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‘Super jelly’ can survive being run over by a car

“Researchers have developed a jelly-like material that can withstand the equivalent of an elephant standing on it, and completely recover to its original shape, even though it’s 80% water. The soft-yet-strong material, developed by a team at the University …

Switch/LED Panel with Arduino for FS2020

“A simple panel to add some commands and status LEDs for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 on a PC If you are a Flight Simulator enthusiast and would try to build your first external panel to send some commands and read …

The MagPi 112

“Make & Build with Zero 2. Discover 40 incredible projects that make the most out of Zero 2 W’s faster 1GHz quad-core processor. Build radio sets, robots, retro games consoles and more. Build Christmas Gifts with Raspberry Pi. Use your …

The reasons behind lithium-ion batteries’ rapid cost decline

“A new study finds that investments in R&D on materials and chemistry were key, while economies of scale contributed somewhat less. Lithium-ion batteries, those marvels of lightweight power that have made possible today’s age of handheld electronics and …

The Riemann conjecture unveiled by Physics

“The new piece of research, carried out by by Giuseppe Mussardo, professor of Theoretical Physics at SISSA, and Andrè Leclair of Cornell University (USA) has just been published in the Journal of Statistical Mechanics (JSTAT) A mystery of mathematics that …

The Robot Head Project - 2 Degree of Freedom Gimbal

“I originally saw the mechanism for this project on Youtube. I wanted to create this in a fully 3d printable form because it’s an interesting interactive mechanism. I also thought it would make for a fun kinetic sculpture! This …

UArizona Researchers Develop Ultra-Thin ‘Computer on the Bone’

“Engineers and physicians teamed up to develop a wireless device to monitor and protect bone health. A team of University of Arizona researchers has developed an ultra-thin wireless device that grows to the surface of bone and could someday help …

Ultrathin solar cells get a boost

“Rice lab finds 2D perovskite compound has the right stuff to challenge bulkier products Rice University engineers have achieved a new benchmark in the design of atomically thin solar cells made of semiconducting perovskites, boosting their efficiency while retaining their …

Whole House energy monitor

“Whole house energy monitor that monitors a split phase 120/240 service and publishes to blynk. I’ve been wanting to create a whole home energy monitor for my house for awhile now. I could not find a project anywhere …

World record again at HZB: Almost 30 % efficiency for next-generation tandem solar cells

“Three HZB teams led by Prof. Christiane Becker, Prof. Bernd Stannowski and Prof. Steve Albrecht have jointly managed to increase the efficiency of perovskite silicon tandem solar cells fabricated completely at HZB to a new record value of 29.80 …