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“Researchers have found a way to trigger the innate, but previously hidden, ability of graphene to act as a superconductor – meaning that it can be made to carry an electrical current with zero resistance. The finding, reported in Nature Communications …
News How the World’s Oldest Computer Worked: Reconstructing the 2,200-Year-Old Antikythera Mechanism
“In 1900, Greek sponge divers discovered a shipwreck off the Greek island of Antikythera. The artifacts they came back up with included money, statues, pottery, and various other works of art and craft, as well as a curious lump of …
“A team of researchers led by Biomedical Engineering Professor Sam Sia at Columbia Engineering has developed a way to manufacture microscale machines from biomaterials that can safely be implanted in the body. Working with hydrogels, which are biocompatible materials that …
News Inspired by a whirligig toy, Stanford bioengineers develop a 20-cent, hand-powered blood centrifuge
“Here’s how to build a whirligig: Thread a loop of twine through two holes in a button. Grab the loop ends, then rhythmically pull. As the twine coils and uncoils, the button spins at a dizzying speed. Now, using …
“A revolutionary and emerging class of energy-harvesting computer systems require neither a battery nor a power outlet to operate, instead operating by harvesting energy from their environment. While radio waves, solar energy, heat, and vibrations have the ability to power …
“NASA wants humans and robots to work together as teams. To ensure that, the space agency’s autonomous robotics group is currently developing new technology to improve how humans explore the solar system, and how robots can help. “We want …
“New Electronics is a fortnightly magazine focusing on technological innovation, news and the latest developments in the electronics sector. Downloadable as a digital page turner or pdf file, or offered as a hard copy, the New Electronics magazine is available …
“A Revista PROGRAMAR é um projeto iniciado e desenvolvido por membros da comunidade Portugal-a-Programar.org, com o objetivo de colmatar a falta de uma revista portuguesa sobre programação e de promover a criação de conteúdos relacionados com programação, em português …
“Scientists at the University of Sydney have demonstrated the ability to “see” the future of quantum systems, and used that knowledge to preempt their demise, in a major achievement that could help bring the strange and powerful world of quantum …
“This thing is one of the coolest things I’ve come up with. Holds an arduino with breadboard. Has 2 drawers that you can store resistors / caps etc etc. When the breadboard and drawer are gone, arduino with shield can …