Following simple programmed rules, autonomous robots arrange themselves into vast, complex shapes Cambridge, Mass. ā August 14, 2014 ā The first thousand-robot flash mob has assembled at Harvard University. āForm a sea star shape,ā directs a computer scientist, sending the command to 1,024 little bots simultaneously via an infrared light. The robots begin to blink […]
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Menlo Park, Calif. ā In a study that could improve the safety of next-generation batteries, researchers discovered that adding two chemicals to the electrolyte of a lithium metal battery prevents the formation of dendrites ā āfingersā of lithium that pierce the barrier between the batteryās halves, causing it to short out, overheat and sometimes burst
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Embedded modules may surprise you by their contribution and an overall costs savings. As we know āembedded moduleā is a quite wide term and it can represent a powerful microcomputer with OS, but it can also be a significantly simpler module with a microcontroller and peripherals, still able to add considerable functionality to a target
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The OpenHardwareExG is a platform for ECG, EEG, EMG, ENG, EOG, and evoked potential applications. The OpenHardwareExG platform was originally developed as part of the eeg-mouse project. About the OpenHardwareExG project Project goals The main goal of the project is to build a device that allows the creation of electrophysiologic signal processing applications. In addition:
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Texas Instruments says it is making, āhigh-accuracy measurement more attainable with the first current-sense amplifier to integrate a high-precision, low-drift 2 mĪ© shunt resistor,ā ā the device can cut calibration effort, system cost, and footprint for test and measurement, communications load monitoring, and power supplies. For highly accurate measurements over a wide temperature range, TIās
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New 200mm fans EBM-Papst will cool down your devices while not making a lot of noise. Maybe you already belong to users of top-level fans from EBM-Papst. This time we bring you another hint for well-proven types – considerably powerful with a 200mm diameter. The types are: ā A2E200-AH38-01 – 9 blade fan with sickle-shaped
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If your design contains Microchipās MCP79XXX series RTC chips and you are running into troubles using them, this technical brief is intended to resolve several of the commonly-asked questions regarding developing stand-alone serial interface real-time clock/ calendar devices with MCP79XXX. Similarly, thereās also another application note from Microchip which provides detail assistance and guidance in
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This is an electronic garage door opener designed around a SparkFun GT-511C1R fingerprint scanner. There is already a very good instructable by user nodcah that describes how to build almost this exact device, from which I took 99% of my inspiration. I’m posting this to easily share with my local makerspace, and for anyone who
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Whether itĀ“s necessary to operate a device in gloves, or you only wish the given push-button was sufficiently big and well visible, new series of round and square caps for series Multimec 5G will solve it. Well known Dutch producer of top quality switches – company MEC, comes with novelties in a form of relatively
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Freescale have introduced a new range of 3-axis accelerometers offering high sensitivity at low power consumption. According to Freescale the FXLN83xxQ family is capable of detecting acceleration information often missed by less accurate sensors commonly used in consumer products such as smartphones and exercise activity monitors. In conjunction with appropriate software algorithms its improved sensitivity
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