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USB 10-digit Seven Segment Display Module

“This project is about an open-source, USB based, 10 digit seven segment display unit. This unit is specifically designed to work with POS systems and banking applications. Initially, this system is developed to work with PC based POS systems, and …

Virgin Orbit’s Rocket-Launching 747 Jumbo Jet Nails 1st Drop Test

“The Virgin Galactic sister company performed its first-ever drop test today (July 10), releasing a LauncherOne rocket from its Boeing 747 carrier plane over California’s Mojave Desert. “Now THAT’s what I call a drop test! Video from today …

XYZ Point Scanner Using Salvaged Rotary Encoders

“Having acquired quite a large number of discarded rotary optical encoders from my work place, I finally decided to do something fun/useful with them. I’ve recently purchased a new 3D printer for my home and what could compliment …

Betta Fish Feeder

“I’m setting up a betta fish tank and wanted to make an automatic fish feeder so he never misses a meal. I’ve seen other DIY fish feeders that just shake a container but I wanted to be able …

Build your own IoT/MQTT node for less than $2

“In this post, I will be explaining ESP-12F module usage with minimal set of components. ESP-12F as a stand-alone module is of no use unless mounted on a base board like wemos-d1-mini.”

Building a bridge to the quantum world

“Scientists develop prototype of what may serve as link to connect quantum computers Entanglement is one of the main principles of quantum mechanics. Physicists from Professor Johannes Fink’s research group at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (IST …

Combined ISP and FTDI Tool With Pogo Pins

“I’ve been reading Sapiens by Yuval Harari and one of the things that has been the most fascinating to me, is human beings ability to make their life better by envisioning and creating a tool that doesn’t yet …

Combing nanowires

“A new technique lets researchers make hundreds of nanowires, capable of recording intracellular signals, at the same time Machines are getting cozy with our cells. Embeddable sensors record how and when neurons fire; electrodes spark heart cells to beat or …

Confirmation of old theory leads to new breakthrough in superconductor science

“Harvard/Argonne team clears up a decades-old mystery about the reverse Hall effect in high-temperature superconductors. Phase transitions occur when a substance changes from a solid, liquid or gaseous state to a different state — like ice melting or vapor condensing …

Contact Lost With Three Starlink Satellites, Other 57 Healthy

“Three of the 60 satellites SpaceX launched last month to begin its broadband megaconstellation have lost contact with ground control teams, a SpaceX spokesperson said June 28. Those three satellites will deorbit “passively,” the spokesperson said, meaning Earth’s gravity …