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Nanomagnets for future data storage

“An international team of researchers led by chemists from ETH Zurich have developed a method for depositing single magnetisable atoms onto a surface. This is especially interesting for the development of new miniature data storage devices. The idea is intriguing …

New ultrafast flexible and transparent memory devices could herald a new era of electronics

“An innovative new technique to produce the quickest, smallest, highest-capacity memories for flexible and transparent applications could pave the way for a future golden age of electronics. Engineering experts from the University of Exeter have developed innovative new memory using …

Next-Generation Software Supports Explorations Beyond the Nanoworld into the Intramolecular Picoworld

“For physicist Percy Zahl, traversing surfaces is not only a long-time hobby of his but also the focus of his research. An avid cyclist who is part of the Green Arm Bandits of the East End Cycling Team, he has …

Quantum movement of electrons between atomic layers shows potential application of van der Waals materials for electronics and photonics

“Common sense might dictate that for an object to move from one point to another, it must go through all the points on the path. Imagine someone driving from Kansas City to Topeka on I-70 “it’s safe to say …

Raspberry turk

“The Raspberry Turk is a robot that can play chess. It is completely open source and the methods for building it are documented on this website. The project is written almost entirely in Python, runs on a Raspberry Pi, and …

Self-Stabilizing Spoon for Parkinson’s sufferers

“One day I saw people suffering Parkinson’s disease on TV and felt bad for them. I googled if there was a decent solution for them and found a decent self-stabilizing spoon made for them. However, I wanted to try …

Shutting down CodePlex

“Almost 11 years after we created CodePlex, it’s time to say goodbye. We launched CodePlex in 2006 because we, like others in the industry, saw a need for a great place to share software. Over the years, we’ve …

SpaceX just flew a used rocket for the first time and stuck the landing, too

“If humankind is ever going to become an interplanetary species, we’re going to need cheaper rides into space. That’s why SpaceX and Blue Origin have been working so hard at developing reusable rocket boosters’vehicles that, after launch …

Building a Safe Cracking Robot

“My wife is amazing; for Christmas this year, she gave me a fire safe she purchased off of Craigslist. It was super cheap because the seller didn’t have the combination. Best present ever. We were able to crack our …

DIY Arduino Watch Sport 2.0

“A year ago publish the design and implementation of a clock known as Arduino Watch Sport 1.0, and my only goal was to recycle some materials that usually go into a basket of rubbish, the result of carrying out …