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Finding faces in a crowd

“Spotting a face in a crowd, or recognizing any small or distant object within a large image, is a major challenge for computer vision systems. The trick to finding tiny objects, say researchers at Carnegie Mellon University, is to look …

Innovative software converts Wi-Fi data into energy savings

“For the first time in Canada, a University of British Columbia engineer has found a way to use Wi-Fi to determine the number of building occupants and adjust ventilation accordingly – saving energy without sacrificing air quality. “Every day, thousands of …

Making America’s power grid much, much smarter

“Remember back in 2003 when overgrown trees hit a power line in Cleveland and cut electricity to 50 million people in two countries? Or how about the storm that disrupted service to 1.7 million customers in Australia in September …

Why Asimov’s Laws of Robotics should be updated for the 21st century

“Many EU-funded projects are working towards advancing robotics to assist people with overcoming societal challenges, such as providing care for the elderly or providing disaster relief. An academic who worked on one such project has now argued that author …

WiFi Voice Controlled Robot With NodeMCU

“On my last tutorial, Voice Activated Control With Android and NodeMCU we explored how to develop our own App on an Android smartphone to control locally (using buttons or voice) smart home devices. But How about starting from there and …

Arduino Mood Gauge With Clock

“Here’s my mood gauge. It started out as a ‘I know what we need…’ discussion in the office, but since making it I think it could also function as a child behaviour monitor for parents or a RAG/traffic …

Arduino RFID and 5110 Screen/ID Card Reader(Rc522)

“Hi there, today we are going to use Rfid(RC522 with 5110 screen. But this sensor is different than others. Because we will use EEPROM. We want to; 1 - When we show our ID card we see the ”Welcome Ensar …

Arduino VGA Game Console

“I have done seven Instructables to reproduce some among the most popular old arcade games by means of a bare Arduino and few basic components. The main feature is the generation of a VGA signal, thanks to the VGAx library …

DIY Art Deco Analog Thermometer Using Arduino

“In this tutorial we are going to build this Art Deco style Analog thermometer! The design of this thermometer is fantastic in my opinion. It is based on the design of a commercial thermometer that was designed 100 years ago …

DIY Universal Remote with Arduino

“This Arduino Universal Remote Control allows your TV remote to control anything with an IR sensor attached to it! This project takes advantage of infrared transmitters and receivers that you can find around your house or old electronics that can …