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Robotic motion controller

“The Five-Axis Robotic Motion Controller aims to bring physical input and output closer together through the design purpose-built tools for fabrication, which hopefully leads to many new creative opportunities for designers. Working from observations about the way architects design, this …

Safe Capacitor Discharge Tool

“Discharging capacitors is often necessary when working on troubleshooting and repair of electronic equipment. In the old days, tube radios and amplifiers found in every households contained capacitors that continued to hold dangerous levels of charge long after the appliance …

Scientists Watch a Molecule Protect Itself from Radiation Damage

“When the molecules that carry the genetic code in our cells are exposed to harm, they have defenses against potential breakage and mutations. For instance, when DNA is hit with ultraviolet light, it can lose excess energy from radiation by …

Screening the Human Genome’s “Dark Matter”

“Researchers have developed a method to swiftly screen the non-coding DNA of the human genome for links to diseases that are driven by changes in gene regulation. The technique could revolutionize modern medicine’s understanding of the genetically inherited risks …

Simple Humanoid Walking and Dancing Robot

“This instructable will be about making a humanoid walking robot that uses Arduino and can walk, jump and do some dances. The thing that is different in this robot compared to other humanoid robots is that while others use several …

Sony Commercializes the Industry’s First*1 High-Sensitivity CMOS Image Sensor for Automotive Cameras, Delivering Simultaneous LED Flicker Mitigation and High-Quality HDR Shooting

“Sony Corporation (“Sony”) is announcing the commercialization of a new 2.45 effective megapixel CMOS image sensor for automotive cameras, the IMX390CQV type 1/2.7. Sony will begin shipping samples in May 2017. This image sensor is equipped with …

The Dark Secret at the Heart of AI

“Last year, a strange self-driving car was released onto the quiet roads of Monmouth County, New Jersey. The experimental vehicle, developed by researchers at the chip maker Nvidia, didn’t look different from other autonomous cars, but it was unlike …

Tiny Black Holes Enable a New Type of Photodetector for High-Speed Data

“Tiny “black holes” on a silicon wafer make for a new type of photodetector that could move more data at lower cost around the world or across a data center. The technology, developed by electrical engineers at the University of …

Touch-Sensitive, Elastic Fibers Offer New Interface for Electronics

“Researchers from North Carolina State University have created elastic, touch-sensitive fibers that can interface with electronic devices. “Touch is a common way to interact with electronics using keyboards and touch screens,” says Michael Dickey, a professor of chemical and biomolecular …

Ultrasonic Pi Piano With Gesture Controls!

“This project uses inexpensive HC-SR04 ultrasonic sensors as inputs and generates MIDI notes that can be played through a synthesizer on the Raspberry Pi for a high quality sound. The project also uses a basic form of gesture control …