A California-based start-up called NanoLambda have developed a low-cost ($10) spectrometer sensor chip called Apollo which makes possible a wide range of new sensing applications. The sensor is capable of measuring individual wavelengths of light and is accurate to 1 nm with 10 nm resolution. Optical spectroscopy is a very powerful non-invasive diagnostic technique and has been […]
Dublin-based wireless location chip firm DecaWave has introduced its first ScenSor wireless device at an event hosted by Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny. The range-finding IC works by transmitting wireless signals to readers that use them to locate the tagged object to within 10cm. The device is based on the IEEE802.15.4a standard, which is an
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Although temperature is a fundamental aspect of our lives, it is difficult to measure accurately. Before the era of modern electronics, Galileo invented a rudimentary thermometer capable of detecting temperature changes. Two hundred years later, Seebeck discovered the thermocouple, a device capable of generating a voltage as a function of temperature gradients in dissimilar metals.
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Today we are announcing the first of a series of video tutorials in german created in collaboration with our friend Max, founder of MaxTechTV and published on Arduino channel on Youtube. The tutorial of this month explains how to turn your Arduino Esplora into a customized computer gamepad to play any of your videogames. And
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Voice Detection & Recognition Solutions Enabling Always-On Voice Input Applications While Maximizing Battery Life Low Power, Always-on, Accurate, Responsive Consumers increasingly want to use voice commands to interact with their smartphones and other consumer electronic devices. Enabling reliable and accurate voice input applications while simultaneously minimizing the impact to battery life is a clear priority
Californian phosphor firm Intematix and Lumileds are claiming record efficiency for an LED lightbulb: 203 lm/W for a remote-phosphor lamp. “It is believed that this module represents the highest level of efficacy among LED-based light sources commercially available for production in the market today,” said Intematix. Remote phosphor lamps use blue LEDs, with the white-producing
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Virtual Object Grabber What is seeing without feeling? The field of Virtual Reality has recently been gaining much attention, with the Oculus Rift and Google Cardboard paving the path of visualizing a world that is not physically there. But what if the virtual reality experience could be enhanced by incorporating tactile sensing? The Haptic Glove
Today we’ll be talking about Captain Herrmano’s Mystery Box, a piece of hardware that I built over a year ago. But what is this box, what does it do, who was it built for and who is this Captain Herrmano anyway? This will be the topic of this article. What is Captain Herrmano’s Mystery Box?
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A (not so) brief introduction. I’ve been working on a new robot called RoDI for a summer course at my Alma mater. RoDI is a low cost wireless robot to teach robotics and programming I started developing last year (reminder to self: I still need to post about it), but it wasn’t until a month ago that
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If you can’t see the original video in your country please try this other link of a “music edited version”: Step 1: Bill of Material (All you will need) For the Housing Three 300x300mm x 3mm thickness Acrylic glass (black) One 300x300mm x 3mm thickness Acrylic glass (transparent) Acrylic glass adhesive and polish Twenty 15mm
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