So, does the ancient Aardware weather station work? Well, yes, after a fashion. The wind vane, it transpires, operates with three reflective optocouplers (97-002 types) staring up at white lines on a black surface giving a Gray-coded three bit output to divide wind direction into eight. There is…

Italy’s new government of national unity, led by prime minister Mario Draghi, has reportedly rejigged the country’s recovery and resilience plan (RRP) and allocated more money to “ultrafast” infrastructure. Italy had already submitted its RRP to the European Union (EU), which entitles it to some €206 billion (US$246…

Skip to content It’s 2021. Everyone and their mother is filming themselves doing stuff, and a lot of it is super cool content. But since most of us have to also work the video capture devices ourselves, it can be difficult to make compelling footage with a single,…

It’s 2021. Everyone and their mother is filming themselves doing stuff, and a lot of it is super cool content. But since most of us have to also work the video capture devices ourselves, it can be difficult to make compelling footage with a single, stationary overhead view,…

Reading Time: 2 minutes Arduino Team — April 14th, 2021 Prolific project maker and Arduino lover Alain Mauer has made a rather splendid tea maker project with a steampunk twist. Despite Mauer being based in Luxemburg, we’d have to say this feels like a very British Arduino application.Crumpets…

Force feedback took off in a big way in the late 90s, bringing a sense of realism to flight sticks and racing wheels that hadn’t been there before. Its cheaper haptic cousin was rumble feedback via vibration motors, which does add a little something but it’s more an idea…

Cecilia Schmitz is a statewide winner of the 2021 Minnesota Aspirations in Computing Award.The Hutchinson High School senior’s selection was announced by The National Center for Women and Information Technology and Minnesota State’s IT Center of Excellence. Schmitz is one of 18 in Minnesota to be recognized as…

The STEM Stars Greece students competition is funded by the U.S. Embassy in Athens. Credit: Facebook / US Embassy AthensSTEM Stars Greece, the competition aimed at supporting, highlighting and rewarding teenage students with a special talent in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, announced the winners selected through its…

[TheStaticTurtle] built a custom controller for automating his garage doors. He wanted to retain the original physical button and RF remote control interfaces while adding a more modern wireless control accessible from his internet connected devices. Upgrading an old system is often a convoluted process of trial and…

The coronavirus pandemic has meant a before and after in the way we communicate and the video calls and the telecommuting they have become the day to day of many people. Over the last year, many of the applications that offer this type of service have improved, as…