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Ingenuity Completes Its Fourth Flight

“Ingenuity successfully completed its fourth flight today, and we couldn’t be happier. The helicopter took off at 10:49 a.m. EDT (7:49 a.m. PDT, or 12:33 local Mars time), climbing to an altitude of 16 …

Internet of things (IoT)-based solar tracker

“The proposed IoT solution can be employed in various fields to connect devices or things to the internet. This project presents a simple and low-cost IoT solution to monitor and control a smart dual-axis solar tracker system for performance evaluation …

Kid’s Control Panel With Arduino(s)

“Since getting an Arduino starter kit I was wondering what to make of all those fancy buttons, shiny LEDs, touchscreen LCD displays… I was thinking about weather station, but I was told that in the maker’s world, weather station …

Laser Light Makes a Comeback (Literally): New Phenomenon Discovered

“Researchers from Osaka University discover phenomenon of reciprocating propagation of laser pulse intensity in free space. Straight-line constant-speed propagation in free space is a basic characteristic of light. In a recent study published in Communications Physics, researchers from Osaka University …

Measuring Wheel

“A 3D printed measuring wheel displaying both metric and imperial measurements. While reading some of the comments on DIY Simple Measuring Wheel with Rotary Encoder by Mirko Pavleski, one in particular stood out. The comment by soorajts suggesting “squeezing it …

MIT turns “magic” material into versatile electronic devices

“Work also promises new insights into superconductivity In a feat worthy of a laboratory conceived by J.K. Rowling, MIT researchers and colleagues have turned a “magic” material composed of atomically thin layers of carbon into three useful electronic devices …

Mobile Station for Weather Exploration With AtTiny85 & BME280 for Your Smartphone

“There are couple weather stations which are build with a BME280 and Arduinos, ESP32/ESP8266, Raspberry Pi’s. But not everyone wants to use these big boys for some “small” tasks like getting weather data. Also, these kind of microcontrollers …

‘Molecular glue’ makes perovskite solar cells dramatically more reliable over time

“In a study that could help to bring inexpensive, efficient perovskite solar cells one step closer to commercial use, researchers found a way to strengthen a key weak point in the cells, dramatically increasing their functional life. A research team …

Nano flashlight enables new applications of light

“Design of miniature optical systems could lead to future cell phones that can detect viruses and more. In work that could someday turn cell phones into sensors capable of detecting viruses and other minuscule objects, MIT researchers have built a …

New boost in quantum technologies

“In an international collaboration, researchers at the University of Stuttgart were able to detect quantum bits in two-dimensional materials for the first time. Nature Materials covers this in its May 6, 2021 issue. Quantum computers or quantum sensors consist of …