The decision has been in the works for several years now (Photo via Associated Press) I kind of live for news like this. Recently, scientists voted to change the definition of the kilogram along with the ampere, the Kelvin, and the mole. The dec...
The first photo InSight sent of its successful landing; the lens is covered with bits of dust (Photo from NASA) NASA recently made a major breakthrough in Mars exploration. On Monday (Nov. 26), the NASA InSight mission landed on Mars. Originally...
Project Impossible highlights groundbreaking engineering projects that are solving some of the world’s most pressing issues. The projects featured on the show were once thought to be impossible to achieve. (Photo via The History Channel) Back in...
Over the last several months, there have been some science-based news headlines that have caught my attention just for their topics alone. They strayed from the norm, offered unique insight about a particular topic, or were just straight-up unusual. ...
The company will drop $10-million in Closed Loop Fund to increase recycling rates across the US. (Image credit: Amazon) According to a recent report from Statista, the world is on track to generate nearly 50-tons of e-waste this year alone, and...
Don Coleman took his Arduino MKR WAN 1300 (LoRa) project to the Maker Faire and revealed exactly how well the board performs among the elements. (Image via Don Coleman GitHub) UPDATE before it's posted: I liked the LoRa system so much, I am ...
DemoA new feature, called Dynamic Power Control (DPC), controls antenna current, RF power, and the related waveforms to deliver optimized RF performance, even under detuned conditions. It maximizes transmitter current during detuned conditions and th...
Researchers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology used epidural electrical stimulation to help those paralyzed regain some of their movement. A man is back on his feet after an electrical implant. (Photo via Swiss Federal Institute) An a...
Artist Trevor Paglen is launching his latest work of art in space and is meant to be visible to the naked eye. The sculpture will inflate into an elongated diamond shape. (Photo from Trevor Paglen and Nevada Museum of Art) It's rare to have ...
The $1 billion fund recently revealed seven more startups it will invest in to help solve energy problems. The fund features investments from Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, and Michael Bloomberg. (Photo from Getty Images) Some of the biggest and most l...
You can always expect to see some amazing homemade projects at the Maker Faire. The 9th Annual Maker Faire in NYC did not disappoint. Check out some of my highlights below. 1. Rideable Robot Horse 2. Stellar Star Wars Cosplay (Rey) &...
According to this year’s Maker Faire, the future will bring living spaces that actually reflect how we live, smart urban planning, LED-embedded fashion, and so much more. (Image, original) The 9th Annual Maker Faire took place in The New Y...
This post entry provides a detailed description of how a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) pairing solution via NFC was developed using two of our reference development boards:The NTAG I2C plus kit for Arduino pinoutThe Freedom KW41Z board.This document has...
LittleBits founder Ayah Bdeir reflected on the road to littleBits with Maker Media founder Dale Dougherty during the 2018 Maker Faire. (Image via Forbes Middle East) The 2018 Maker Faire held endless surprises for the hundreds of thousand...
Near Field Communication (NFC) is hot. It is available in hundreds of millions of smartphones, tablets, and other consumer electronics, and enters more and more the industrial space as well.This article shows how to implement the demos of our "Indust...
Microsoft recently launched the AI for Humanitarian Action program, which will make their technology available to those working on various humanitarian efforts. The tech giant wants to use its AI technology for good causes. (Image is of the Microsoft...
This post entry provides a detailed description of how to port the NFC Reader Library to Kinetis K64F MCU. It is used a real porting example exercise to show the steps required to adapt the NFC Reader Library to a sample target MCU. The goal of this ...
DARPA launches a new program called Short-Range Independent Microrobotic Platforms (SHIRMP) to develop swarm bots to use in disaster relief efforts. DARPA hopes to employ these tiny guys for their disaster relief programs. (Photo via DARPA) Tiny...
Near Field Communication (NFC) is already present in more than 1.5 Billion smartphones. Well-known applications like payment and access control are enabled by NFC, but also emerging and innovative use cases which are just appearing on the horizon now...
Three Square Market’s RFID chip can be programmed for making payments, medical information, remote vehicle starting and more. (Image credit: 32chip) It’s been a year since Three Square Market tagged their (voluntary) employees with RFID chips, ...
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