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Beyond Lithium: A Promising Cathode Material for Magnesium Rechargeable Batteries

“Lithium-ion batteries have remained unrivaled in terms of overall performance for several applications, as evidenced by their widespread use in everything from portable electronics to cellular base stations. However, they suffer from few important disadvantages that are difficult to ignore …

Breadboard Gameboy

“A Gameboy emulator assembled on a breadboard that runs 1989’s Tetris at full speed with sound! Ever wanted to play the original Gameboy’s Tetris on a breadboard? Well, now you can. This fully functional Gameboy emulation assembled on …

Build your own Raspberry Pi weather station with weather forecast and ESP32 wireless sensors

“For years now, one of these typical weather stations has been sitting in my living room. It works as it should, but it lacks a second or even third radio sensor, and a weather forecast would be a great addition …

Candy Box Gameboy

“The ATTBOY is a very basic Attiny85-based game console that is housed in a candy box and runs the space invaders game. So here’s something extremely cool and intriguing: a tiny Gameboy that fits inside a Candy Tin box …

Creating 3D objects with sound

“Scientists assemble matter in 3D using sound waves for 3D printing Scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Medical Research and the Heidelberg University have created a new technology to assemble matter in 3D. Their concept uses multiple acoustic holograms …

CryptMaster 2001

“This is another quick and quirky project I put together for my two younger kids: a pair of simple, handheld devices that let them enter text and then write down the its encrypted representation on a piece of paper. The …

Deep learning for quantum sensing

“Artificial intelligence assists quantum metrology for greater efficiency with an innovative model-free learning algorithm Quantum sensing represents one of the most promising applications of quantum technologies, with the aim of using quantum resources to improve measurement sensitivity. In particular, sensing …

DIY Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Detector

“A couple of weeks ago, I read an article about CO2 levels and how they may indicate higher transmission of COVID-19 in an indoor space. After reading this article, I wanted to take a crack at designing a simple …

Earthquake Scientists Have a New Tool in the Race to Find the Next Big One

“An everyday quirk of physics could be an important missing piece in scientists’ efforts to predict the world’s most powerful earthquakes. In a study published in the journal Science, researchers at The University of Texas at Austin discovered that …

Energy Monitoring Module for any Dev Board

“Measure voltage, current, active power, power factor, and electrical energy with any microcontroller through UART. The problem If we knew how much energy we use at each moment, I am convinced that we would use it better, just for the …