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Approaching the magnetic singularity

“MIT researchers discover a material that changes electrical resistance only when a magnetic field is applied at a narrowly confined angle. In many materials, electrical resistance and voltage change in the presence of a magnetic field, usually varying smoothly as …

Arduino Multi-track MIDI Loop Station

“A loop station, or a looper, is essentially a tool to playback in real-time your instrumental riffs (loops). It’s not intended as a recording media, but an instrument to shape the inspiration without distraction (and eventually perform live…). There …

Atari Punk Crab

“A 555 timer Atari punk console for all the bleeps and bloops. Ahhhhh, the good old days, when the bleeps and bloops of video games emitted from your local arcade and Atari reigned supreme. There is nothing like the sound …

Automated cryptocode generator is helping secure the web

“System automatically writes optimized algorithms to encrypt data in Google Chrome browsers and web applications. Nearly every time you open up a secure Google Chrome browser, a new MIT-developed cryptographic system is helping better protect your data. In a …

Better thermoelectric materials thanks to ligand mediation

“Investigators from the ICN2 Advanced Electron Nanoscopy Group have collaborated in an international research to show that inorganic ligands can be used to improve the performance as a thermoelectric material of SnTe-CdSe nanocomposites. The efficiency obtained with this procedure is …

Project  bike swarm

bike swarm

“As bikes navigate city streets after dark, they are often equipped with lights. The lights make the bikes visible to cars or other bikers, and the hazards of traffic less dangerous. Imagine that as solitary bikes come together, their lights …

Bitlash: a programmable command shell for arduino

“Bitlash is an open source interpreted language shell and embedded programming environment for the popular and useful Arduino. The Bitlash interpreter runs entirely on the Arduino and interprets commands that you type in a terminal window or send programmatically to …

Creating 3-D images, with regular ink

“MIT startup Lumii helps manufacturers replicate the visual effects of holograms on their printed materials. This month, 5,000 distinctive cans of Fuzzy Logic beer will appear on local shelves as part of Massachusetts-based Portico Brewing’s attempt to stand …

Cutting Edge Russian Glonass-M Navigation Satellite to Begin Operation Soon - Statement

“The Russian Glonass-M navigation satellite launched into orbit in late May will go into operation on 22 June, the GLONASS information centre said Wednesday, adding that a previous device has been transferred to an orbital reserve. “According to GLONASS System …

Cyclone(Arduino LED Game)

“In this tutorial, I will teach you how to create an LED game with very little code or experience! I had this idea for a while and finally got around to creating it. It’s a fun game that reminds …