Main Content

Origami microbots: Centuries-old artform guides cutting-edge advances in tiny machines

“University of Michigan engineers create centimeter-sized robots capable of more than ever before Origami principles can unlock the potential of the smallest robots, enhancing speed, agility and control in machines no more than a centimeter in size. University of Michigan …

Pixel Smart Lamp

“This is a project I made for a smart lamp controled by Bluetooth with an Android App developed on Android Studio. Pixel’s main goal is to display beatiful lights. It’s fireplace lightmode, for example, let’s you see …

Point to Point Atari Punk Console One and a Half

“What!?? Another Atari Punk Console build? Wait wait wait people, this one is different, promise. Waaay back in 1982, Forrest Mims, Radio Shack booklet writer and Young Earth Creationist (roll eyes emoji) published the plans to his Stepped Tone Generator …

PyPortal Calculator using the Displayio UI Elements

“This guide explores some of the User Interface (UI) elements available through The CircuitPython displayio library by creating a basic calculator. CircuitPython will handle the actual calculations and the program concentrates on the input, output, and logic. This is split …

Python Machine Learning Projects

“This book of Python projects in machine learning tries to equip the developers of today and tomorrow with tools they can use to better understand, evaluate, and shape machine learning.”

Quantum machines learn “quantum data”

“Skoltech scientists have shown that quantum enhanced machine learning can be used on quantum (as opposed to classical) data, overcoming a significant slowdown common to these applications and opening a “fertile ground to develop computational insights into quantum systems”. The …

‘Quantum negativity’ can power ultra-precise measurements

“Scientists have found that a physical property called ‘quantum negativity’ can be used to take more precise measurements of everything from molecular distances to gravitational waves. The researchers, from the University of Cambridge, Harvard and MIT, have shown that quantum …

Randomness theory could hold key to internet security

“Is there an unbreakable code? The question has been central to cryptography for thousands of years, and lies at the heart of efforts to secure private information on the internet. In a new paper, Cornell Tech researchers identified a problem …

Researchers Offer Unprecedented Look Into ‘Central Engine’ Powering a Solar Flare

“In a study published in Nature Astronomy, an international team of researchers has presented a new, detailed look inside the “central engine” of a large solar flare accompanied by a powerful eruption first captured on Sept. 10, 2017 by the …

Room temperature superconductivity creeping toward possibility

“The possibility of achieving room temperature superconductivity took a tiny step forward with a recent discovery by a team of Penn State physicists and materials scientists. The surprising discovery involved layering a two-dimensional material called molybdenum sulfide with another material …