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DiscoJar: Sound Reactive Lamp With 288 RGB LEDs

“DiscoJar is a sound reactive DIY LED lamp, using an Ikea jar and 288 APA102 LEDs. It does real-time spectrum analysis of the audio input and shows a colorful view of it. This instructable will guide you how to build …

DIY Power Supply for 5V and 3.3V

“I’m currently migrating my old and hopefully interesting projects from my blog www.tiny-labs.com to instructables. I use this power supply regularly to power my embedded projects in the lab. It is very handy and tiny. I’ve …

FSU technology cracks, fixes passwords

“Inside the E-Crime Investigative Technologies Laboratory at Florida State University, researchers are focused on one mission — to develop the most sophisticated software possible to crack passwords. “We rely on passwords for many activities – online shopping, banking, and storing medical information …

Game of Life With Nokia 5110 LCD

“College dorms generally don’t allow you to have pets in the room. Even if you did keep a pet, you would have to dedicate time and money to feed it and maintain it’s environment. However, sometimes it’s …

Gas gives laser-induced graphene super properties

Tags RICE.Edu “Rice University scientists who invented laser-induced graphene (LIG) for applications like supercapacitors have now figured out a way to make the spongy graphene either superhydrophobic or superhydrophilic. Until recently, the Rice lab of James Tour made LIG …

Internet of things made simple: One sensor package does work of many

“Ubiquitous sensors seem almost synonymous with the internet of things (IoT), but some Carnegie Mellon University researchers say ubiquitous sensing — with a single, general purpose sensor for each room — may be better. The plug-in sensor package they have developed monitors …

Mars Rover Opportunity Begins Study of Valley’s Origin

“NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has reached the main destination of its current two-year extended mission — an ancient fluid-carved valley incised on the inner slope of a vast crater’s rim. As the rover approached the upper end of …

New 3D printing method promises vastly superior medical implants for millions

“For the millions of people every year who have or need medical devices implanted, a new advancement in 3D printing technology developed at the University of Florida promises significantly quicker implantation of devices that are stronger, less expensive, more flexible …

Physics May Speed Up Solutions for Tough Computational Problems

“A well-known computational problem seeks to find the most efficient route for a traveling salesman to visit clients in a number of cities. Seemingly simple, it’s actually surprisingly complex and much studied, with implications in fields as wide-ranging as …

Pimp Your Mini Lighthouse

“Here is a mini lighthouse that comes from France (Brittany) which was illuminated by a candle, I removed the candle and inserted two electronic circuits a NE555 for the brightness of the LED and a 74HC04 for the LDR and …