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MIT Mathematician Spins Up 220,000-Core Google Compute Cluster

“On Thursday, Google announced that MIT math professor and computational number theorist Andrew V. Sutherland had set a record for the largest Google Compute Engine (GCE) job. Sutherland ran the massive mathematics workload on 220,000 GCE cores using preemptible …

NASA Spacecraft Dives Between Saturn and Its Rings

“NASA’s Cassini spacecraft is back in contact with Earth after its successful first-ever dive through the narrow gap between the planet Saturn and its rings on April 26, 2017. The spacecraft is in the process of beaming back science …

New Self-Sustained Multi-Sensor Platform for Environmental Monitoring

“A recent study, affiliated with UNIST has engineered a self-sustaining sensor platform to continuously monitor the surrounding environment without having an external power source. This research has been led by the team of Professor Jaehyouk Choi of Electrical and Computer …

Safety First RC Car

“Build a RC car that uses ultrasonic sensor to detect objects in front of it. And cuts power to the forward motion when reaches a certain distance from an object (specified in code) while retaining the ability to move backwards …

Scientists unlock ‘golden’ secret to help boost PVC industry

“A University of Southampton scientist has helped unlock the secret of a gold-based catalyst used to produce a key component of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) – the world’s third most widely used plastic. Dr Peter Wells, lecturer in Inorganic Chemistry, was …

Sky Control V1 - Temperature and Humidity Controller With Relays

“This intructable will teach you how to make very cheap Sky Control module (temperature and humidity controller). All the parts cost below 10$. The module is based on Arduino Uno. It uses a DHT22 sensor to measure temperature and humidity …

Smart Mirror with Home Automation using chats

“The project Smart Mirror with home and garden automation describes the design and development of a futuristic smart mirror that represents an unobtrusive interface for the ambient home environment with automation using Raspberry Pi. The mirror provides a natural means …

Wireless power could enable ingestible electronics

“Researchers at MIT, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and the Charles Stark Draper Laboratory have devised a way to wirelessly power small electronic devices that can linger in the digestive tract indefinitely after being swallowed. Such devices could be used …

Mobile Weather Sensors Using ESP8266

“Mountain Biking in the local trails in my Southern California home has kept me both reasonably fit while maintaining a close connection with nature. As you roll through many of the trails here, the terrain varies significantly…from the darker …

Next Gen Treat Dispenser (Motion Detection, Video and More)

“Do you miss your dog while at work? Or do you love someone who does? This could be a great present for yourself or that special someone in your life who has a furry friend but isn’t always with …