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Focusing on the Negative is Good When it Comes to Batteries

“New concept based on fluoride ions may increase battery lifespans Imagine not having to charge your phone or laptop for weeks. That is the dream of researchers looking into alternative batteries that go beyond the current lithium-ion versions popular today …

Graphene unlocks new potential for ‘smart textiles’

“The quest to create affordable, durable and mass-produced ‘smart textiles’ has been given fresh impetus through the use of the wonder material Graphene. An international team of scientists, led by Professor Monica Craciun from the University of Exeter Engineering department …

Hey Pillow IoT Alarm

“Know someone that constantly struggle to get out of bed, comes late to work and you are just want to give them a nudge in the morning. Now you can make your own Hey Pillow. Inside the pillow is embedded …

How to Build a Comfort Monitoring Sensor Station

“This instructable describes the design and construction of a so called Comfort Monitoring Station CoMoS, a combined sensor device for ambient conditions, that was developed at the department of the Built Environment at TUK, Technische Universitt Kaiserslautern, Germany. CoMoS uses …

IBM Reveals 8-Bit Analog Chip With Phase-Change Memory

“Researchers used the chip to test a simple neural net and identify numerals with 100 percent accuracy Today at the IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting in San Francisco, IBM reported a new 8-bit analog chip. But the true development was …

Industry’s First RISC-V SoC FPGA Architecture Brings Real-Time to Linux, Giving Developers the Freedom to Innovate in Low-Power, Secure and Reliable Designs

“RISC-V Summit - In a new era of computing driven by the convergence of 5G, machine learning and the internet of things (IoT), embedded developers need the richness of Linux-based operating systems. These must meet deterministic system requirements in ever …

Information Station (Arduino)

“Welcome to my latest instructable to build a self contained information station! This awesome device uses an Arduino Uno with an ethernet shield to connect to the internet and pull down latest news and local weather and display it on …

Inky_pHAT Weather Station

“I here would like to describe a very simple and compact, Raspberry Pi Zero-based weather station, which displays the values measured by a BME280 temperature/pressure/humidity sensor on a Pimoroni Inky pHAT e-paper/e-ink display. To allow the connection …

Interfacing and Fixing Touch Problem on TFT LCD 2.4” Shield

“Interfacing the shield with Arduino UNO board and fixing the touch detection and inversion problem. Hello, in this tutorial I planned to test different functions of the TFT LCD shield but I encountered few problems and decided to show you …

Laser Engraving on Your Prusa MK3

“Yes, your 3D printer is totally capable of making awesome laser engravings. Follow along to see how I did it. Hint: it’s not complicated (well, probably just a manageable amount), and I created tools to make it easy for …