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A Novel Graphene Quantum Dot Structure Takes the Cake

“In a marriage of quantum science and solid-state physics, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have used magnetic fields to confine groups of electrons to a series of concentric rings within graphene, a single layer of …

A novel nanoactuator system has been developed

“Researchers at University of Jyväskylä (Finland) and University of Tampere (Finland) together with BioNavis Ltd (Finland) have developed a novel nanoactuator system, where conformation of biomolecule can be tuned by electric field and probed using optical properties of gold nanoparticle …

Actuation Gives New Dimensions to an Old Material

“One of the oldest, most versatile and inexpensive of materials — paper — seemingly springs to life, bending, folding or flattening itself, by means of a low-cost actuation technology developed at Carnegie Mellon University’s Human-Computer Interaction Institute. A thin layer of …

Alcohol Unit Counter

“There seems to be a lot of discussion in the news currently about how much alcohol it’s safe to drink on a regular basis [1][2]. If you want help in monitoring your alcohol consumption this gadget might be …

All wired up: New molecular wires for single-molecule electronic devices

“Scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology designed a new type of molecular wire doped with organometallic ruthenium to achieve unprecedentedly higher conductance than earlier molecular wires. The origin of high conductance in these wires is fundamentally different from similar molecular …

Allegro MicroSystems Releases a Fully Integrated, Monolithic Power Monitoring IC with Reinforced Isolation

“Allegro MicroSystems has released a fully integrated, small form factor, power monitoring IC with reinforced voltage isolation. Allegro’s ACS724 and ACS711 current sensor ICs are commonly used in internet connected power outlets and other IOT devices. The ACS71020 improves …

Announcing the Arduino Command Line Interface (CLI)

“The Arduino team has been working hard to support the needs of our professional developer community. Many of you requested a way to use our tools in Makefiles, and wanted Arduino IDE features available via a fast, clean command line …

Arduino Nano as CP/M-Compatible Computer

“I will begin here with a description of my project cpm4nano - a CP/M-compatible computer based on the Arduino Nano 3.0. Currently one (!) Arduino Nano (!) in my project: emulates the i8080 processor, 64 KBytes RAM+additional banks, 4 FDD …

Arduino Uno/Leonardo Keyboard Macro Box

“The parts you need to make the keyboard macro box are: Electronics: Arduino Uno or an Arduino Leonardo https://store.arduino.cc/arduino-uno-rev3 Momentary push buttons (I used 15 in my design) https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/16mm-Round-Metal-Push-B… Jumper …

AWAKE successfully accelerates electrons

“Early in the morning on Saturday, 26 May 2018, the AWAKE collaboration at CERN successfully accelerated electrons for the first time using a wakefield generated by protons zipping through a plasma. A paper describing this important result was published in …