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Shaking light with sound

“Combining integrated photonics and MEMS technology, scientists from EPFL and Purdue University demonstrate monolithic piezoelectric control of integrated optical frequency combs with bulk acoustic waves. The technology opens up integrated ultrafast acousto-optic modulation for demanding applications. Piezoelectric materials can convert …

Solar cell material performs better under pressure

“A novel and highly promising material for solar cells, halide perovskites, is more stable and consequently more efficient if just one ion is substituted. Researchers from AMOLF revealed in an unexpected manner why this is the case: pressure plays an …

STMicroelectronics Simplifies IoT-Node Connectivity and Security with Latest STM32 Discovery Kit and Expansion Software

“STMicroelectronics is simplifying the complex software challenges that face developers of IoT nodes by introducing the B-L4S5I-IOT01A STM32 Discovery kit. The kit comes with a qualified port of FreeRTOS™, fully integrated into the STM32Cube ecosystem and ready to …

STORMDUINO the arduino compatible board made in KiCad

“A while back I started a project known as stormduino. Stormduino is essentially an arduino uno R3 clone made in Kicad with some slightly different components. For those of you who don’t know what KiCad is, it’s a …

Tale of the tape: Sticky bits make better batteries

“Rice scientists stick to their laser guns to improve lithium metal technology Where things get sticky happens to be where interesting science happens in a Rice University lab working to improve battery technology. Using techniques similar to those they employed …

The world´s lightest mirror

“Physicists succeed at engineering an optical mirror made of only a few hundred atoms. It is the lightest one in the world and even imaginable. Physicists at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics (MPQ) have engineered the lightest optical …

Thermal Face Detector

“A contact-less temperature measurement booth using face detection and helping people what to do next if high temperature is detected. In this project, I build a device which can be used to detect face from thermal camera readings and can …

Tiny Bubbles Make a Quantum Leap

“Using sophisticated optical microscopy techniques, Columbia engineers are first to demonstrate that sufficient strain in 2D material can yield single-photon emitters, key to quantum technologies and future photonic circuitry Researchers at Columbia Engineering and Montana State University report today that …

Toshiba Launches Constant-Current 2-Phase Stepping Motor Driver for Automotive Applications

“Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation (“Toshiba”) has launched “TB9120AFTG,” a constant-current 2-phase stepping motor driver for automotive applications. The new IC outputs a sine-wave current using only a simple clock input interface, with no need for an advanced functional MCU …

TouchFree v2: Contactless Temperature and Mask Checkup

“A Smart Automatic Contactless Temperature Checkup and Mask Detection Kiosk using Facial Landmarking and Deep Learning for under $100. Countries around the Globe are Reopening, living with the Novel Coronavirus is becoming the new way of life. But to Stop …