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Minecraft End Portal Infinity Mirror

“In Minecraft, to finish the game you have to fight the final boss (I am not saying what the boss is). To get to the boss you have to go through a portal, That portal is called the end portal …

New recyclable resin makes wind turbines much more sustainable

“Fields of spinning wind turbines inspire thoughts of earth-friendly energy, but until now, generating wind power hasn’t been as sustainable as people may have thought. It generally requires a great deal of time and energy to cure the type …

New UMass Amherst, Stanford Research Identifies Plant Cell Wall Sensing Mechanism

“An international collaboration of plant researchers this week reports yet another newly discovered role for the versatile receptor kinase, FERONIA, in the model plant Arabidopsis. The researchers say it acts as a sensor in the plant cell wall to help …

Nunchuk Controlled Robotic Arm (With Arduino)

“Robotic arms are awesome! Factories all over the world have them, where they paint, solder and carry stuff with precision. They can also be found in space exploration, subsea remote operated vehicles, and even in medical applications! And now you …

Samsung Electronics Begins Mass Production of Industry’s Largest Capacity SSD - 30.72TB - for Next-Generation Enterprise Systems

“New ‘PM1643’ is built on latest 512Gb V-NAND to offer the most advanced storage, featuring industry-first 1TB NAND flash package, 40GB of DRAM, new controller and custom software Samsung Electronics, the world leader in advanced memory technology, today announced …

Smallest-scale work in electrochemistry leads to sizable research strides

“At a few billionths of a meter, a nanopore is too tiny to see and too tiny to image easily. These miniscule cavities, when created in synthetic materials, are incredibly powerful. Nanopores have the capacity to detect single-molecules, study single-reaction …

Stanford researchers develop stretchable, touch-sensitive electronics

“Stanford researchers have set the stage for an evolution in electronics by taking the concept of ‘artificial skin’ to the next level, demonstrating not only a stretchable circuitry that can feel the touch of a ladybug, but a manufacturing process …

System draws power from daily temperature swings

“Technology developed at MIT can harness temperature fluctuations of many kinds to produce electricity. Thermoelectric devices, which can generate power when one side of the device is a different temperature from the other, have been the subject of much research …

the 10,000 Year Clock

“We are building a 10,000 Year Clock. It’s a special Clock, designed to be a symbol, an icon for long-term thinking. It’s of monumental scale inside a mountain in West Texas. The father of the Clock is …

Toyota Develops New Magnet for Electric Motors Aiming to Reduce Use of Critical Rare-Earth Element by up to 50%

“Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota) announces that it has developed the world’s first1 neodymium-reduced, heat-resistant magnet. Neodymium magnets are used in various types of motors such as the high-output motors found in electrified vehicles, use of which is expected …