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Scientists Unravel the Mysteries of Polymer Strands in Fuel Cells

“Hydrogen fuel cells offer an attractive source of continuous energy for remote applications, from spacecraft to remote weather stations. Fuel cell efficiency decreases as the Nafion membrane, used to separate the anode and cathode within a fuel cell, swells as …

Shining Light on the Separation of Rare Earth Metals

“New studies identify key molecular characteristics to potentially separate rare earth metals cleanly and efficiently with light. The Science Inside smartphones and computer displays are metals known as the rare earths. Mining and purifying these metals involves waste- and energy-intense …

Should a self-driving car kill the baby or the grandma? Depends on where you’re from

“The infamous “trolley problem” was put to millions of people in a global study, revealing how much ethics diverge across cultures. In 2014 researchers at the MIT Media Lab designed an experiment called Moral Machine. The idea was to create …

Simon Style Memory Game with Agent Based Programming

“In this project I created a Simon style memory game using Agent based programming. Story In this project I created a Simon style memory game where the player has to repeat a sequence of button presses that gets longer and …

Sol 2204: Curiosity science is baaaack!

“Contrary to the “frightening” title, the Curiosity team is excited that science operations are starting to resume! The real fright was when Curiosity had an anomaly on Sol 2172 which affected its memory. Since then, the engineering team has continued …

Teensy Beats Shield

“An all-in-one, made to hack step sequencer built around the Teensy platform with LiPo charging, touch TFT, encoders, buttons, and RGB leds. A fellow coder and I were discussing portable audio sequencers like the Pocket Operator. While research the hacking …

Teensy midi euclidean sequencer

“this is a four channel usb MIDI euclidean sequencer. the sequencer is running on a Teensy 3.5. The setup consist of four rgb rotary encoders from Sparkfun, a Teensy, an ssd1306 lcd, four momentary buttons, and four 16led neopixel …

EBooks  The MagPI 75

The MagPI 75

“This issue, in celebration of getting to number 75, we’re counting down 75 of the greatest Raspberry Pi projects, 50 of which were voted for by you! Who won? Read The MagPi 75 to find out… Also this issue …

The Open Woodwind Project

“An Electronic Aerophone with focus on usability as an instrument. An Electronic Aerophone with focus on creating an intuitive human interface for musicians playing real music. What is the Challenge this Project Addresses? Many engineers, hackers, and makers have focused …

The USB-C Explorer

“I’ve been quiet for a while, mostly because I’ve been working on a new USB-C board. Actually, the board didn’t take the most time; that would be the firmware development. (Never underestimate firmware). The result is …