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Twitch Livestream Controlled Delivery Robot

“Hello! I am Sunayana Pai, an interdisciplinary engineering junior at San Jose State University. I’m working with Andrew Duong, a mechanical engineering senior. Inspired by the popular Twitch Plays Pokemon (where viewers of a stream sent commands for the …

UMD Scientists Help Uncover Origins of Castaway Gamma-ray Bursts

“These enigmatic bursts of energy have been traced back to previously undiscovered galaxies in the early Universe An international team of astronomers found that certain short gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) did not originate in the vastness of intergalactic space as they …

UNH Research Finds Tiny CubeSats Can Offer a Big Scientific Bang for the Buck

“Good things can indeed come in small packages, especially when it relates to satellite technology. Scientists at the University of New Hampshire have found that innovative miniature CubeSats, usually no larger than a box of tissues, can be just as …

Vacuum Fiber Molding (VFM) Machine

“This instructables guides you through the steps of making a Vacuum Fiber Drawing (VFM) machine, a tool to designed for chemists/soft-roboticists/academics to rapidly design and iterate LCE actuators. Tools needed: - Laser cutter - 3D printer - Screwdriver - Glass drill - superglue …

Watching viscous flow, but faster

“A combination of efficient math and parallel computation accelerates the modeling of viscous liquid flow. By redesigning how fluids are simulated, KAUST researchers have demonstrated a more than tenfold speed increase on the previous state of the art for slow-flowing …

A new twist on old-school animation

“MIT researchers create KineCAM, an instant camera that yields images that appear to move. It’s another case of a class project that turned into a bit more than the typical assignment. The story began last fall in the MIT …

An engineer uses an ancient art to solve a very modern problem

“Stanford aerospace engineer Manan Arya shows how origami can help allow enormous spacecraft structures to fit into rockets a fraction of their size. If you’ve ever made an origami paper crane, using folds and creases to transform a square …

Arduino ‘Knock Knock’ Door Access System

“Use ‘secret knocks’ to enter a room! I was watching Stranger Things Season 2, there was a scene where one of the characters in the show was using a secret knock on the door to let the other person in …

Arduino Nano 33 IoT Modular Nixie Clock with Web UI

“USB 5V or 12V, Motion, Light, Temperature, Humidity & Pressure Sensors. NTP Sync, Web Interface for changing settings/time & wifi. The story Caution the PSU can output high DC voltages, can cause serious injury I’m a bit late to the …

Astronomers develop novel way to ‘see’ the first stars through the fog of the early Universe

“A team of astronomers has developed a method that will allow them to ‘see’ through the fog of the early Universe and detect light from the first stars and galaxies. The researchers, led by the University of Cambridge, have developed …