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Non-invasive Alzheimer’s Light Therapy Devices

“This project is centered around the creation of devices aimed at being used in the study of the effects of Alzheimer’s Light Therapy on humans. In December 2016, after publishing my first Instructable, Mr. Sotiris Melissis (graduate student at …

Parasitic Robot System for Turtle’s Waypoint Navigation

“A KAIST research team presented a hybrid animal-robot interaction called “the parasitic robot system,” that imitates the nature relationship between parasites and host. The research team led by Professor Phil-Seung Lee of the Department of Mechanical Engineering took an animal …

Project  Pool Buddy

Pool Buddy

“Instead of performing regular checks with tester kits to maintain adequate pH and chloride levels in our (small) swimming pool, I decided to build a project that monitors the water continuously and registers the data online so I can easily …

Quantum dot transistor simulates functions of neurons

“A transistor that simulates some of the functions of neurons has been invented based on experiments and models developed by researchers at the Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar) in São Paulo State, Brazil, Würzburg University in Germany, and the …

Researchers Find Computer Code that Volkswagen Used to Cheat Emissions Tests

“An international team of researchers has uncovered the mechanism that allowed Volkswagen to circumvent U.S. and European emission tests over at least six years before the Environmental Protection Agency put the company on notice in 2015 for violating the …

Project  Solar Draw

Solar Draw

“Burning patterns into stuff with the focused suns rays…. about the level of eighth grade earth science before this subject was eliminated by our current Secretary of Education. But what if instead of just killing small arthropods with a death …

STMicroelectronics Introduces Automotive Power MOSFETs in Tiny 5x6mm Dual-Side Cooling Package

“STMicroelectronics has introduced new MOSFET devices in the advanced PowerFLATTM 5x6 dual-side cooling (DSC) package , enabling increased power density in automotive Electronic Control Units (ECUs). The new MOSFETs have already been chosen by Denso, a leading supplier of advanced automotive …

The Antisocial RobotCar (EAL)

“The Antisocial RobotCar moves away from you if you get too close and stops if there is nothing close. We wanted to build an antisocial robot car that moves away from obstacles/people. The way it works is by having …

TI introduces the industry’s smallest gate driver and power MOSFET solution for motor control

“Texas Instruments (TI) (NASDAQ:TXN) today introduced two new device families that help reduce size and weight in motor drive applications. When used together, DRV832x brushless DC (BLDC) gate drivers and CSD88584/99 NexFET™ Power Blocks require as little as …

Windows switch to Git almost complete: 8,500 commits and 1,760 builds each day

“Back in February, Microsoft made the surprising announcement that the Windows development team was going to move to using the open source Git version control system for Windows development. A little over three months after that first revelation, and about …