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Bridge Over Coupled Waters: Scientists 3D-Print All-Liquid ‘Lab on a Chip’

“Berkeley Lab researchers set the stage for new class of 3D-printed, all-liquid devices; could automate chemical synthesis for batteries and drug formulations Researchers at DOE’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have 3D-printed an all-liquid device that, with the …

Building Your Own Game Console (ESP8266 and SSD1306)

“Learn how to build a portable game console from scratch and some of the software ecosystem around it to make it easier to develop for. That’s quite a sensationalist title! I didn’t honestly set out to build a …

Caffeine Cranks Up Solar Cells

“Caffeine makes perovskite photovoltaics more stable, enhancing their commercial potential. Electronics must perform and endure for 1,000 hours at 85 °C to pass a standard accelerated lifetime test. Coffee is best served at 85 °C—a fact that’s …

Project  Clockwork

Clockwork

“As I try to brainstorm for an idea for this project, I decided to make something that is usable and be useful for my daily life. Not many things like that can have a two degree of freedom requirement so …

Desktop Electrospinning: A Single Extruder 3D Printer for Producing Rigid Plastic and Electrospun Textiles

“We present a new type of 3D printer that combines rigid plastic printing with melt electrospinning– a technique that uses electrostatic forces to create thin fibers from a molten polymer. Our printer enables custom-shaped textile sheets (similar in feel to …

Did I leave the garage door open? A no-code project with Azure IoT Central and the MXChip DevKit

“For whatever reason when a programmer tries something out for the first time, they write a “Hello World!” application. In the IoT (Internet of Things) world of devices, it’s always fun to make an LED blink as a good …

Digital Multi-Function Measuring Tool

“I had always wanted a device that would help me in leveling my 3D printer bed and some other device that would help me get an approximate length of a curved surface so that I could easily cut out the …

DIY Musical Doorbell

“Learn how to make a simple musical bell using the UM66T melody generator IC. The Melody Generator will play Beethoven’s Fr Elise when triggered since it uses the UM66T-19L. There are different versions of this IC, each configured …

FAA Certifies Google’s Wing Drone Delivery Company To Operate As An Airline

“The Federal Aviation Administration has certified Alphabet’s Wing Aviation to operate as an airline, in a first for U.S. drone delivery companies. Wing, which began as a Google X project, has been testing its autonomous drones in southwest …

FCC approves SpaceX’s plans to fly internet-beaming satellites in a lower orbit

“The Federal Communications Commission has approved SpaceX’s request to fly a large swath of its future internet-beaming satellites at a lower orbit than originally planned. The approval was a major regulatory hurdle the company needed to clear in order …