Archives for August 2018
A new ‘periodic table’ for nanomaterials
A Novel Graphene Quantum Dot Structure Takes the Cake
A novel nanoactuator system has been developed
Actuation Gives New Dimensions to an Old Material V
All wired up: New molecular wires for single-molecule electronic devices
Announcing the Arduino Command Line Interface (CLI) V
Arduino Nano as CP/M-Compatible Computer V
Arduino Uno/Leonardo Keyboard Macro Box V
AWAKE successfully accelerates electrons V
Battery Powered Weather & Air Quality Monitoring Station
Building miniature lasers with nanowires V
Carbon in colour: First-ever coloured thin films of nanotubes created
Chemists make breakthrough on road to creating a rechargeable lithium-oxygen battery
Colorado Prepares to Install “Smart Road” Product by Integrated Roadways
D-Wave Breakthrough Demonstrates First Large-Scale Quantum Simulation of Topological State of Matter V
Device harvests energy from low-frequency vibrations
DHT11 Temperature and Humidity Monitoring Using the ESP8266 and the AskSensors IoT Platform
DIY Adjustable Constant Load (Current & Power) V
DIY Bluetooth Temperature Sensor (ATTINY85)
DIY Soccer Playing Mobile Robot V
DIY Voice/Internet Controlled Home Automation and Monitoring Using ESP8266 and Google Home Mini
Driverless taxi debuts in Tokyo in ‘world first’ trial ahead of Olympics
Electronoobs Watch - Internal 8mhz Clock V
First-ever 3D-printed electrolyte for lithium-ion batteries
Graphene as an infrared detector
Graphene laminated pipes could reduce corrosion in the oil and gas industry
Greener alternative to lithium-ion batteries
Hacking a $35 ECG nRF52 Fitness Tracker into EEG V
High performance graphene-based catalysts
Improved Efficiency and Stability of CQD Solar Cells Using an Organic Thin Film
Inspired by Nature: Autonomous Underwater Robotics V
IoRCT: The Internet of Radio-Controlled Things! V
LED Strip Atari Pong Arcade Machine
Levitating 2D Semiconductor for Better Performance
Martian Skies Clearing over Opportunity Rover
MIT researchers 3-D print colloidal crystals V
Monitoring System for Smart Crops V
Nano-imaging of intersubband transitions in few-layer 2D materials
Nanotubes change the shape of water
Nixie Clock / Display / Full Build
Organizing Quantum Dots May Improve Consumer Electronics
Research Brief: Researchers 3D print prototype for ‘bionic eye’ V
Researchers Turn Tracking Codes into Unclonable “Clouds” to Authenticate Genuine 3D Printed Parts
RGB Infinity Mirror with 3D Magnetic Sensor V
Rice U. lab finds evidence of matter-matter coupling
Safe Shutdown and Auto Bootup for Raspberry Pi
Scientists Make New Transistors Working Without Electricity Supporting
Solved! Caltech Researcher Helps Crack Decades-Old Math Problem
S&T researcher designs DNA-assembled electronic circuits for miniaturization of computers
The electronic transistor you’ve been waiting for V
The Peaceful Atom in Smartphone: Scientists Learn How to “Predict” Properties of Nuclear Batteries
These lithium-ion batteries can’t catch fire because they harden on impact
This bright blue dye is found in fabric. Could it also power batteries? V
Uncovering atomic movements in crystal
Use Capacitors to Measure Temperature
A paper battery powered by bacteria
A valley so low: Electrons congregate in ways that may be useful to “valleytronics”
Algorithm Provides Early Warning System for Tracking Groundwater Contamination
An LED You Can Blow Out Like a Candle! V
Arduino Arcade Lego Games Box V
Arduino - Control Arm Robot via Web V
Automatic Plant Watering and Irrigation System
Build an Atari Punk Console this evening V
Coffee Table With Infinity Mirror From Casino Roulette V
Color effects from transparent 3D-printed nanostructures
Connecting the (Nano) Dots: NIST Says Big-Picture Thinking Can Advance Nanoparticle Manufacturing
DIY Bluetooth Speaker From Old Jeans and Pallet Wood
Driving Small Motors With the TB6612FNG V
Energy-efficient spin current can be controlled by magnetic field and temperature
Fly high and far with Asia’s first fully solar-powered quadcopter drone created by NUS students V
Getting even closer to the limit
Graphene phase modulators hold the key to faster mobile technology
Ice Confirmed at the Moon’s Poles
It’s a ‘flying motorbike’! Impressive homemade drone takes off with its Chinese inventor on board V
It’s All in the Mix: Julich Researchers are Developing Fast-Charging Solid-State Batteries
Light-Emitting Nanoparticles Could Provide a Safer Way to Image Living Cells
Making light work of quantum computing
More efficient security for cloud-based machine learning
Netduino Facial Recognition WiFi Lock V
New material could improve efficiency of computer processing and memory
Once a Performance Barrier, This Material Quirk Could Strengthen Our Telecommunication Connections
Physicists fight laser chaos with quantum chaos to improve laser performance V
Run a C program bare metal on an ARM Cortex M3
Scientists make leap in simulating quantum particles
Stanford engineers create new AI camera for faster, more efficient image classification
Stratolaunch Announces New Launch Vehicles
The GoodNightLight: a Simple Nightlight Circuit V
The I2C Bus: When to Use an I2C Buffer
Twisted electronics open the door to tunable 2-D materials
Virginia Tech researchers develop novel process to 3D print one of the strongest materials on Earth
wESP32: Wired ESP32 with Ethernet and PoE
Wireless communication breaks through water-air barrier V
World’s Largest 3D Printed Coral Reef Installed At Maldives Island Resort V
Xbox One controller mini wheel V
An Arduino-controlled turntable for 3D scanning V
Current Meter, Network Frequency and Non-invasive Power V
Designing Nanocrystals for more efficient Optoelectronics
For UW physicists, the 2-D form of tungsten ditelluride is full of surprises
Liquid battery could lead to flexible energy storage
Machine Learning Technique Reconstructs Images Passing through a Multimode Fiber
On-demand polymers may yield designer materials
Optical Pressure Detector Could Improve Robot Skin, Wearable Devices and Touch Screens
Patented a new type of electrochemical cell
Quantum material is promising ‘ion conductor’ for research, new technologies
Researchers put a new spin on cooling electronic hotspots
Scientists ‘Squeeze’ Nanocrystals in a Liquid Droplet Into a Solid-Like State - and Back Again
Six Things About Opportunity’s Recovery Efforts
Smallest transistor worldwide switches current with a single atom in solid electrolyte
Smart Home Electrical Distribution for Floods V
3D Inks that Can Be Erased Selectively
Arduino 5X3 LED Matrix to Run Alphabets V
Auto-switching Bluetooth Amplifier
Bitcoin Powered Electrical Outlet V
‘Building up’ Stretchable Electronics to be as Multipurpose as Your Smartphone V
Communication between two Arduinos using NRF24L01
DIY Arduino PWM5 Solar Charge Controller (PCB Files and Software Included) V
Edison Lamp Dimmer 230V Arduino IRDA Remote Control V
For ever more efficient optical fibres
Inside the die of Intel’s 8087 coprocessor chip, root of modern floating point
Long-sought carbon structure joins graphene, fullerene family V
Meet the guy with four arms, two of which someone else controls in VR
Micro:bit: Displaying Values Like an Abacus
MIT mathematicians solve age-old spaghetti mystery
Molecular switch detects metals in the environment
NVIDIA Reinvents Computer Graphics with Turing Architecture
PaperTTY - Python module to render a TTY on e-ink V
Run Stepper Motor Without a Driver V
Shining a light on the operation of lasers
Surprise slow electrons are produced when intense lasers hit clusters of atoms
Weather Station: ESP8266 With Deep Sleep, SQL, Graphing by Flask&Plotly
Word Clock - Customisable And Easy To Build V
World record - Low-draft electron bunches drive high plasma wakes
Army scientists create new technique for modeling turbulence in the atmosphere
Graphene enters the stratosphere
Hydrogen-powered mobility edges closer with next-generation fuel cell systems
In a first, scientists precisely measure how synthetic diamonds grow
Launch Week Begins for Parker Solar Probe
Make a 2 Sided, Desktop Infinity Mirror V
Motion Activated Light Switch With Light Sensor
New materials could make batteries charge faster
NIST Shows Laser Ranging Can ‘See’ 3D Objects Melting in Fires
Novel approach to coherent control of a three-level quantum system
Octopod: Smart IoT Home Automation Project V
Quantum chains in graphene nanoribbons
Study: Hole in ionosphere is caused by sudden stratospheric warming
Suppressing sound in extreme places
Tying electrons down with nanoribbons
UNH Researchers Find Seed Coats Could Lead to Strong, Tough, Yet Flexible Materials
Variable Lab Bench Power Supply!
3D Printer Monitoring with Alexa and Arduino V
Introducing Snapdragon 670 for superior performance, camera capabilities, and AI tech
Introducing the latest in textiles: Soft hardware
IoT Split-flap Weather Forecast Powered by XOD V
Python/MicroPython IoT Framework Example - Auto Irrigation
World’s Densest, Totally Silent Solid State Drive
Z1: Wifi-Controlled Robot Arm V
An AI system for editing music in videos V
Arduino Film Camera Shutter Checker
Arduino Neural Network Robot V
Arduino Self Balancing Robot V
BasketBot - a Robot Car Made With a Plastic Basket V
Complexity test offers new perspective on small quantum computers
DIY Wave Tank/flume Using Arduino and V-slot V
Duke to Lead $15 Million Program to Create First Practical Quantum Computer V
Easy Start into the World of IoT with MQTT
Electrons in iron-based superconductors can pair up in two different ways
How a Computer Learns To Dribble: Practice, Practice, Practice V
How to Defuse a Time Bomb Game V
IoT Desktop Clock and Thermometer V
Linear Servo Joint Module *Tiny_CNC_Collection V
New class of materials could be used to make batteries that charge faster
New Technique Uses Templates to Guide Self-Folding 3-D Structures
Samsung Electronics Starts Mass Production of Industry’s First 4-bit Consumer SSD
Soft multifunctional robots get really small V
UCLA engineers develop artificial intelligence device that identifies objects at the speed of light
3D printing the next generation of batteries
A Better Way to 3D Print Metallic Glass
A soft, on-the-fly solution to a hard, underwater problem V
Building a Hexapod Robot: SONAR Measurement with FPGA
Chiiiiiirp! Indoor Air Quality Measurement and Alarm V
LHC accelerates its first “atoms”
Microscale Superlubricity Could Pave Way for Future Improved Electromechanical Devices
MyRiver V
On-chip optical filter processes wide range of light wavelengths
Optical fibers that can “feel” the materials around them
‘Strange metals’ just got stranger
UNSW Canberra research sheds new light on silicon nanoparticles