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Marta Musik Maschine

“Marta Musik Maschine is a DIY, RFID enabled, multi-purpose, audio and light device for kids. It’s open source and you can build one yourself. It’s not hard at all, I promise. Welcome to my blog about Marta Musik …

Motor Temperature Estimation Without a Sensor

“I just finished building a bunch of Mini Cheetahs which the lab is loaning out to other research groups. Since we’re giving these to people who for the most part aren’t hardware oriented, these robots need to be …

Nano technology breakthrough enables conversion of infrared light to energy

“Invisible infrared light accounts for half of all solar radiation on the Earth’s surface, yet ordinary solar energy systems have limited ability in converting it to power. A breakthrough in research at KTH could change that. A research team …

Nano Weather Shield V1.1

“Display weather information and activate RGB color patterns via this shield, including built-in BMP280 and photoresistor, designed by me. Description Even though it is my first attempt at designing a PCB board and layout, I wanted to share with you …

Network boot your Raspberry Pi

“This tutorial is written to explain how to set up a simple DHCP/TFTP server which will allow you to boot a Raspberry Pi 3 from the network. The tutorial assumes that you have an existing home network, and that …

New and Improved Geiger Counter – Now With WiFi!

“In one of our previous tutorials, we examined the development of a DIY-Geiger Counter showing the efforts of “Instructable” user Prabhat who combined the ESP8266 with a touch screen display to create a truly intuitive version of his Geiger …

New monitoring technique lets your Remotely Operated Device do the snorkelling

“Researchers at the University of Newcastle and Macquarie University have found a novel way to remotely track fish in shallow water environments. Their findings have now been published in the Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. They have been …

OpenTitan – Open sourcing transparent, trustworthy, and secure silicon

“Security begins with secure infrastructure. To have higher confidence in the security and integrity of the infrastructure, we need to anchor our trust at the foundation—in a special-purpose chip. Today, along with our partners, we are excited to announce …

Preserving open source software for future generations

“The world is powered by open source software. It is a hidden cornerstone of modern civilization, and the shared heritage of all humanity. The mission of the GitHub Archive Program is to preserve open source software for future generations. GitHub …

Pushing perovskite solar stability

“Solar perovskite materials could be spiked with organic cation dopants to suppress decomposition and degradation. Expanding the list of organic ingredients that comprise perovskite solar materials could boost their long-term stability and performance, KAUST researchers have predicted. Perovskites have recently …