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Nylon finally takes its place as a piezoelectric textile

“Nylon might seem the obvious go-to material for electronic textiles—not only is there an established textiles industry based on nylon, but it conveniently has a crystalline phase that is piezoelectric—tap it and you get a build-up of charge …

Panasonic Commercializes Conductive Polymer Hybrid Aluminum Electrolytic Capacitors with the Industry’s Largest Ripple Current

“Panasonic Corporation announced today that its Industrial Solutions Company has commercialized new conductive polymer hybrid aluminum electrolytic capacitors, the large-current ZU series, and large-capacitance ZSU series for use in automotive ECUs (electronic control units) [1]. Mass production will start in …

Photovoltaic Cell Battery Charger / Solar Cell Li-Ion Battery Trickle Charger with MPPC

“This is a tiny module that allows users to charge small Li-ion batteries, CR2032 or equivalent, from a low power source such as a small photovoltaic cell. The project consists of the LTC3105 step-up DC-DC converter chip which features …

Physicists Pin Down Nuclear Reaction From Moments After the Big Bang

“The newly-measured rate of a key nuclear fusion process from the Big Bang matches the picture of the universe 380,000 years later. In a secluded laboratory buried under a mountain in Italy, physicists have re-created a nuclear reaction that …

PiGFX - Raspberry Pi graphics card / ANSI terminal emulator

“PiGFX is a bare metal kernel for the Raspberry Pi that implements a basic ANSI terminal emulator with the additional support of some primitive graphics functions. It can be driven by pushing characters to the raspi UART. Additional functions like …

Plant Reminder Box

“PocketBeagle based device that displays and texts user about plant’s sunlight and water levels Motivations As a new plant parent, I unfortunately often forget to water my plants, or incorrectly place my plants in spots with too little or …

PLATYPUS reveals new vulnerabilities discovered in Intel processors

“An international team of security researchers, including experts from the University of Birmingham, is presenting new side-channel attacks, which use fluctuations in software power consumption to access sensitive data on Intel CPUs. Power side-channel attacks are attacks that exploit fluctuations …

Plug & Play CO2 Sensor Display With NodeMCU/ESP8266 for Schools, Kindergardens or Your Home

“I am going to show you how to quickly build a plug & play CO2 sensor where all elements of the project will be connected with DuPont wires. There will only be 5 points that need to soldered, because I did …

Power-free system harnesses evaporation to keep items cool

“Inspired by camel fur, a new two-layered material could provide extended cooling to preserve the freshness of perishable goods. Camels have evolved a seemingly counterintuitive approach to keeping cool while conserving water in a scorching desert environment: They have a …

PSLV successfully launches EOS-01 and nine customer satellite from Sriharikota

“India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, in its fifty first flight (PSLV-C49), successfully launched EOS-01 along with nine international customer satellites from Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) SHAR, Sriharikota on November 07, 2020. PSLV-C49 is the 2nd …