What building a Smart Blind Stick taught me about robotics and practical learning

Discover how building a Smart Blind Stick transformed my understanding of robotics and practical learning through hands-on experience.

AI trained like a Rubik's Cube solver simplifies particle physics equations

For years, Rutgers physicist David Shih solved Rubik's Cubes with his children, twisting the colorful squares until the ...

Experiments refute dark matter claim

The doctoral thesis of Sophia Hollick, Ph.D. '25, a recent graduate of Yale's Wright Lab in professor Reina Maruyama's group, ...

AI can design and run thousands of lab experiments without human hands. Humanity isn’t ready for the new risks this brings to biology

Artificial intelligence is rapidly learning to autonomously design and run biological experiments, but the systems intended ...
CNX Software

Open-source hardware DAB+ receiver combines ESP32 SoC with Skyworks SI4684 digital radio chip

When I wrote about a DIY ESP32-S3 internet radio last week, "raspbeguy" commented he'd rather choose an ESP32-based DIY DAB+ ...
CNX Software

Flash Bee – An ESP32-C3-based DIY handheld lightning detector

Flash Bee is an easy-to-make DIY handheld lightning detector based on an ESP32-C3 board, a round display, and AMS AS3935 ...
Interesting Engineering

US lab’s 60-ton ‘giant cage’ detector filters ‘fake’ cosmic noise with 99.99% accuracy

Researchers at the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory have successfully commissioned a “giant cage” ...
Labroots

Heparin Resistance in Critically Ill Patients: Best Practices Using Laboratory Coagulation Assays

Hospitalized patients with various underlying illnesses are routinely given parenterally administered unfractionated heparin (UFH) in order to prevent and/or treat thromboembolic events. In some cases ...