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Static electricity could charge our electronics

“Static electricity could charge our electronics While common in everyday life, the science behind this phenomenon is not well understood “Nearly everyone has zapped their finger on a doorknob or seen child’s hair stick to a balloon. To incorporate …

EBooks  The MagPI 79

The MagPI 79

“Plus! All this inside The MagPi 79 Build a Teachable Machine. Use Google’s new Coral USB Accelerator to build a machine that learns to identify objects Develop an Android app. Build and deploy Android apps on a Raspberry Pi …

Tide and Weather Clock

“Although you can buy analog tide clocks that have a single hand indicating whether the tide is high or low or somewhere in between, what I wanted was something that would tell me at what time low tide will be …

Understanding high efficiency of deep ultraviolet LEDs

“Steps that form during LED fabrication improve their efficiency by creating tiny paths of electric current. Deep ultraviolet light-emitting diodes (DUV-LEDs) made from aluminium gallium nitride (AlGaN) efficiently transfer electrical energy to optical energy due to the growth of …

Vacuum Fluorescent Display Controller

“A simple interface circuit to drive VFD displays. No fancy parts required, and runs on serial communication. What’s the Use? VFD displays are not trending anymore for some obvious reasons, they are made of glass (“uh cool!”), have an …

Vacuum Gripper System Using OpenCR

“We provide a way to set the vacuum gripper system using OpenCR. It can be used for the OpenManipulator gripper Instead of standard gripper. It is also useful for using to the manipulators that don’t have sirial linkage structure …

Wirelessly-Charged Epoxy LED Cube Lamp

“This portable LED cube light is made from solid epoxy resin and is powered by a battery, so it has a ton of uses — a mood light, a party light, a night light, etc. Basically, it is just fun and …

A flexible future

“Thin, flexible panels that will revolutionise how we use solar energy are on the drawing board at UNSW. Imagine a future in which thin, flexible solar panels cover the surfaces of cars and buildings, powering their activities. Xiaojing Hao, associate …

A Stanford-led engineering team unveils the prototype for a computer-on-a-chip

“Computers have shrunk to the size of laptops and smartphones, but engineers want to cram most of the features of a computer into a single chip that they could install just about anywhere. A Stanford-led engineering team has developed the …

A transformer to drive the transition from AC to DC

“EPFL researchers have developed a compact and efficient medium-frequency transformer. Their device is poised to enhance the flexibility and efficiency of tomorrow’s smart grids and DC power distribution networks. An EPFL-made prototype has been thoroughly tested and presented …