-enabled, interactive storyteller. Future, here we come! Like most retrofitting projects, this one starts with some old electronics, to be precise, a Bjazzo Ts by Telefunken, made sometime during …

There oughta be an irrigation system

“As you will see, just a simple system that turns the water on or off was not sufficient. I will show you all aspects of this Arduino based system in this article and provide the source code. The difference to …

Wireless device makes clean fuel from sunlight, CO2 and water

“Researchers have developed a standalone device that converts sunlight, carbon dioxide and water into a carbon-neutral fuel, without requiring any additional components or electricity. We hope this technology will pave the way toward sustainable and practical solar fuel production Erwin …

12V to 24V @ 1A Step-up switching regulator using LM2585

“This is a DC-DC step-up converter based on LM2585-ADJ regulator manufactured by Texas Instruments. This IC was chosen for its simplicity of use, requiring minimal external components and for its ability to control the output voltage by defining …

A DIY Smart Insole to Check Your Pressure Distribution

“The smart insole collects foot pressure data in real-time. Through Thinger.io the information is fed into a system that visualizes the data. Pressure measurement is already used in a variety of situations. It provides information about gait mechanics and …

A Four-State Magnetic Tunnel Junction for Novel Spintronics Applications

“A novel magnetic tunnel junction, which has four resistance states instead of two states in existing magnetic tunnel junctions, may pave the way to novel spintronics devices, including multi-level magnetic memory. A tunnel junction is a device consisting of two …

A new lens on the world

“Case Western Reserve scientists, collaborators at Harvard and Italian university Unical, aim to ‘revolutionize optics’ by combining nanostructured metasurfaces with liquid crystal technology For more than 500 years, humans have mastered the art of refracting light by shaping glass into …