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Fibre-optic transmission of 4000 km made possible by ultra-low-noise optical amplifiers

“Researchers from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, and Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia, have demonstrated a 4000 kilometre fibre-optical transmission link using ultra low-noise, phase-sensitive optical amplifiers. This is a reach improvement of almost six times what is possible when …

FISH&GO! A WiFi Rover controlled by Blynk APP

“Based on the Fishino UNO board, a simple and funny project to join practicality and fun together. We are going to build a robot on wheels controlled from the “Blynk” app and we are going to take advantage of the …

Heat-conducting Crystals Could Help Computer Chips Keep Their Cool

“If your laptop or cellphone starts to feel warm after playing hours of video games or running too many apps at one time, those devices are actually doing their job. Whisking heat away from the circuitry in a computer’s …

Infinity Mirror Clock

“This is a handmade clock mainly for decoration. There are several LED lights in the clock, when turned on, it is a beautiful decoration for bedroom. When turned off, its a small mirror. Of course, its a clock itself.”

IPad Play Timer

“I think this is a topic every parent is struggling with. How much can the kids play with their iPads (or any other tablet). We tried multiple approaches, like fixed times, but that did not really work as our kid …

Make Your Own Awesome VU Meter!

“Today we are going to look at the VU meter, it’s fundamentals and it’s build. By the end of this tutorial, you will have made your very own VU Meter!”

Marshmello LED Hat

“Marshmello Hat with LEDs and ESP8266 web server control for effects. Story Building This time I wanted to create a fancy blinking hat for parties (and room accessory). You can use an Arduino to loop through the effects, or an …

Mbed OS 5.9.2 released

“We are pleased to announce the Mbed OS 5.9.2 release is now available. This is the latest patch release based on the feature set that Mbed OS 5.9 introduces. Summary In this release, we have updated mbed-coap …

micro:mag issue 1

“The first issue of micro:mag is here! micro:bits In Libraries In this issues cover article, Michael Rimicans is giving us some insight into the micro:bit in libraries scheme. You can now loan out micro:bits in hundreds …

Morphing Digital Clock

“A quick video about this project. I have since implemented a way to set timezone. Thanks to the work of the Arduino and ESP8266 community, this cool clock is a surprisingly easy to build! Just two main components: Display (obviously …