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Open-source bionic leg: First-of-its-kind platform aims to rapidly advance prosthetics

“A new open-source, artificially intelligent prosthetic leg designed by researchers at the University of Michigan and Shirley Ryan AbilityLab is now available to the scientific community. The leg’s free-to-copy design and programming are intended to improve the quality of …

Portable Luxmeter

“This project is about making portable luxmeter. It can be used in schools, where children can measure different kinds of light sources. Functions: 1. measure intensity of light in lux. 2. calculate solar irradiation from lux to watts/m2 (factor …

Probing Semiconductor Crystals with a Sphere of Light

“Tohoku University researchers have developed a technique using a hollow sphere to measure the electronic and optical properties of large semiconducting crystals. The approach, published in the journal Applied Physics Express, improves on current photoluminescence spectroscopy techniques and could lead …

Quantum – a double-edged sword for cryptography

“Quantum computers pose a big threat to the security of modern communications, deciphering cryptographic codes that would take regular computers forever to crack. But drawing on the properties of quantum behaviour could also provide a route to truly secure cryptography …

RADARSAT Constellation Mission

“SpaceX is targeting Wednesday, June 12 for launch of RADARSAT Constellation Mission from Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The primary launch window opens at 7:17 a.m. PDT, or 14:17 …

Real-Time Clock Battery Monitoring System

“In this article, you will learn how to implement a feature to monitor the real-time clock battery and prevent problems in the circuit. Introduction On several systems that use time and date to perform certain tasks, it is critical to …

Scientists break record for highest-temperature superconductor

“Experiment produces new material that can conduct electricity perfectly University of Chicago scientists are part of an international research team that has discovered superconductivity—the ability to conduct electricity perfectly—at the highest temperatures ever recorded. Using advanced technology at …

Speed Control for Brushless Motors With an ESP8266

“What are Brushless motors? Also known as synchronous DC motors, they are an special type of motor that consist on a stator and a rotor as most of the motors out there, but with a difference, “brushless motors” ,as it …

Spider Sense

“An IoT project for preventing attacks from behind through Android app and Nucleo-board. The idea Our idea was to use an ultrasonic sensor attached to a servo motor to make possible an obstacle detection at 180 degrees and to implement …

THE ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer) - Operating Manual

“A look at the ENIAC Operating Manual, published 75 years ago this month, reveals just how difficult it was to program the world’s first electronic general-purpose computer and how frustrating it must have been for its programmers. When did …