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Scientists Engineer Nanoscale Pillars to Act Like Memory Foam

“New organic-inorganic hybrid materials exhibit an unprecedented combination of strength and elasticity, paving the way to new nanoelectromechanical devices A team of scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory and the University of Connecticut have …

The Mini Wall: the Electronic Game

“Idea: Colyne, our 5 year old daughter, is a fan of the TV game show “The Wall” on NBC (TF1 in France), so for her birthday I decided to build a miniature table version. Made of wood, the game consists …

Tiny UHF Tracker Transmitter

“This is a little circuit that could be used to track an object up to 400m. It is essentially an SAW stabilized OOK modulated RF transmitter. The modulation is done with two low frequency ultra low power oscillators that activate …

10-bit PWM from the ATtiny85

“The ATtiny85 microcontroller has two 8-bit timers. Using them can be controlled dimming of LEDs. 8 bit is not enough if you want to have a brightness change adapted to the human eye. Gamma correction causes visible jumps in brightness …

A chip for environmental and health monitoring

“In a joint German-Israeli research project, FAU scientists are developing miniaturised sensor systems that can be produced on an industrial scale Sensors for incorporation in inexpensive measuring devices or virtual personal support systems are increasingly in demand in the environmental …

Building 3-D models of molecules with RealityConvert

“Denis Fourches wants to make the search for new drugs faster and less expensive. So he uses powerful computers to help model interactions between chemical compounds and biological targets to predict the compound’s effectiveness, thus narrowing the field of …

Busy Cube #1 - Simple Switch

“This specific project serves two purposes. First, I wanted something small and simple that will keep him entertained during plane and car rides. Second, I used it as prototype before making something more sophisticated (with a micro-controller, rechargeable battery, and …

Carnegie Mellon Reveals Inner Workings of Victorious AI

“Libratus, an artificial intelligence that defeated four top professional poker players in no-limit Texas Hold’em earlier this year, uses a three-pronged approach to master a game with more decision points than atoms in the universe, researchers at Carnegie Mellon …

Computer systems predict objects’ responses to physical forces

“Josh Tenenbaum, a professor of brain and cognitive sciences at MIT, directs research on the development of intelligence at the Center for Brains, Minds, and Machines, a multiuniversity, multidisciplinary project based at MIT that seeks to explain and replicate human …

Current Temperature on 8*8 LED Dot Matrix

“It shows the current temperature on an 8*8 dot matrix display using DHT11 temperature sensor. Here the current temperature is streamed on the 8*8 dot matrix LED display by scrolling using the DHT11 temperature sensor with Arduino Uno …