A scanning tunneling microscope image reveals the Wigner crystal that formed within a layered structure underneath. (Image Credit: H. Li et al./Nature) Favorable conditions for electrons within a material cause them to arrange into a honeycomb-l...
The Baby Robot prototype needs to be exposed since it constantly undergoes modifications. (Image Credit: Cañas et al.) Researchers at Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya in Barcelona developed a robotic toy called Baby Robot that can improve a ...
I recently saw shabaz's blog on the Quick 191AD soldering iron tip thermometer and I decided that I should also have one for quick testing and comparison of various soldering irons/tips.I bought one from an Indian online store for Rs.213 ~ 2.85 U...
This project will show you how to stream data and control the Digilent Analog Discovery ProDigilent Analog Discovery Pro (ADP3450/ADP3250) remotely. There are 2 ways to establish the connection, using Standard Mode and Linux Mode, to communicate with...
The small brain implant is slid deep into the folds of the brain and is used to gradually restore muscle control and sensation functionality for paralyzed patients. (Image credit: Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research) Scientists from the F...
The new telescope will explore 17 forming planetary systems and measure spectra to identify molecules in the inner regions of protoplanetary discs. (Image credit: NASA) NASA is furthering its exploration mission with the upcoming launch of the...
I recently bought a QUICK 191AD soldering iron thermometer, here's a 3-minute review : )www.youtube.com/watch This instrument costs about £100 in the UK (a couple of resellers in the UK stock it). It comes with a pack of ten sensors, there i...
The clock uses lasers to cool strontium atoms to billionths of a degree above absolute zero and traps them in optical lattices. (Image credit: Pixabay) Hidetoshi Yatori (University of Tokyo/RIKEN) and Jun Ye (UC Boulder/NIST) have won the 2022 ...
This ultra-short blog post is just a quick follow-up to the measurement amplifier project Viewing Noise with a Measurement Amplifier which basically describes a X100 or X200 gain amplifier for working with sensors or measuring noise on power ra...
Introduction
What's a VNA, and What's "Calibration" in this Context?
What can the DIY tool do, and what can't it do?
RF Switching Unit
OSL Board
Assembling the Boards
Using the Device
Example Scenario #1: Inductor...
Researchers developed a camera that captures images at a trillion frames per second using a streak camera and a laser that generates light pulses. (Image Credit: M. Scott Brauer/MIT) In 2011, MIT scientists developed a camera capable of capturin...
Introduction
1. Save the Data
2. Transfer the Data to the PC
3. Export the Data in CSV Format
4. Convert to .s1p Touchstone Format
Example: Viewing using Python scikit-rf
Summary
2024 Update: The latest versions of InstrumentView support...
The Oncomagnetic Device shrunk the 53-year-old’s glioblastoma brain tumor by 31% during his month-long treatment. (Image Credit: Houston Methodist Neurological Institute) This seemed almost unreal. After researching it since the announcement, it...
University of Copenhagen researchers developed a new technique that detects the presence of nearby animals by collecting DNA samples in the air. (Image Credit: Nick Karvounis/Unsplash) Evaluating an animals’ home to determine conservation needs ...
When creating electronics projects, you might have wondered what the difference is between the two most used transistor types: bipolar junction transistors (BJT) and metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors (MOSFET) and what to choose for y...
Artificial Intelligence came up with new solutions to quantum experiments. (Image Credit: Pixabay) Mario Krenn, a Quantum physicist, developed a machine-learning algorithm named MELVIN, purposed to discover new solutions to quantum experiments w...
The Sentinel-6 satellite launched from Vanderberg Air Force Based in California. (Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech) While the climate changes, Earth’s oceans are rising and warming up. For three decades, satellites have been orbiting the Earth to ...
NICT engineers developed a four-core fiber optic cable that can deliver speeds at 319 Tb/s, shattering the previous 178 Tb/s world record. (Image Credit: Denny Muller / Unsplash) Engineers at the National Institute of Information and Communicati...
The key is inserted into the lock, which produces a sound as the pin slips off a key ridge. (Image Credit: National University of Singapore) This is kind of scary. Also seems like a super cool Bond device. It can be easy enough to pick keye...
A friend of mine wanted to keep logs of his power consumption.He also wanted to make sure the wattage of appliances is what they state they are.As he has not got a smart meter (even if he did, there would not be a log every second), he asked if I cou...
Cornell University researchers reconstructed the EMPAD’s data with algorithms to capture a high-resolution image of atoms in a praseodymium orthoscandate crystal. (Image Credit: Cornell University) Cornell University researchers recently capture...
The device, designed to prevent internal bleeding from a stab wound, contains a tamponade and an actuator. (Image Credit: Loughborough University) Joseph Bentley, a Loughborough University student, recently developed REACT, a 3D-printed prototyp...
EyeHarp allows people with disabilities to play music with their eye movement. A user rests their eye on a musical note spaced out on a wheel on the screen. (Image Credit: EyeHarp) Alexander Kerlidou, a student with cerebral palsy who cannot use...
After powerful earthquakes rumbled in Ridgecrest, California, NASA and Caltech researchers released four ballons into the air to detect the aftershock’s sound waves. (Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech) Sometime between July 4th and July 6th, 2019, ...
Roboscientific’s team claims that their newly-developed system can detect COVID-19 in the air with 100% accuracy. (Image Credit: Roboscientific) I’m sick today. My immediate thought − is it covid19? Temp checks, symptom lookups, frantic worry I'...
