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Manual Piano W/ Presets Songs Using Arduino

“Arduino Piano Keyboard interfacing with LCD has 2 mode. The Manual Mode & The presets mode. I used 7 Pushbutton for a simple 7 keys piano and 1 button for Setup Mode to switch to 7 presets songs. . Preset mode songs …

MOFtronics: 2D Metal-Organic Frameworks Are Ready for Electronics

“A group of scientists has observed for the first time band-like electron transport in a conjugated two-dimensional (2D) metal-organic framework film (Nature Materials, “High-mobility band-like charge transport in a semiconducting two-dimensional metal–organic framework”). This semiconducting behavior, together with its …

MQTT/Google Home Flood/Water WIFI Sensor With ESP-01

“In this instructable, I will show you how to build wifi flood/water sensor with minimal cost. The entire project costs me less than $8 for parts that I acquire from ebay and my existing spare-parts. In this project, we …

New, durable catalyst for key fuel cell reaction may prove useful in eco-friendly vehicles

“The new catalyst, developed by Brown University researchers, exceeds Department of Energy targets for performing the oxygen reduction reaction, a key step in generating an electric current in a hydrogen fuel cell. One factor holding back the widespread use of …

New Memristor Boosts Accuracy and Efficiency For Neural Networks on an Atomic Scale

“A new parallel processing approach for building resistance-based artificial synapses promises to ramp up efficiency and accuracy by making memristors as thin as a single atom. From the Journal: Journal of Applied Physics WASHINGTON, D.C., October 16, 2018 — Just …

New Reservoir Computer Marks First-Ever Microelectromechanical Neural Network Application

“Researchers used oscillations from a microscopic beam of silicon to enable the nonlinear dynamics that allow neural networks to complete tasks ranging from processing image patterns to recognizing words. From the Journal: Journal of Applied Physics WASHINGTON, D.C., October …

Pentacene patterns prove crucial for solar power

“Renewable solar power can be harnessed using solar cells, which are made of materials called semiconductors. In a solar cell, electrons are generated when photons, or packets of light, are absorbed by semiconductors and released as high energy electrons. However …

Perovskites - materials of the future in optical communication

“Researchers at the universities in Linköping and Shenzhen have shown how an inorganic perovskite can be made into a cheap and efficient photodetector that transfers both text and music. “It’s a promising material for future rapid optical communication”, says …

Pocket Metal Locator

“Cool little Pocket Metal Locator sensitive enough to identify small nails and tacks in wood with four independent search coils and LEDs. This cool little Pocket Metal Locator is sensitive enough to identify small nails and tacks in wood and …

Programmable Cyclic Set On-Off Timer With Relay Output

“This project is to build cyclic on-off programmable timer. In this project user can set ON timer and Off time using keys and 7 segment display. Relay is provided as output, where relay will be remained ON for ON time …