The quantum microphone could help develop more efficient quantum computers. A mockup of an array of nanomechanical resonators designed to generate and trap sound particles, or phonons. (Image credit: Standford University) High-quality microphone...
Those sweltering Summer and freezing Winter days may be more bearable for people to withstand in the future. It’s all due to Sony’s innovative Reon Pocket, a cooling/heating device that can be worn into the back pocket of a t-shirt designed specifica...
Scientists recently developed content lenses made of soft robots that zoom in and out on command. The prototype lenses require you to place electrodes around your eyelids. (Image credit: University of California San Diego) Glasses and contact le...
Researchers at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have come up with a way to image polarization out of one snapshot. The tiny, portable camera is the same size as a thumb and can be used in systems of autono...
A friend gave me a couple of Pomona Insulation Piercing ClipsPomona Insulation Piercing Clips which I thought were pretty neat. Apparently they are quite popular with the automotive repair/test crowd. The clips were something I had not seen before, s...
The new smart network could drastically change how wearable devices connect to radio waves. These conductive textiles can be integrated into clothing to boost signal up to 1,000 times. (Image credit: NUS) Wearable technology continues to be a ma...
Neuralink’s HMI uses ‘threads’ that are injected into the brain to tap into neuron activity, which can be read by machines, essentially understanding human thought. (Image credit: Pixabay) Elon Musk recently unveiled the progress that’s been ma...
By age 45, many people may suffer from an eyesight condition called presbyopia, which causes the lenses to lose elasticity in our eyes. Our vision requires the elasticity to help keep our eyesight focused on nearby objects. There are also some fixes ...
Scientists from UCLA have discovered a new way to look at nucleation. By using 4D atomic resolution (which is three dimensions of space and time), the team was able to record how atoms rearrange. Their new discovery, which can be found in the journal...
I'm building a GUI for the electronic load we made here on element14.The development will be in a few incremental steps. This is the second iteration:add error loggingmake the LCD display emulation worka few dedicated controls to set current and enab...
The researchers created a neural network system that can decipher text from lost languages. (Image credit: Sharon Mollerus via Wikipedia) Researchers from MIT’s CSAIL (Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory) and Google Brain ha...
I'm building a GUI for the electronic load we made here on element14.The development will be in a few incremental steps.communication with the instrumentbasic GUI with a SCPI command line and resultsIn the next iterations:add error loggingmake the LC...
My electronic load failed. In this second post, I test the remaining parts of the DAC/ADC board. Tests Approach The eload DACs and ADCs are on a separate PCB, together with the voltage reference and the I2C isolator.The voltage reference is...
IntroductionThis blog post discusses a project to build a simple logic analyzer (hobby-grade; it samples at up to 24 Msps, good enough for basic debugging when other tools are not available), but it has a few extra features too. This project could be...
My electronic load failed. I was trying new hardware and software options. At a certain moment the power MOSFET died.There was no magic smoke, but the source, drain and gate are all shorted (source, drain and gate all measure a few Ohms in both direc...
If you run a restaurant, or simply enjoy cooking at home, you are going to want to select the best ingredients available. Salt and other simple commodity ingredients probably don’t require much thought—one brand of table salt is likely as good as any...
The Moverio BT-30C will only cost you $499. These glasses may be smart, but the design isn’t so pretty. (Image credit: Epson) My dream is to have smart glasses showing me AR info as I work on a project. But first, I suppose we need the basics.&n...
An implanted electrode picks up electrical signals, which are then translated to vocal movements and then speech sounds. Researchers use electrodes similar to this one to decode brain activity. (Photo from UCSF) There are many diseases that can...
On April 15th, 2019, the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, France, was set on fire, causing extensive damage to the historic gothic building. One of the main pieces of the cathedral, the spire, had collapsed during the inferno and the damage to its roof...
A new collaborative effort between Microsoft and the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) was announced on April 30th. The aim of this collaboration is to provide a greater range of opportunities for education, recreation and therapy for...
Scientists are on the verge of discovering dark matter by using a very powerful detector filled with liquid xenon located a mile beneath Italy's Gran Sasso mountains. While searching for the dark matter particle, they were able to examine a rare ...
This 3D printed heart was made using human fatty tissues (Image credit: Tel Aviv University) 3D printing can be used for various applications, like creating toys, clothing, and even food. But thanks to a new breakthrough it can even be used to c...
A $10,000 prototype took 21 hours to convert “HELLO” into DNA and back. Microsoft’s fully automated $10,000 prototype. (Image credit: Microsoft) We have a looming data problem that companies like Microsoft are looking to solve. As more and more ...
Borophene (derived from boron) is stronger and more flexible than graphene, and has a high electronic conductance, making it an excellent material for sensors, batteries, and other applications. (Image credit: James L. Marshall via Wikipedia) I...
Amazon’s Project Kuiper will deploy 3,236 satellites that will orbit the earth at various altitudes, and provide broadband service around the globe. (Image credit: Pixabay) Back in September of last year, reports started surfacing about Amazon ...
