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MuseScore+Arduino+LEDs+MIDI = Piano Tutor

“This article explains how to turn your MIDI-capable keyboard or digital piano into a full piano learning & tutoring system, i.e., an interactive lighted keyboard/piano, based on the open-source MuseScore sheet music editor & player, a common Arduino board …

Pedal Pi Controller with Circuit Playground

“A controller to change effects scripts on the Pedal Pi using a Circuit Playground Express board. The Pedal Pi is an open source guitar pedal that uses a Raspberry Pi Zero running Raspbian Lite to run C scripts of digital …

Printed meds could reinvent pharmacies, drug research

“A technology that can print pure, ultra-precise doses of drugs onto a wide variety of surfaces could one day enable on-site printing of custom-dosed medications at pharmacies, hospitals and other locations. The technique, which was developed at the University of …

Quantum Communications Bend to Our Needs

” The potential for photon entanglement in quantum computing and communications has been known for decades. One of the issues impeding its immediate application is the fact that many photon entanglement platforms do not operate within the range used by most …

Quantum Computation to Tackle Fundamental Science Problems

“For more than 50 years, Moore’s Law has reigned supreme. The observation that the number of transistors on a computer chip doubles roughly every two years has set the pace for our modern digital revolution—making smartphones, personal computers …

Retro Raspberry Pi Tumblr GIF Camera

“I wanted a way to use my vintage cameras in a new, digital way. I have a few kicking around in various conditions, but haven’t used them in ages because the film is costly to develop. Follow along with …

Score Board Project Using DMD

“Often we meet in a soccer stadium, there is a giant LED board that serves as a scoreboard. So also in other sports field, also often we know the scoreboard of the display screen made of LED. Although not possible …

See Colors with the Adafruit TCS34725, an Arduino and a Pi 3

“This toy project uses the TCS34725 to read the color of Lego bricks, and uses a Raspberry Pi UWP C# application to say the color. I recently bought the Adafruit TCS34725 breakout board, which senses colors, and I wanted to …

“Superhero” robot wears different outfits for different tasks

“From butterflies that sprout wings to hermit crabs that switch their shells, many animals must adapt their exterior features in order to survive. While humans don’t undergo that kind of metamorphosis, we often try to create functional objects that …

Vacuum-Powered Soft Robots

“We have developed a Vacuum-powered Soft Pneumatic Actuator (V-SPA) which leverages a single, shared vacuum power supply and enables complex soft robotic systems with multiple-DoF and diverse functions. In addition to actuation, other utilities enabled by vacuum pressure include …