Year: 2017
Long-fibre carbon nanotubes shown to be carcinogenic
by Thomas Scherer @ elektormagazine.com writes: Nanotechnology plays an indispensable role in modern materials research and new products. Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) enable production of novel materials with amazing properties. Progress is however not without risk and a recent study on...
Continue ReadingWi-Lamp, the Open Source Wi-Fi LED lamp
LucaBellan @ open-electronics.org discuss about a multi-function LED lamp that is always connected over WiFi. Since several years already, it is possible to find systems for home automation: irrigation, doors and windows, lighting, air conditioning and alarm systems, everything can be...
Continue ReadingBiosensors with ECG function for heart rate monitoring in wearables
Graham Prophet @ eedesignnewseurope.com writes: Silicon Labs has introduced a family of optical biometric sensors providing advanced heart rate monitoring (HRM) by transcutaneous optical measurements, along with electrocardiogram (ECG) capabilities, for a range of wearable fitness and...
Continue ReadingContactless Controlled Automatic Wardrobe LED Light
Contact-less controlled automatic wardrobe light turns on the LED when you open the wardrobe door. Τhe project is based on Hall effect IC including LED driver and tiny magnet. Board doesn’t require any mechanical switch. When magnet is close to the board, LED is off, when you open...
Continue ReadingBuild the World’s Smallest Atomic Clock
Build the World’s Smallest Atomic Clock, Trap a Nitrogen Atom in a Carbon Cage. By Kyriakos Porfyrakis and Edward A. Laird @ ieee.org: An atomic clock begins with an oscillator [see diagram], which creates a frequency close to the energy level of the atom being used. If the...
Continue ReadingOpen Source Ethernet Audio Broadcaster
Luca Pascarella @ open-electronics.org presents how to setup their open source ethernet broadcaster. He writes: Recently, we have presented an Ethernet audio streaming unit. In particular, we have shown how to configure the boards to work with other similar devices or with VLC Media...
Continue ReadingTeardown, Repair & Experiments with an Agilent 8562E 30Hz – 13.2GHz Spectrum Analyzer
Teardown, Repair & Experiments with an Agilent 8562E 30Hz - 13.2GHz Spectrum Analyzer -...
Continue ReadingAMSAT MPPT
by Bryce Salmi @ faradayrf.com: The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation, AMSAT, recently designated RadFxSat as AO-91 after its successful deployment from a Delta II rocket as a secondary payload to NASA’s JPSS-1. RadFxSat is the first of several AMSAT satellites which are flying a...
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