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Making light behave in useful ways

“By integrating nanoantennas with liquid crystals, A*STAR researchers have created a metasurface that allows fine dynamic control over the properties of light. From holograms to augmented reality devices and optical sensors, a common enabling principle behind these innovations is …

Mbed OS 5.13.1 released

“We are pleased to announce the Mbed OS 5.13.1 release is now available. This is the latest patch release based on the feature set that Mbed OS 5.13 introduces. Summary In this release we have added target …

MegaSquirt Digital Dashboard Display

“Project Introduction This is a digital dashboard display project intended to be used with a MegaSquirt2-Extra or MegaSquirt3 ECU (engine control unit). It’s 5-inch high-brightness LCD panel and LED strip makes viewing vital car/engine information quick and easy …

Mobile Controlled ESP32 Two-Wheel Drive Robot

“Todays project is not going to be based on evive. Today, were going to make yet another smartphone-controlled robot but this time using ESP32. It can move forward, back, right, left, and doesnt need Bluetooth! Were to program it in …

More ESP8266 Hacking - LOHAS LED

“Yes, I have hacked another ESP8266-based device. This time it’s the LOHAS WiFi Smart LED lightbulb. These are really quite nice bulbs, and available on Amazon pretty cheaply. Internally there is your typical power supply, and a ring …

New Unprinting Method Can Help Recycle Paper and Curb Environmental Costs

“Rutgers-led study shows the benefits of removing toner with pulses of intense xenon light Imagine if your printer had an “unprint” button that used pulses of light to remove toner, curbing environmental impacts compared with conventional paper recycling. A Rutgers-led …

NIST’s Compact Atomic Gyroscope Displays New Twists

“Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have upgraded their compact atomic gyroscope to enable multitasking measurement capabilities and measure its performance, important steps toward practical applications. Described in a new paper, the quantum gyroscope design and …

NIST’s Quantum Logic Clock Returns to Top Performance

“The quantum logic clock—perhaps best known for showing you age faster if you stand on a stool—has climbed back to the leading performance echelons of the world’s experimental atomic clocks. Physicists at the National Institute of Standards …

Organic solar cells will last 10 years in space

“Scientists from the Skoltech Center for Energy Science and Technology, the Institute for Problems of Chemical Physics of RAS, and the Department of Chemistry of MSU recently presented solar cells based on conjugated polymers and fullerene derivatives that demonstrated record-high …

PC Hardware Monitor With Arduino and Nokia 5110 LCD

“Arduino based PC monitor which displays CPU temperature, load, clock and used RAM CPU load or clock values can be also drawn as a graph. Parts: Arduino Nano or Arduino Pro Mini with USB to serial adapter Nokia 5110 84x48 …