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The world’s fastest film camera: when light practically stands still

“Forget high-speed cameras capturing 100 000 images per second. A research group at Lund University in Sweden has developed a camera that can film at a rate equivalent to five trillion images per second, or events as short as 0 …

UArm Miniature Palletizing Robot Arm for Arduino

“Back in 2014 I bought a Miniature Palletizing Robot Arm for Arduino online, I was also beginning to experiment with 3D printing. I began reverse engineering the arm I bought and researching when I cam across David Beck doing the …

2-bit Communicators (RFM69)

“These “2-bit” radio communicators provide a means to signal each other (as to where they are; if their done …) when shopping at opposite ends of a big box store; even where cell phones have no service or cell battery charge …

Baidu Apollo: the Open Source Self-Driving Vehicle Tech Platform

“By opening up its robust, mature, and secure autonomous driving technology to the industry, Baidu aims to build a collaborative ecosystem, utilizing its strengths in artificial intelligence (AI) technology to work together with other companies to promote the development and …

Build a DIY Spy Microphone: The Acoustic Telescope

“Like spies in the movies and real life hearing a conversation from a distance can be the difference between war and peace. Of course, your intentions may be more honest such as wanting to hear an animal from a faraway …

Building Garage IoT: a Hacker’s Journey

“Shortly after moving into my new home, I found a key switch (above) near the front of my garage. I tested all the keys I was given and none of them worked. At the time, I had lots of bigger …

China hits milestone in developing quantum computer ‘to eclipse all others’

“A team of scientists from eastern China has built the first form of quantum computer that they say is faster than one of the early generation of conventional computers developed in the 1940s. The researchers at the University of Science …

Computers learn to understand humans better by modelling them

“Researchers from Aalto University, University of Birmingham and University of Oslo present results paving the way for computers to learn psychologically plausible models of individuals simply by observing them. In newly published conference article, the researchers showed that just by …

Controlling Appliances and Weather Monitor Using IOT

“The Internet of things (IoT) is the inter-networking of physical devices (also referred to as “connected devices” and “smart devices”), buildings, and other items—embedded with electronics, software, sensors, actuators, and network connectivity that enable these objects to collect and …

Detecting walking speed with wireless signals

“We’ve long known that blood pressure, breathing, body temperature and pulse provide an important window into the complexities of human health. But a growing body of research suggests that another vital sign – how fast you walk – could be a …