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How an Ancient Board Game Could Unlock Cutting-Edge Physics Discoveries

“The game mancala may have originated as far back as 6000 BCE in Jordan and is played around the world to this day. It consists of stones that players move between a series of small pits on a wooden game …

How flip-flops are implemented in the Intel 8086 processor

“A key concept for a processor is the management of “state”, information that persists over time. Much of a computer is built from logic gates, such as NAND or NOR gates, but logic gates have no notion of time. Processors …

How to Turn any DC Motor into a Servo Motor

“In this tutorial we will learn how to turn any DC motor into a stand-alone custom servo motor with a lot of features. Unlike regular servos that have limited motion of 180 or 270 degrees, this one has unlimited range …

Project  Kaluma

Kaluma

“Kaluma is a tiny and efficient JavaScript runtime for RP2040 (Raspberry Pi Pico). The main features are: - Small footprint. Runs minimally on microcontrollers with 300KB ROM with 64KB RAM. - Support modern JavaScript standards (ECMAScript 5/6/6+). Powered by JerryScript …

Lasers deflected using air

“Using a novel method, beams of laser light can be deflected using air alone. An invisible grating made only of air is not only immune to damage from the laser light, but it also preserves the original quality of the …

Machine learning used to probe the building blocks of shapes

“Applying machine learning to find the properties of atomic pieces of geometry shows how AI has the power to accelerate discoveries in maths. Mathematicians from Imperial College London and the University of Nottingham have, for the first time, used machine …

Making a femtosecond laser out of glass

“EPFL scientists show that it is possible to make a femtosecond laser that fits in the palm of one’s hand using a glass substrate. Is it possible to make a femtosecond laser entirely out of glass? That’s the …

Microchip’s Radiation-Tolerant (RT) PolarFire® FPGA Achieves QML Class Q Qualification

“Brings high levels of density and performance to space applications, saving system cost and engineering efforts through low power consumption and immunity to configuration upsets Products that have Qualified Manufacturers List (QML) designations are often the most trusted and readily …

NASA Sets Coverage for Psyche Spacecraft Launch to Metal World

“The spacecraft will explore a metal-rich asteroid, also named Psyche, to learn how Earth and other rocky planets formed. NASA will provide coverage of the upcoming prelaunch and launch activities for its Psyche mission to a metal-rich asteroid. Launch is …

New tools are available to help reduce the energy that AI models devour

“Amid the race to make AI bigger and better, Lincoln Laboratory is developing ways to reduce power, train efficiently, and make energy use transparent. When searching for flights on Google, you may have noticed that each flight’s carbon-emission estimate …