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Snow Flake Decoration

“The snow flake project is a winter decoration consisting of a number of snow flake boards connected to one single string of wire. Each snow flake contains an own micro controller and 19 bright and beautiful white LEDs. Using very …

Theoretical tubulanes inspire ultrahard polymers

“Rice University-printed sample is full of holes, but stops bullets better than solid materials A lightweight material full of holes is nearly as hard as diamond. The mere dents left by speeding bullets prove it. Researchers at Rice University’s …

What a Switch! NIST-Led Team Develops Tiny Low-Energy Device to Rapidly Reroute Light in Computer Chips

“Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and their colleagues have developed an optical switch that routes light from one computer chip to another in just 20 billionths of a second — faster than any other similar device …

3D-printed PCB workstation using acupuncture needles

“This was a surprisingly fun and useful project! Connecting test probes to PCBs can be difficult when the contact points are very small, or when you need to keep the probes in place while using your hands to run tests …

60V to 5V @ 3.5A Buck converter with USB output

“This is a 60V to 5V – 3.5A step down DC-DC converter based on TPS54360B from Texas Instruments. Sample applications are: 12 V, 24 V and 48 V industrial, Automotive and Communications Power Systems. The TPS54360 is a 60V …

A cheaper way to scale up atomic layer deposition

“Chemical engineers at EPFL have developed a new method for atomic layer deposition, a technique commonly used in high-quality microelectronics. The new method can be used in materials with larger surfaces much more cheaply than current approaches, while preserving quality …

A new quantum data classification protocol brings us nearer to a future “quantum internet”

“A new protocol created by researchers at the UAB sorts and classifies quantum data by the state in which they were prepared, with more efficiency than the equivalent classical algorithm. The research was published in Physical Review X. Quantum-based communication …

A new way to measure gravity: Using floating atoms

“A team of researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, has found a new way to measure gravity—by noting differences in atoms in a superposition state, suspended in the air by lasers. In their paper published in the journal …

Arduino and Booleans: The truth is greater than zero!

“1 Boolean logic with Arduino Binary and boolean sometimes seem like buzzwords, particularly “binary,” but that’s just because people become so fond of this mode of thinking once they get into it. Hint: They’re the cool geeks with …

Arduino-Controlled Photogrammetry 3D Scanner

“A completely automated way to take photos and convert them into a 3D object. DESCRIPTION This turntable is a new and improved version of my hand cranked version (which is fully 3D-printable, no extra parts needed. Check it out here …