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Industrial 3D Printing Goes Skateboarding

“Kayak paddles, snowshoes, skateboards. Outdoor sporting goods used to be a tough market for 3D printing to break into, but fused particle fabrication (FPF) can change that. A team led by engineers from Michigan Technological University and re:3D, Inc …

Log Data and Plot a Graph Online Using NodeMCU, MySQL, PHP and Chartjs.org

“This Instructable describes how we can use the Node MCU board to collect data from multiple sensors, send this data to a hosted PHP file which then adds the data to a MySQL database. The data can then be viewed …

Machine learning moves popular data elements into a bucket of their own

“Counting search queries isn’t easy, but MIT CSAIL’s new LearnedSketch system for “frequency-estimation” aims to help. If you look under the hood of the internet, you’ll find lots of gears churning along that make it all possible …

Make Your Own Crude Battery Spot Welder With a Car Battery!

“In this project I will be showing you how to create a crude but functional battery spot welder. Its mains power source is a car battery and all of its components combined cost around 90 which makes this setup pretty …

Mathematicians Discover the Perfect Way to Multiply

“By chopping up large numbers into smaller ones, researchers have rewritten a fundamental mathematical speed limit. Four thousand years ago, the Babylonians invented multiplication. Last month, mathematicians perfected it. On March 18, two researchers described the fastest method ever discovered …

Microsoft acquires Express Logic, accelerating IoT development for billions of devices at scale

“IoT sensors are being infused into just about everything, from industrial equipment to consumer devices, and increasingly these devices are connecting to the cloud. By 2020, Gartner predicts there will be more than 20 billion connected devices*. In April 2018 …

Multi-Timer W/ External Control

“This project Instructable is a build of a multi function Timer. This timer is capable of functioning as: A general purpose alarm with selectable times between 1 second and +90 hours. Having a count down with audible alarm and/or …

New Discovery Makes Fast-Charging, Better Performing Lithium-Ion Batteries Possible

“Materials could boost battery performance in consumer electronics, electric vehicles, and more Creating a lithium-ion battery that can charge in a matter of minutes but still operate at a high capacity is possible, according to research from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute …

New Intel vPro Platform Maximizes IT and Worker Productivity in a Mobile-Centric World

“New 8th Gen Intel Core vPro Processors Deliver Better Performance, Long Battery Life, Blazing Fast Wi-Fi 6 and Built-In Security Features with Intel Hardware Shield The emerging workplace is more mobile than ever and rapidly evolving as office walls disintegrate …

Open infrastructure, developer desktop and IoT are the focus for Ubuntu 19.04

“Canonical today announced the release of Ubuntu 19.04, focused on open infrastructure deployments, the developer desktop, IoT, and cloud to edge software distribution. “The open-source-first on Ubuntu movement in telco, finance, and media has spread to other sectors. From …