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Battery Powered Weather & Air Quality Monitoring Station

“A web-enabled weather station implemented with Netduino 3 WiFi and a BMP180 sensor. Preparations To get familiar with the Netduino 3 WiFicand create a Visual Studio 2015 project, we can follow the instructions from the Netduino’s official Getting Started …

Biodegradable Graphene

“Degradation of pristine graphene occurs in the human body when interacting with a naturally occurring enzyme found in the lung, announced Graphene Flagship partners; the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), University of Strasbourg, Karolinska Institute and University of …

Bluetooth Robot

“ARDUINO BLUETOOTH ROBOT CAR Project Date: August 2018 Project Equipment: 1. 1 * Custom base platform. 2. 4 * DC Motor + Wheels. 3. 3 * 18650 batteries with 3 battery holder and 2 *18650 batteries with 2 battery holder. 4. 2 * Rocker switches …

Building miniature lasers with nanowires

“Impossibly small, accurate lasers could pave the way for new medical applications and electronics. A large machine with all manner of assorted protruding pipes stands ready for action in one of the labs at NTNU’s Department of Electronic Systems …

Carbon in colour: First-ever coloured thin films of nanotubes created

“Researchers present a technique to produce large quantities of pristine single-walled carbon nanotubes in select shades of the rainbow. The secret is a fine-tuned fabrication process—and a small dose of CO2. Single-walled carbon nanotubes, or sheets of one atom-thick …

Chemists make breakthrough on road to creating a rechargeable lithium-oxygen battery

“Chemists from the University of Waterloo have successfully resolved two of the most challenging issues surrounding lithium-oxygen batteries, and in the process created a working battery with near 100 per cent coulombic efficiency. The new work, which appears this week …

Colorado Prepares to Install “Smart Road” Product by Integrated Roadways

“A basket of sensors buried in the pavement will measure the speed, weight, and trajectory of vehicles that pass over it On 30 August, a startup plans to add its “smart pavement” to an intersection in an industrial corner of …

Computing Catalysts

“Polyisobutylene (PIB) is a workhorse polymer that is found in a multitude of products, ranging from chewing gum, to tires, to engine oil and gasoline additives. Although commercially produced in large quantities since the 1940s, PIB chemistry was a mystery …

D-Wave Breakthrough Demonstrates First Large-Scale Quantum Simulation of Topological State of Matter

“D-Wave Systems Inc., the leader in quantum computing systems and software, today published a milestone study demonstrating a topological phase transition using its 2048-qubit annealing quantum computer. This complex quantum simulation of materials is a major step toward reducing the …

Device harvests energy from low-frequency vibrations

“A wearable energy-harvesting device could generate energy from the swing of an arm while walking or jogging, according to a team of researchers from Penn State’s Materials Research Institute and the University of Utah. The device, about the size …