Introduction While it might be tempting to lump Single Board Computers (SBC’s) and Dev Boards together, as many retailers do for the sake of convenience, SBCs and Dev Boards have distinct roles and functionalities which separate them. He...
Rice farmers in Asia have always used ducks to keep their plants pest-free, acting as a healthier, natural solution to pesticides. Ducks work in rice fields by waddling around flooded areas, rooting out weeds and devouring insects. Their manure is an...
IntroductionThe NVIDIA Jetson Nano is a compact board approximately 70x45mm in size, with a large heatsink : ) It's got a very powerful microchip, the NVIDIA Tegra X1, which contains four ARM applications processor cores, as well as 128 graphics ...
Scientists have designed and developed a robotic shrimp that's eerily similar to the pistol shrimp. The pistol shrimp is just a few inches in length and has a massive claw that is so strong it can knock out its prey with the shockwave when the cl...
Hot Wheels has always been great at giving users the virtual experience for the past few years when it comes to toy cars. Their toys like Hot Wheels AI, Mindracers and Augmoto all have been focused on making it a driving experience that is play...
I'm looking for a $1 single board computer or controller that can control 60 LEDs, a buzzer, 2 three digit seven segment displays and one buzzer. This controller must be acurate to a second. is there such a controller? Is there a co...
IntroductionI recently needed a small form-factor computer and I was lucky enough to get given an Intel NUC (model NUC7i3DNKE) as part of my work. I thought I’d take some photos of it as I explored it. My primary use-case will be to use it for d...
NASA to send robotic bees to Mars in an attempt to study the planet further. The space agency has implemented this idea ahead of sending humans to our neighbor planet. The image shows a concept of how Marsbees would work. (Photo via NASA) What’s...
IntroductionThe Leap Motion Controller is something that can be used as an input device for a computer (desktop/laptop or a single board computer). It can be placed on the desk, or if desired can be strapped onto a virtual reality (VR) headset if you...
hi all i am not new to eletronics but i am new to microcontrolers and sbc but i was wondering were do i start in building my own sbc i know you need the basics the prosesor ram rom and mic parts
The Volocopter saw its first tethered passenger flight during CES 2018. (Image credit: Volocopter) German drone manufacturer Volocopter recently demonstrated its first manned flight at this year’s CES, of course, it was tethered and indoors but...
The seventh successful launch of Blue Origin’s New Shepard reusable suborbital spacecraft. (Image credit: Blue Origin) The Skywalker’s have always been a family of many talents- young Anakin became a notable Sith Lord, his son Luke became a Jed...
While the city won’t be outright banning these bots, they are now not allowed on crowded city sidewalks. These bots have a lot of rules to follow before they hit the streets (Image via Reuters) When it was first introduced, the idea of delivery ...
Google’s AutoML utilizes reinforcement learning to build superior versions of itself. Earlier this year (May 2017), the Google Brain Team unveiled their AutoML AI (Artificial Intelligence) platform capable of creating its own AIs. Moving forwa...
The needle is cost effective and allows doctors to see targeted tissue that’s normally difficult to spot during procedures. If you have trypanophonia you may want to look away. (Photo via Nature) No one ever looks forward to having surgery, but ...
These new artificial muscles not only prove to be strong, but are also easy to make and cost effective. Though it looks like a snake made in origami, it’s actually a new soft robot (Photo from MIT CSAIL) Because soft robotics are flexible, it al...
Note: This blog post partly contains some new content, and partly some content from blog posts I’ve written in the past. It is a consolidation, to make information relevant to FRDM boards and mbed available at one convenient location.Note 2: February...
Boston Dynamics Atlas robot can now jump and perform backflips on its own without assistance. (Image credit Boston Dynamics) Boston Dynamics’ Atlas has come a long way since it was first developed back in 2013 as a spin-off of the company’s ear...
Toyota’s Platform 2.1 autonomous vehicle features two modes- Guardian and Chauffeur. (Image credit Toyota) Last month Toyota unveiled its latest version of their autonomous vehicle- the Lexus-modified (600hL) Platform 2.1, which features better...
www.youtube.com/watchGoogle introduces its own AR software development kit dubbed ARCore. ARCore doesn’t require any special equipment; you only need your phone. (Image via Google) Not too long ago, Apple stepped up their VR game with ARKit, the...
Swedish company Einride is looking to employ of fleet of 200 T-Pods by 2020 for a new autonomous delivery service. The T-Pod looks like something out of a sci-fi film (Photo via Einride) We all heard the stories about self-driving cars and their...
Amp Cortex Robotic Sorter. (Image credit Amp Robotics) Let’s face it, we live in a world of ‘plastic Armageddon’ where an estimated 300-million tons of it are produced each year according to the World Watch Institute, and a lot of it is buried ...
This Promobot saves a little girl from a falling shelf, but many question its authenticity Is this video too good to be true? (Photo from Promobot) Robots have a reputation for being cold, emotionless hunks of metal no matter how badly Hollywood...
Estonia and a number of other countries are ready to embrace delivery bots; other places not so much. Will these adorable bots be rolling down a street near you? (Photo via Starship Technologies) It was only a few years ago, where the thought of...
