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IoT Smoke Alarm with Arduino, ESP8266, and a Gas Sensor

“In this project, we are going to make an IoT smoke detection system in which the MQ-2 smoke sensor will sense if there is smoke nearby. If smoke is nearby, then the buzzer will start beeping and the red …

Microfluidics for the masses

“A new MIT-designed open-source website might well be the Pinterest of microfluidics. The site, Metafluidics.org, is a free repository of designs for lab-on-a-chip devices, submitted by all sorts of inventors, including trained scientists and engineers, hobbyists, students, and …

New Computing System Takes Its Cues from Human Brain

“Some problems are so challenging to solve that even the most advanced computers need weeks, not seconds, to process them. Now a team of researchers at Georgia Institute of Technology and University of Notre Dame has created a new computing …

New system allows optical “deep learning”

““Deep learning” computer systems, based on artificial neural networks that mimic the way the brain learns from an accumulation of examples, have become a hot topic in computer science. In addition to enabling technologies such as face- and voice-recognition software …

Play music with your Remote

“Choose a song with your remote and Arduino will play it. On the monitor will appear the musical note played. “

Researchers image quasiparticles that could lead to faster circuits, higher bandwidths

“Zhe Fei pointed to the bright and dark vertical lines running across his computer screen. This nano-image, he explained, shows the waves associated with a half-light, half-matter quasiparticle moving inside a semiconductor. “These are waves just like water waves,” said …

Self-Learning Robot Hands

“Researchers at Bielefeld University have developed a grasp system with robot hands that autonomously familiarizes itself with novel objects. The new system works without previously knowing the characteristics of objects, such as pieces of fruit or tools. It was developed …

Simple Infinity Cube

“I know there are lots of infinity gizmos out there - so here is another!. I found it easy to make and it usually gets a good “Wow!” I assume that anyone making theses has basic skills (mine are pretty basic …

THIRD EYE FOR BLINDS - an Innovative Wearable Technology for Blinds

“Third eye for blinds is an innovation which helps the blinds people to navigate with speed and confidence by detecting the nearby obstacles using the help of ultrasonic waves and notify them with buzzer sound or vibration. They only need …

Acrylic Gravity Powered Clock

“We made a gravity-powered, acrylic clock with a minute and hour hand. This is achieved by utilizing two heavy weights and a pendulum that allows the clock to “tick” once a second. The pendulum must not slow down or else …