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How Electric Fish Were Able to Evolve Electric Organs

“Electric organs help electric fish, such as the electric eel, do all sorts of amazing things: They send and receive signals that are akin to bird songs, helping them to recognize other electric fish by species, sex and even individual …

How to Design a Button Box Housing With Schematic and PCB

“A couple months ago, I started a project on Tinker CAD, this would later become my fully working Button Box that I now regularly use in sim games and even for shortcuts in Fusion360. Up to my Tinker CAD project …

How To Make Ultrasonic Levitator with Arduino

“In this tutorial, I will teach you how to Levitate objects using sound waves and of course with the help of an Arduino board. Ultrasonic Transmitter If you have ever worked with ultrasonic modules, for example, SRF05, you have noticed …

Infineon and pmdtechnologies develop 3D depth-sensing technology for Magic Leap 2 – enabling advanced cutting-edge industrial and medical applications

“Augmented reality (AR) applications are about to fundamentally change the way we live and work. Later this year, AR pioneer Magic Leap is expected to introduce its newest AR device, the Magic Leap 2. Designed specifically for enterprise use, Magic …

Ingenuity Adapts for Mars Winter Operations

“As detailed in our last blog post, for the first time in our yearlong extended mission we had a loss of communications with Ingenuity from the downlink of May 3 (Sol 427) and May 4 (Sol 428). After a week …

Intel Taps Factory Network to Overcome Substrate Shortages

“Intel today recognized the contributions of its Vietnam site to alleviating constraints in the global semiconductor supply chain. Thanks to an innovative approach to processing substrates in its assembly and test factory, Intel delivered millions of additional units of chip …

IoT & Home Automation w/nRF24l01 & Raspberry Pi

“How to setup IoT devices with Arduino and a Raspberry Pi for a home automation system. Overview I’ve developed a communication stack based on the OSI model for nRF24 radios over the past number of years, and it is …

Laser Engraver Made With Repurposed CD/DVD Computer Drives

“Over half a year ago now, while trying to think up ideas for a project, I found a tutorial for a pen plotter that used the stepper motor mechanisms contained within DVD and or CD computer drives to create a …

Lattice Extends its Control FPGA Leadership with Introduction of MachXO5-NX Family

“Lattice Semiconductor (NASDAQ: LSCC), the low power programmable leader, today extended its long-standing leadership in control FPGAs with the introduction of Lattice MachXO5™-NX family, the fifth device built on the award-winning Lattice Nexus™ platform. MachXO5-NX FPGAs enable the …

Magna Doodle Clock

“Draw the current time on a Magna Doodle using your favorite TrueType fonts I have a thing for clocks. This is my 4th clock design (and the only one that works at the moment, lol). I wanted to do something …