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Levitating 2D Semiconductor for Better Performance

“Atomically thin 2D semiconductors have been drawing attention for their superior physical properties over silicon semiconductors; nevertheless, they are not the most appealing materials due to their structural instability and costly manufacturing process. To shed some light on these limitations …

Project  MammalCam

MammalCam

“Motion Activated WiFi Camera Made with the Adafruit Feather M0 This is a firmware application written in C++ using Arduino and Adafruit libraries. It sleeps in low power mode until, activated by the motion sensor, it takes a picture. Images …

Martian Skies Clearing over Opportunity Rover

“A planet-encircling dust storm on Mars, which was first detected May 30 and halted operations for the Opportunity rover, continues to abate. With clearing skies over Opportunity’s resting spot in Mars’ Perseverance Valley, engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion …

Mbed OS 5.9.6 released

“We are pleased to announce the Mbed OS 5.9.6 release is now available. This is the latest patch release based on the feature set that Mbed OS 5.9 introduces. Summary The CMake exporter is now capable of …

MIT researchers 3-D print colloidal crystals

“Technique could be used to scale-up self-assembled materials for use as optical sensors, color displays, and light-guided electronics. MIT engineers have united the principles of self-assembly and 3-D printing using a new technique, which they highlight today in the journal …

Monitoring System for Smart Crops

“Design and build a system to monitor the status of your crops using the Netduino 3 WiFi. In Colombia, and the world at large, there is an urgent need to obtain renewable energy resources as ecosystems due to climate change …

Nano-imaging of intersubband transitions in few-layer 2D materials

“A study in Nature Nanotechnology reports on the first observation of intersubband transitions in 2D materials via scattering scanning near-field optical microscopy. Semiconducting heterostructures have been key to the development of electronics and opto-electronics. Many applications in the infrared and …

Nanotubes change the shape of water

“Rice engineers show how water molecules square up in nanotubes Here’s one way to fit a square peg into a round hole. First, according to Rice University engineers, get a nanotube hole. Then insert water. If the nanotube is …

New Supercomputer at Texas Advanced Computing Center Powered by Next-Gen Intel Xeon Scalable Processors

“The Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) at The University of Texas at Austin announced its latest supercomputer, known as Frontera, will be powered by next-generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors. Academic researchers hope the new supercomputer will enable important discoveries across …

Project  nexus433

nexus433

“433MHz temperature and humidity sensor receiver that integrates with home automation systems. Introduction This program can read data from cheap 433 MHz wireless temperature and humidity sensors and integrate with home automation systems using MQTT broker. It was designed to …