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Tesla Coil

“The Makerspace at Østfold University College were holding an competition where the theme was to make something with an WOW-factor, so our group decided to make an tesla coil. Just a tl;dr: the project was built with no …

Textile-based wearable electronics and fashion displays

“Articles such as clothes, watches, shoes, and accessories are essential to people around the world. However, going beyond the basic roles and purposes of these items, the concept of “wearability” is rapidly evolving to include computing power and the ability …

Voltage Booster

“This is a simple boost converter circuit. It takes in a low voltage input of around 3 to 9 volts and gives an output of 100 to 200 volts. You cannot use it to power anything though, since the voltage …

Back to Basics Drafting Set

“This Thing contains all you’ll need for school. From graphing to drawing geometrical shapes to helping you create that book shelf in shop class, this set has got you covered. Measure everything from distances and radii in centimeters and …

Customizable threaded rounded box

“This is a customizable threaded rounded box. Special thanks to aubenc, which provided the required library on http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:8796 You can customize the inner diameter of the box. Be aware that the outer diameter will be …

LED Matrix Wave Moves With Hand

“What makes some shows and some movies are so exciting? The answer is the effects. I loved the luminous lightsabers in Star wars and the fantastic blue suit of superhero Max Steel. When I used some simple LEDs in my …

NXP Launches the World’s Smallest Single-chip SoC with Integrated Microcontroller for Drones, Robots, Power Tools, DC Fan and Healthcare Applications

“NXP Semiconductors N.V. today announced the world’s smallest single-chip SoC solution – the MC9S08SUx microcontroller (MCU) family – with an integrated 18V-to-5V LDO and MOSFET pre-driver that delivers ultra-high-voltage solution for drones, robots, power tools, DC fan, healthcare and other …

Sphere-o-bot: a Friendly Art Robot

“The Sphere-O-bot is a friendly art robot that can draw on spherical or egg-shaped objects from the size of a ping pong ball to a large duck egg (4-9 cm). The robot is based on the cool original design of …

Surrounded by AI Devices that Do Everything from Flying to Farming, NVIDIA Launches Jetson TX2

“Powerful factory robots. Commercial drones. Smart cameras. NVIDIA Tuesday unveiled the NVIDIA Jetson TX2, a credit card-sized platform that puts AI computing to work in the world all around us. Over the past five years, the mobile revolution has brought …

The quest to crystallize time

“Christopher Monroe spends his life poking at atoms with light. He arranges them into rings and chains and then massages them with lasers to explore their properties and make basic quantum computers. Last year, he decided to try something seemingly …