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Good vibrations for the future of computing

“A vibration-driven logic gate could form the basis for the next generation of efficient, low-power computers. Vibrating mechanical switches that can be cascaded to perform complex computational operations could take computing significantly further than today’s technologies. KAUST researchers have …

How to Make a Digital Table Tennis Game

“The video game industry is massive, bringing in an estimated $108 billion a year. But have you ever thought of making your own video game? In this DIY Hacking project, we will turn a small PIC18 micro and an OLED …

IBoard! Web-controlled Whiteboard

“Hello to all, the project that I want to present I have realized entirely by myself from the mechanics to the control software. In life I make the web programmer and I have thought to exploit this knowledge by applying …

Mod My Pirate Radio

“This Instructable shows how to modify Pimoroni’s excellent Pirate Radio kit to add an enclosure and switches that you can use to control the Pirate Radio functions. https://shop.pimoroni.com/products/pirate-radio-pi… The kit shown in this Instructable …

Read-Only Raspberry Pi

“Overview Most microcontroller projects have an on/off switch or some quick way to cut power, while computers like the Raspberry Pi require an orderly shutdown procedure…otherwise the SD card may become corrupted and the system will no longer …

Simple Arduino based digital clock

“Digital clocks usually have very confusing user interfaces to set the time. They require holding down buttons to go between different modes, and often you can only increment the time, for example, if you want to decrement one minute, you …

Software Developed at Brookhaven Lab Could Advance Synchrotron Science Worldwide

“Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory have developed new software to streamline data acquisition (DAQ) at the National Synchrotron Light Source II (NSLS-II), a DOE Office of Science User Facility. Called “Bluesky …

Süßigkeitenautomat - Candy Vending Machine

“This dispenser is a very unintelligent way to donate sweets (or other objects) that are in the form of chocolates. The goal was to build an interesting mechanism and apply different methods from the making area. The material reaches the …

Turtle 2WD Robot

“In this how to we will show you how to make a Turtle Robot from DFRobot. The robot is programmable through the Arduino IDE or it can be controlled via Bluetooth. You will need the complete Turtle Kit , small phillips …

Using elastomer films to generate electricity

“Water is still the most important source of renewable energy in Bavaria, Germany, accounting for some 33 percent of all renewable energy produced in the region, as showed by the Bavarian Energy Map. But conventional hydroelectric plants, especially micro hydro …