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Optimizing carbon nanotube electrodes

“New model measures characteristics of carbon nanotube structures for energy storage and water desalination applications. Using electrodes made of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) can significantly improve the performance of devices ranging from capacitors and batteries to water desalination systems. But figuring …

Physicists take first step toward cell-sized robots

“An electricity-conducting, environment-sensing, shape-changing machine the size of a human cell? Is that even possible? Cornell physicists Paul McEuen and Itai Cohen not only say yes, but they’ve actually built the “muscle” for one. With postdoctoral researcher Marc Miskin …

Playback Recorder With Raspberry Pi

“Hi everyone, In this instructable I explain how I made a playback recorder using Raspberry Pi. The device is a Raspberry Pi model B+, with 7 push buttons on top, a speaker connected to one of the Pi’s usb …

Python WebServer With Flask and Raspberry Pi

“Introduction: Python WebServer With Flask and Raspberry Pi Let’s create a simple WebServer to control things in your home. There are a lot of ways to do that. For example, on my tutorial: IoT - Controlling a Raspberry Pi Robot …

Quantum ‘spooky action at a distance’ becoming practical

“A team from Griffith’s Centre for Quantum Dynamics in Australia have demonstrated how to rigorously test if pairs of photons - particles of light - display Einstein’s “spooky action at a distance”, even under adverse conditions that mimic those outside …

QuickyBot - Small robot based on an arduino Nano board whith bluetooth and ultrasonic sensor

“QuickyBot is a small development platform for learning arduino programming. It is based on a Nano arduino card. It has an ultrasonic distance sensor hc-sr04 to apprehend its environment. It communicates via bluetooth using a HC-06 card. It is …

Rings of Saturn LED Music Visualizing Pendant Light

“I made this LED pendant light from plywood, LED strips, and flexible LED channel. It is controlled by an Arduino and syncs to music. I made this LED pendant light from plywood, LED strips, and flexible LED channel. Since I …

Simplifying VHDL Code: The Std_Logic_Vector Data Type

“This article will review the “std_logic_vector” data type which is one of the most common data types in VHDL. In a previous article on the VHDL hardware description language, we discussed the basic structure of VHDL code through several introductory …

The Making of Biorelevant Nanomaterials

“A combined strategy of polymerization and electrostatic self-assembly to synthesize low-dimensional polyion complex nanomaterials with various morphologies The interactions of biological macromolecules such as nucleic acids, proteins, and polysaccharide–protein conjugates can be mimicked by artificial polyelectrolytes. Such synthetic polyionic …

The research hardware in your video-game system

“Motion sensors don’t just drive gameplay. With the right software, they can scan dinosaur skulls, monitor glaciers and help robots to see. A man with a black rectangular bar strapped to his chest walks a careful circuit around the …