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“When I was looking for something cool and fun to make during these indoor quarantine days, I stumbled upon tensegrity models. It’s really interesting physics and saw mainly tiny models, so I wanted to try and build it larger …
“This project describes how to log electricity consumption of 2 different consumer circuits by reading the corresponding 2 smart meters (“eHz”=”elektronische Haushaltszähler”) simultaneously to an SD card. It all started wanting to get a better understanding of electricity consumption …
“Using the famous computer game Minecraft, Mathematicians at EPFL have developed a video game around Eulerian Cycles. It is now freely available online to everyone. Mathematician David Strütt, a scientific collaborator at EPFL, worked for four months to develop Matheminecraft …
“EPFL scientists, working in association with Canon, have developed a camera that can take 3D images with record-breaking speed and resolution “It’s something I’d been dreaming of for a long time,” says Edoardo Charbon, an EPFL professor and …
“When breadboarding, one often needs to monitor different parts of the circuit at once. To avoid the pain having to stick the multimeter probes from one place to another, I wanted to design a multi-channel voltage and current meter. The …
“Carbon nanotubes embedded in leaves detect chemical signals that are produced when a plant is damaged. MIT engineers have developed a way to closely track how plants respond to stresses such as injury, infection, and light damage, using sensors made …
“Researchers at the University of Eastern Finland have developed a new hybrid material of mesoporous silicon microparticles and carbon nanotubes that can improve the performance of silicon in Li-ion batteries. Advances in battery technology are essential for sustainable development and …
“When electronics need their own power sources, there are two basic options: batteries and harvesters. Batteries store energy internally, but are therefore heavy and have a limited supply. Harvesters, such as solar panels, collect energy from their environments. This gets …
“New Electronics is a fortnightly magazine focusing on technological innovation, news and the latest developments in the electronics sector. Downloadable as a digital page turner or pdf file, or offered as a hard copy, the New Electronics magazine is available …
“My local Department of Health got in touch with me because they needed a way to track the body temperature of their employee’s health on a daily basis during the 2020 Covid-19 crisis. Normal, off the shelf IR thermometers …