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Farming for the Future

“The Food Computer is a controlled-environment agriculture technology platform that uses robotic systems to control and monitor climate, energy, and plant growth inside of a specialized growing chamber. Climate variables such as carbon dioxide, air temperature, humidity, dissolved oxygen, potential …

Free Innovation

“In this book I integrate new theory and new research findings into the framework of a “free innovation paradigm.” Free innovation involves innovations developed and given away by consumers as a “free good,” with resulting improvements in social welfare. I …

Hack-proofing our devices

“Radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags have become almost ubiquitous – look carefully, and you’ll notice them in passports, credit cards, library books, office access passes, and even pet cats. The technology, which allows fast, automated identification of physical objects, is also …

Project  Harmonograph

Harmonograph

“Mathematics has always been a riveting subject both conceptually and practically, since the longest time. On my way to practicing design, I discovered an outlet into art based off of mathematics. We are going to make a ‘Harmonograph’ based on …

How to set up the DHT11 humidity sensor on an Arduino

“Because of their low cost and small size, DHT11 humidity and temperature sensors are perfect for lots of different DIY electronics projects. Some projects where the DHT11 would be useful include remote weather stations, home environment control systems, and agricultural …

Indiana University researchers launch tool to understand spread of fake news

“The Observatory on Social Media at Indiana University has launched a powerful new tool in the fight against fake news. The tool, called Hoaxy, visualizes how claims in the news — and fact checks of those claims — spread online through social …

Introduction to Embedded Systems: A Cyber-Physical Systems Approach, Second Edition

“This book takes a cyber-physical approach to introduce the engineering concepts underlying embedded systems. The focus is on modeling, design, and analysis of cyber-physical systems, which integrate computation, networking, and physical processes.”

Introduction To MIPS Assembly Language Programming

“This book was written to introduce students to assembly language programming in MIPS. As with all assembly language programming texts, it covers basic operators and instructions, subprogram calling, loading and storing memory, program control, and the conversion of the assembly …

IoT Oil Tank Gauge With IBM Bluemix and Maximo

“The concept for this Instructable is to create an IoT device that sends alerts when oil in an oil tank is low. This can be configured for industry, or in this case, to alert a homeowner of a low tank …

Learning IR remote control receiver

“Control anything with your remote control. This receiver works with RC-5 and NEC format IR remote controls, depending on the firmware used. The receiver has 11 output channels, and each channel can have up to 4 buttons (on, off …