The Smellicopter mimics a real moth when it detects a scent. To stay targeted on the odor, the moth shifts its body left or right, as needed. (Image Credit: Mark Stone/University of Washington) Meet the Smellicopter, a tiny drone that uses an o...
The SeaCleaner’s Manta ship, which relies on renewable energy for power, is a ground-breaking solution for ocean cleanup. (Image Credit: Synthes3D for The SeaCleaners) Manta, a cleanup vessel developed by the SeaCleaners, removes plastic waste f...
EPFL scientists demonstrate an artificial leaf that produces oxygen from water, solar energy, and semiconducting polymers. (Image Credit: LMNO/EPFL) Photosynthesis, which isn't efficient for plants, involves converting water and sunlight int...
Researchers are working on new wave energy converter designs to harness energy from ocean waves. A diagram showing how the DEEC-Tec flexWEC can harness energy from ocean waves. (Image credit: NREL) If you’ve ever seen a surfer wipe out, you know...
The bioprinting technology can print a 96-well array of human tissue samples in just 30 minutes. (Image Credit: Biofabrication) Rapidly 3D printing large batches of customized biological tissues would ultimately make drug development faster and ...
The transformer robot is expected to collect data on the lunar surface to determine how the regolith affects the crewed pressurized rover’s driving performance. (Image Credit: JAXA/TOMY Company/Sony/Doshisha University) Transformers on the Moon?...
Cloud providers show you how to provision devices and set up your IoT environment from a portal.It's the best way to get started. But it doesn't scale. If your organisation sells many devices, the process should be automated. Safely.To enable that, m...
MA Corporation developed the bag to allow pet owners to walk their fish and keep fish fresh for consumption. (Image Credit: MA Corporation/Instagram) Have you ever taken your fish for a walk? Ever wanted to? Well, you may be able to soon! MA Cor...
The Moonlight mission involves using a Lunar Pathfinder satellite to expand satellite navigation signals to the Moon. (Image Credit: ESA) The first time I heard the idea of a Moon-based navigation was from the manga Uchuu Kyoudai (Space Brothers...
The SmartEdge IIOT GatewaySmartEdge IIOT Gateway is a Raspberry Pi 3 Compute based industrial Linux box.It runs Raspbian with some additions.There's a set of industrial hardware extensions. In this blog I review the isolated RS-485 bus. Hardware...
AVNET's iotconnect.io cloud platform is an online service that you can use to send data to, and then show it on a dashboard. In this blog series I'm learning how to talk to it with Node-RED.In this post: authentication with a hardware support: Truste...
AVNET's iotconnect.io cloud platform is an online service that you can use to send data to, and then show it on a dashboard. In this blog series I'm learning the Python SDK and integrating BLE devices.In this post: check how it looks like on a custom...
AVNET's iotconnect.io cloud platform is an online service that you can use to send data to, and then show it on a dashboard. In this blog series I'm learning the Python SDK and integrating BLE devices.In this post: talk to the RSL10 sensor kit via it...
AVNET's iotconnect.io cloud platform is an online service that you can use to send data to, and then show it on a dashboard. In this blog series I'm learning the Python SDK and integrating BLE devices.In this post: the SDK plug-in functionality to ad...
AVNET's iotconnect.io cloud platform is an online service that you can use to send data to, and then show it on a dashboard. In this blog series I'm learning the Python SDK and integrating BLE devices.In this post: the mechanism to enter your credent...
The Long March 5B rocket launched China's first core module Tianhe space station from Wenchang on Thursday local time. (Image Credit: CCTV) After its launch of the 22.5-metric-ton Tianhe space station module from Wenchang on Thursday local t...
AVNET's iotconnect.io cloud platform is an online service that you can use to send data to, and then show it on a dashboard. In this blog series I'm learning the Python SDK and integrating BLE devices.
In this post: what do I want to achieve, and...
The Arque tail enhances the wearer’s balance and can be used to help the elderly keep their balance. (Image Credit: Yamen Saraiji) Long ago, humans possibly sported tails that didn’t have many purposes, but they eventually lost their tails due to evo...
Cassie taught itself how to walk using reinforcement learning. After some accidents and spills, Cassie taught itself how to walk around. (Image credit: University of Berkley) If you're afraid of robots taking over the world, then you won't be ha...
NASA’s new rover has a tool called MOXIE that produces oxygen from carbon dioxide. Could this be the key to having life on mars? (Photo from NASA) NASA’s new rover, Perseverance, is a six-wheeled robot looking for signs of ancient life on Mars. ...
The 3D-printed patrol boat, called 3Dirigo, was tested in the Alfond W2 Ocean Engineering Laboratory. (Image Credit: University of Maine) In 2019, the University of Maine developed the largest 25-foot, 5,000-pound 3D-printed boat, called 3...
Robosen’s Optimus Prime toy robot transforms from a truck into a robot and responds to voice commands. (Image Credit: Robosen Robotics) Possibly one of the coolest robot toys out there available for consumers is a version of Optimus Prime, the T...
Ingenuity captured this Image of its shadow on Mar's surface. (Image Credit: NASA) Aerial exploration of Mars is officially underway! On April 19th, NASA lifted off its Ingenuity helicopter from Mars, marking the first performance of a powered, ...
For context, check the intro post. Summary: How to use Signed Certificates in an IoT supply chain. Without giving away your private keys to your subcontractor.At the end of this post, you completed 90% of the end-to-end process.You, as subcontra...
