The team at the university uses voxels and ultrasound waves to keep the pixels floating in mid-air. These pixels are actually floating in mid-air (via University of Sussex) With most of our times spent staring at screens, the clear, crispness of...
Russian and European scientists believe T-rays will be faster than electromagnetic fields when running computers. Will T-rays make our computers faster? No one looks forward to going to the airport and in recent years the experience has been mo...
A research team at the University of Colorado-Boulder is using wastewater from breweries to help cultivate ion battery electrodes. A diagram of the process researchers use the wastewater (Photo from University Colorado-Boulder) For some, beer is...
Yoyogi National Gymnasium replaced the wooden floor with 400sqm of SEfl LED Video-flooring from Glux. (via rentGlux) The B. League basketball games in Tokyo have kicked off with the first beginning with Alvark Tokyo against the Ryukyu Golden Ki...
The Invader mixes an old school turntable with a embedded record(Photo from Thud Rumble) Hoping to do something similar to this with a Raspberry Pi, but in the meantime.... The art of DJing has been around since the late 70s. Over time the ...
Ecad.io lets users convert their ECAD files into MCAD files online, such as this Arduino Uno 3D schematic. (via ecad.io) If you’re looking for a quick and simple way to convert your ECAD files into MCAD, you may want to check out ecad.io (now p...
Researchers used a rapid-deposition process to attach an aligned array of carbon nanotubes on a 1-inch X 1-inch substrate. (via WISC) Materials engineers from the University of Wisconsin have finally developed a process that turns carbon nanotu...
HTML’s virtual drum machines are now available for free on all popular browsers. It, Arduino, and littleBits new drum and synth kits make music making easier than ever. This is a hobby like interest for me - synthesizers and drum machines. Ma...
In honor of the original Nintendo Entertainment System, Analogue and 8bitdo created the Retro Receiver – a Bluetooth receiver that allows the original Nintendo console to work seamlessly with modern Bluetooth controllers. (via 8bitdo) I am writi...
Iowa State University’s lithium-ion battery is capable of producing 2.5V and dissolves/dissipates in 30-minutes when exposed to water. (via Iowa State) Normally, when it comes to lithium-ion batteries we prefer them to be robust and not easily ...
Intel announced a new license with ARM, that may position it to rapidly manufacture nano-sized chips for mobile use. While AMD has had access to ARM technology for a handful of years, it has little room to compete in the mobile space. (via Intel) &n...
Glicode uses popular snacks to teach kids programming; a high school in Japan has a class dedicated to drones. Ever thought of using food to learn about coding?(Photo from Glicode) It seems Japan really wants to encourage kids to be invested in...
Inspiration abounds in this mini-roundup. The next digital revolution is here, and bringing with it gizmos and gadgets that are faster, smarter, and more powerful than ever. Harvard’s B2 flow battery (Image via Harvard) One such adv...
The Maker Movement isn’t just gaining in popularity with adults, children are also joining the trend. With a $5-plus billion STEM education initiative backed by the government, and an endless array of making toys dedicated solely to kids, it’s never ...
Segments of DNA can perform basic computing functions (NAND), and code the answer by emitting green flourescent protein (GFP) (image via Nature) What happens when the world runs out of silicon? Biological circuits could replace minerals as stor...
The ridges and bumps of the OLED, when mimicking the firefly, enhance its luminescent efficiency (via American Chemical Society, 2016) Who knew that a firefly’s rear end contained the secret to efficient lighting? When aeronautic engineers desig...
Rice University researchers have tested nanocars outside of a vacuum sealed environment (via Rice University) Researchers have been using nanocars, molecular-scale cars that may carry tiny payloads one day, for testing in different vacuum enviro...
Implement new USB Type-C and Power Delivery technology with ST certified embedded software solution based on STM32.The free STM32 USB-C and PD stack is compliant with USB Type-C 1.2 and USB Power Delivery 2.0 specifications enabling the rapid develop...
This blog is the first in a series on the new debug features in SOMNIUM DRT.We all know from experience (and this is confirmed by many studies) that debugging takes up a significant part of the time in software development. Software systems are compl...
Over 10,000 GB can be stored in this tiny pink droplet! DNA storage a possibility? UW and Microsoft partnered up to create a method of accurately storing and recovering hard drive data into DNA snippets. Their latest trial was perfect at recovering d...
Tibbo Project System (TPS) is a highly configurable, affordable, and innovative automation platform. It is ideal for home, building, warehouse, and production floor automation projects, as well as data collection, distributed control, industrial comp...
Scientists at Rice University discovered the force field surrounding a Tesla coil is strong enough to cause carbon nanotubes to self-assemble, a phenomenon that could be useful in regenerative medicine. What if carbon nanotubes could self-assem...
Could quantum computing render encryption useless? Quantum computer is quickly becoming a reality as MIT and University of Innsbruck researchers have proven that a scalable computer can be created using 5 individual atoms. The possibilities of such a...
