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Greener, faster and cheaper way to make patterned metals for solar cells and electronics

“· Patterning metals for electronics and solar cells can be slow, expensive and involve toxic chemicals · Scientists from the Department of Chemistry at the University of Warwick have developed a way to make patterned films of silver and copper (the two …

HackSpace magazine #22

“Why spend years learning to play a musical instrument when you could program a robot to do it for you? This month, we show you how to build a glockenspiel-playing robot. Build a colour sensing light Sharpen your tools Master …

How do atoms vibrate in graphene nanostructures?

“Innovative new electron spectroscopy technique pushes the limits of Nanospectroscopy for materials design In order to understand advanced materials like graphene nanostructures and optimize them for devices in nano-, opto- and quantum-technology it is crucial to understand how phonons – the …

How to Make a Mini Oscilloscope at Home Using Arduino Nano

“Make your own mini oscilloscope at home. It’s simple and easy to do! Components needed Arduino Nano SSD1306 OLED display 1N4148 Microswitch 104 capacitor Resistors: 100Ω, 12k, 120k, 510k What is oscilloscope? An ‘oscilloscope’, previously called an ‘oscillograph’, and …

India’s Chandrayaan-2 Spacecraft Snaps Its First Picture of the Moon

“India’s Chandrayaan-2 mission is in orbit around the moon, and its view is spectacular. The spacecraft entered lunar orbit on Aug. 19 (Aug. 20 local time at mission control in India), about a month after its launch, on July …

InfraRed Robot Controller Shield For Arduino Nano

“This compact Infrared robot controller is based on Arduino Nano and L298 H-Bridge. The Nano shield can be used in various DC Motor driver applications using infra-red remote control or speed controller using trimmer potentiometer and direction control with help …

Intel Expands 10th Gen Intel Core Mobile Processor Family, Offering Double Digit Performance Gains

“Today, Intel introduced eight additional 10th Gen Intel® Core™ processors for modern laptop computing. The new mobile PC processors (formerly code-named “Comet Lake”) are tailor-made to deliver increased productivity and performance scaling for demanding, multithreaded workloads while still enabling thin-and-light …

Lasers Enable Engineers to Weld Ceramics, No Furnace Required

“Smartphones that don’t scratch or shatter. Metal-free pacemakers. Electronics for space and other harsh environments. These could all be made possible thanks to a new ceramic welding technology developed by a team of engineers led by the University of …

Make Voice Controlled Light Bulb Using Relay and Evive

“Weve controlled lights with touch, weve controlled them with a Smartphone. How about controlling them with voice? Presenting to you the voice-activated light bulb! This project is a smaller version of the bigger home lighting automation projects that is ideal …

Newfound Superconductor Material Could Be the ‘Silicon of Quantum Computers’

“Possible “topological superconductor” could overcome industry’s problem of quantum decoherence. A potentially useful material for building quantum computers has been unearthed at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), whose scientists have found a superconductor that could sidestep …