Hydrogen is a very attractive prospect for alternative energy sources, and prior obstacles to the utilization of hydrogen power are being overcome through the introduction of a new aluminum alloy material and its unique reaction to water. Recent deve...
(Image credit Facebook Research) Professor Stephen Hawking and Elon Musk are staunch opponents when it comes to the advancement of AI, feeling that it could lead to the downfall of the human race and maybe they’re right. Just read the back and ...
I'm trying to control an Adafruit stepper motor with the high-end timer (NHET) module of a Texas Instruments Hercules microcontrollerI got a freebie from TI almost a year ago. An Adafruit stepper motor, a driver board and a Hercules RM57 LaunchPad. T...
I'm trying to control an unknown stepper motor with the high-end timer (NHET) module of a Texas Instruments Hercules microcontrollerI got a freebie from TI almost a year ago. An unknown stepper motor, a driver board and a Hercules RM57 LaunchPad. The...
I'm trying to control an unknown stepper motor with the high-end timer (NHET) module of a Texas Instruments Hercules microcontrollerI got a freebie from TI almost a year ago. An unknown stepper motor, a driver board and a Hercules RM57 LaunchPad....
I'm trying to control an unknown stepper motor with the high-end timer (NHET) module of a Texas Instruments Hercules microcontrollerI got a freebee from TI almost a year ago. An unknown stepper motor, a driver board and a Hercules RM57 LaunchPad. The...
There you go. A dragon of a title - just because I can. I'm trying to control an unknown stepper motor with the high-end timer (NHET) module of a Texas Instruments Hercules microcontrollerI got a freebee from TI almost a year ago. An unknown st...
I'm trying to control an unknown stepper motor with the high-end timer (NHET) module of a Texas Instruments Hercules microcontrollerI got a freebee from TI almost a year ago. An unknown stepper motor, a driver board and a Hercules RM57 LaunchPad. The...
A prototype for household-scale desalination using solar power is in development-will it change the way people get water? This prototype of the Desolenator produces 15 liters of water per day and costs $650. (image via desolenator) Curren...
I'm trying to control an unknown stepper motor with the high-end timer (NHET) module of a Texas Instruments Hercules microcontrollerI got a freebee from TI almost a year ago. An unknown stepper motor, a driver board and a Hercules RM57 LaunchPad. The...
I'm trying to control an unknown stepper motor with the high-end timer (NHET) module of a Texas Instruments Hercules microcontrollerI got a freebee from TI almost a year ago. An unknown stepper motor, a driver board and a Hercules RM57 LaunchPad. The...
An architecture firm in New York wants to suspend a building, which they have named the Analemma Tower, from an asteroid orbiting thousands of miles above the earth.The proposed Analemma Tower would follow a figure-eight route throughout the northern...
Samsung, Microsoft, and Hot Wheels unveil new projects centered around VR and AR. An idea of what Monitorless is supposed to look like (Photo via Samsung) Since virtual reality (VR) is accessible thanks to systems like the HTC Vibe or the Oculus...
Everysight hopes Raptor fixes the issue with most smart glasses – obscuring biker’s vision. Raptor glasses provide a HUD that displays your calories, heartrate, and speed (Via Eyesight) Are better HUD glasses on the way? It seems so. Smar...
Large hydroelectric dam reservoirs release large volumes of greenhouse gases due to organic matter, contributing to 1% global greenhouse gas emissions. An aerial view of the Hoover Dam, one of the largest in North America (image via Wikimedia C...
Solar Road’s is an ambitious project that has been seven years in the making to reach this point — their first public installation. These solar panels are strong enough to act as actual pavement and they plan to roll them out on roads and public squa...
Google’s Open Images and YouTube8-M have recently released datasets of annotated images and film that can serve to train a machine in a few days to a few weeks. This could give researchers and coders alike a leg up to innovate new software breakthrou...
MIT researchers make great strides to nuclear fusion produced energy on the Alcator C-Mod tokamak’s final day of operation. The Alcator C-Mod tokamak reactor has been running for 23 years. (Photo from MIT) With a society now highly conscious of ...
BACnet is a data communications protocol for building automation and control networks. It aids in intelligent building systems and helps achieve their control and data analysis goals. As an ASHRAE, ANSI, and ISO standard protocol, BACnet is designed ...
Developed by Modicon, the Modbus communication protocol is a messaging structure used to establish a master-slave or client-server communication between intelligent devices. The intelligent devices can be a PLC, HMI, PC, Distributed Control Systems (...
The programmable logic controller is the workhorse of industrial control systems. It uses digital and analog I/O modules to interface to sensors, actuators and other equipment. These I/O modules must meet stringent electrical specifications and desig...
What are you doing to make Industry 4.0 happen? What are your successes? What are your obstacles? What do you need to make Industry 4.0 happen in your organization? Perhaps the leading obstacle is the name itself -- Industry 4.0. I'll agree that...
IntroductionThe three-day UK Southern Manufacturing and Electronics show in Farnborough’s airfield closed today, and I had the chance to visit it briefly. There were hundreds of exhibitors – from all corners of the UK and beyond. It really made one f...
Mexico’s 2015 Cisco Live show currently has a display showing a Smart Connected Pipeline design. One of the more unusual displays at an exhibition : )This is just a very short post as a visitor to the exhibition point of view, for more detail check o...
