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“Better” Copper Means Higher-Efficiency Electric Motors

“New manufacturing process yields highest conductivity copper composites at bulk scale Researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) have increased the conductivity of copper wire by about five percent. That may seem like a small amount but it can make …

Project  BikeEverest

BikeEverest

“A champion biker from Alaska—Lael Wilcox—in a 21-hour nonstop stretch over the this Memorial Day weekend, made 13 trips up and down a 9-mile stretch of local Hatcher Pass Road to complete the Everest climbing challenge. The goal …

Bringing a Power Tool from Math into Quantum Computing

“Scientists design a novel quantum circuit that calculates the fast Fourier transform, an indispensable tool in all fields of engineering. The Fourier transform is a mathematical operation essential to virtually all fields of physics and engineering. Although there already exists …

Build a Simple Bicycle Turn Signal

“With the advent of fall, it’s sometimes hard to realize that the days have become shorter, although the temperature may be the same. It’s happened to everyone- you go on an afternoon bike trip, but before you’re …

Project  ByteMachine

ByteMachine

“Building an 8-bit computer is not exactly trivial. There are always many components involved which are normally connected to some common address and data bus with complex control signal timings for RAM, ROM and IO controller parts and whatnot. One …

Cameras that can learn

“Intelligent cameras could be one step closer thanks to a research collaboration between the Universities of Manchester and Bristol who have developed cameras that can learn and understand what they are seeing. Roboticists and artificial intelligence (AI) researchers know there …

Cheap All Sky camera project with Raspberry Pi

“All Sky meteorite camera build under 150$. My friend Jani made a program to capture night sky events with cheap Raspberry Pi hardware. Now the program is out of beta and new version supports all Raspberry Pi versions and camera …

CO2 meter using M5StickC

“I made a CO2 concentration meter for the purpose of room ventilation guide. The CO2 sensor is MH-Z19B, NDIR type. Cause I’ve been working at home and being cooped up in my room, I decided to make a …

Death by Spaghettification: Scientists Record Last Moments of Star Devoured by a Black Hole

“A rare blast of light, emitted by a star as it is sucked in by a supermassive black hole, has been spotted by scientists using telescopes from around the world. The phenomenon, known as a tidal disruption event, is the …

DIY Arcade Box With Raspberry Pi and RetroPie

“Hello everyone! In this Instructables project I will show you how to make your own Arcade Box! I designed it to fit a 15” and 17” 4:3 Monitor and kept its dimensions small so that it does not take …