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ITMO Researchers Explore Direct Laser Writing of Nanolattices

“Researchers from ITMO’s Faculty of Nanoelectronics together with their colleagues from the Lebedev Physical Institute, D. Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia, and the National Research Nuclear University MEPhI have conducted a study that showed that nanolattices possess …

Laser bursts drive fastest-ever logic gates

“Researchers at Rochester and Erlangen have taken a decisive step toward creating ultrafast computers. A long-standing quest for science and technology has been to develop electronics and information processing that operate near the fastest timescales allowed by the laws of …

LDR Color Sensor

“With the intention of building a cheap and simple color sensor to do projects with our students, we found an idea that seemed to allow us to do this with a simple LDR photoresistor and an RGB LED. Let’s …

MakerBot and Ultimaker agree to merge to accelerate global adoption of additive manufacturing

“The new entity has secured additional funding of $62.4M to fuel global 3D printing innovation. MakerBot and Ultimaker, two leaders in desktop 3D printing, today announced that they have come to a business combination agreement that will accelerate the …

Masking Tape Plotter

“Make Beautiful Big Labels Practically for Free This is an appliance that plots labels on ordinary masking tape. It uses Hershey Fonts and GRBL and the stepper assembly from a DVD drive. What makes it noteworthy (other that the fact …

Mechanism ‘splits’ electron spins in magnetic material

“Holding the right material at the right angle, Cornell researchers have discovered a strategy to switch the magnetization in thin layers of a ferromagnet – a technique that could eventually lead to the development of more energy-efficient magnetic memory devices. The …

MediaTek Unveils New AIoT Platform Stack and Introduces the Genio 1200 AIoT Chip

“With the MediaTek Genio platform stack, designers and OEMs can bring differentiated and secure intelligent devices to market faster May 11, 2022 - 1:30 AM Scottsdale, Arizona – May 10, 2022 – MediaTek today unveiled its new Genio platform for AIoT devices …

MIT engineers build load-bearing structures using tree forks instead of steel joints

“Discarded tree forks could replace load-bearing joints in architecture projects using a construction technique developed by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The system combines generative design and robotic fabrication to allow tree forks – the pieces of wood where …

Music / hand controlled led strip with arduino

“Control a led strip with an ultrasonic sensor, set the color with your hand, or switch modes and let the music control it! 3 modes: Mode A: distance controlled led strip, meaning, based on the distance reading of the sensor …

‘Nanomagnetic’ computing can provide low-energy AI, researchers show

“Researchers have shown it is possible to perform artificial intelligence using tiny nanomagnets that interact like neurons in the brain. The new method, developed by a team led by Imperial College London researchers, could slash the energy cost of artificial …