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Running TensorFlow Lite Object Recognition on the Raspberry Pi 4

“Want to up your robotics game and give it the ability to detect objects? Maybe implement a security camera that can see and identify certain items? Now that the Raspberry Pi is fast enough to do machine learning, adding these …

Servo Motor Artwork

“We use an Uno to control 36 servo motors and create digital animated artwork. The video below shows the action as 36 servo motors create an electronic work of art. An Arduino Uno and three 16-channel PWM servo controllers are …

Set up Home Assistant with a Raspberry Pi

“Home Assistant is an open source operating system for a localized Smart Home Hub. Basically it works like IFTTT or Samsung Smart Things, but without having to send your data out onto the internet. This means that you have total …

Simple Multi-tasking in Arduino on Any Board

“The instructable describes how to run multiple tasks on your Arduino without using an RTOS. Your ‘tasks’ are just normal methods, called directly from the loop() method. Each ‘task’ is given a chance to run each loop. You can either …

Single atoms as catalysts

“Incorporating individual metal atoms into a surface in the right way allows their chemical behavior to be adapted. This makes new, better catalysts possible. They make our cars more environmentally friendly and they are indispensable for the chemical industry: catalysts …

Smokey Mc Smokerson

“Automated barbecue and smoker on a budget Since summer is coming we decided that we needed a better way of smoking and bbq’ing. With the goal of perfecting this art on a budget, currently the Bill of Materials is …

Soft Self-Healing Materials for Robots That Cannot Be Destroyed

“It’ll take more than having its fingers chopped off to stop this robot hand If there’s one thing we know about robots, it’s that they break. They break, like, literally all the time. The software breaks. The …

Spreading light over quantum computers

“Scientists at Linköping University have shown how a quantum computer really works and have managed to simulate quantum computer properties in a classical computer. “Our results should be highly significant in determining how to build quantum computers”, says Professor Jan-Åke …

Stylish Steel Cooker Hood With Arduino

“Hello makers! I have a nice project with a lot of steel and quite some interesting electronics to show you today. This project sprouted from a concrete necessity that I had. I needed a kitchen hood but I wanted it …

Synthesis of UV absorbers from cashew nut shell liquid

“A waste stream from food production is a valuable alternative for petroleum in the production of organic UV filters Researchers at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) in Germany, in collaboration with colleagues from the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg …