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Electronic Tattoos Add Power to Wearable Computing

“Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University’s College of Engineering and the Institute of Systems and Robotics at the University of Coimbra, Portugal, have developed a simple, efficient method to make robust, highly flexible, tattoo-like circuits for use in wearable computing …

Elon Musk’s SpaceX Wins FCC Approval to Deploy 7,518 Satellites

“Elon Musk’s SpaceX won permission to deploy more than 7,000 satellites, far more than all operating spacecraft currently aloft, from U.S. regulators who also moved to reduce a growing risk from space debris as skies grow more …

ESP32 / 8266 WiFi instant Camera

“The FS2 is a digital Polaroid that uploads the photo instantly to the cloud This WiFi instant camera is powered by a 2000mA/hr LiOn battery and Espressif state of the art WiFi “System of a Chip” allowing to be …

ESP8266 Smart Plant

“In this tutorial we wil guide you how to make a smart plant with an ESP8266. The tutorial includes hardware requirements, software requirements, a guide to make the ESP8266 work, a tutorial to setup Adafruit IO and a little troubleshooting …

FAU researchers develop new baking method for improved energy efficiency in ovens

“You don’t necessarily think about energy efficiency and protecting the environment while taking a bite of your bread roll at breakfast time. But baked goods, or rather the baking process itself shouldn’t be underestimated – only a third of …

Flexible robotics for food production

“Robots that automatically harvest tomatoes or package biscuits in boxes of various sizes are now becoming a reality: Wageningen University & Research will be working together with various partners to develop flexible robotics for food production as part of the new …

Getting Started with the SmartLED Shield for Teensy

“Introduction The PixelMatix SmartLED shield for Teensy makes it easy to connect to RGB LED matrix panels! The shield makes it easy to connect to the 16 pins required to drive the display, connects an external 5V supply to power …

Gradled Mini: Prototype Modular Discrete LED Display

“This project came into being during my senior year of college at UW-Madison as a personal side venture. In May 2019, I complete my undergraduate schooling. It is not uncommon for students to decorate their graduation “hats” to personalize …

Graphene on the way to superconductivity

“Scientists at HZB have found evidence that double layers of graphene have a property that may let them conduct current completely without resistance. They probed the bandstructure at BESSY II with extremely high resolution ARPES and could identify a flat …

Grbl (CNC Controller) For ESP32

“This is a port of Grbl for the ESP32. The ESP32 is potentially a great target for Grbl for the following reasons - Faster - At least 4x the step rates over Grbl - Lower Cost - - Small footprint - - More Flash and RAM - A …