Let’s Melt Metals Using the ZVS (Zero Voltage Switching) Technique Applied to a 1,000W RLC Resonant Circuit Have you ever wondered how intense the electromagnetic fields surrounding us can be? This is a relevant question, considering we are surrounded by countless electromagnetic waves, caused by power distribution cables, radio and TV transmitters, mobile phone networks,…
This PyPortal project shows one notable electronic or science fact every day. Based on what day it is, CircuitPython code grabs JSON data from a database and then prints information about the person associated with that day. Want more info on the person? Use the QR code! More info
Katrina Nguyen is currently a Biomedical Engineering graduate student at Carnegie Mellon University studying motor neuroscience research. Katrina designed an open source automated feeding system that aims to help researchers better monitor the daily intake of laboratory animals: it is called FED (Feeding Experimentation Device). FED utilizes open-source software and hardware. The system dispenses a…
The Arduino Engineering Kit enables college students and educators to incorporate core engineering concepts into their Arduino projects, thanks to industry-standard tools for algorithm development, system modeling, simulation and robotics with the support of MATLAB and Simulink programming. These software packages are the base of industry-standard tools for algorithm development, system modeling, and simulation, all…
Today finally starts the European Edition of Maker Faire. Until 3rd December Maker Faire Rome offers a huge schedule where you can find workshops, performance, talks and events dedicated to kids and adults. To participate you have to reach the room where the event will be taken a few minutes before its beginning ( participation…
Peter “Max” Armstrong, a mechanical engineering student at the University of Colorado Boulder, has grown into a highly promising initiative called Go Prosthetics. After years of research, prototypes, and tinkering, Armstrong believes he has developed a low-cost and customizable prosthetic that could be deployed in parts of the world where medical aids and prosthetics are hard…
The fifth edition of Maker Faire The European Edition will start the first of December at Fiera di Roma. Here you can find how to get there. Remember to subscribe Maker Faire’s newsletter for news, updates and discounts. While we are waiting for the Maker Faire Rome, The second European Maker Week is starting! “From…
What are you waiting for? The Call for Schools is open! Send us your proposal UNTIL OCT 28 ! Bring your project, we’ll take care of everything else! We’ll give you a table and chairs in one of the Faire’s pavilions; they will be filled with visitors, people eager to look around and makers from all over the…
Are You ready for the European Edition 2017? If you are a college student you’ll be happy to know that “Call for Universities and Research Institutes” is open until OCTOBER 15 TH “Bring your project, together we will give visibility to your invention! Will be many visitors, curious, makers from around the world who want…
Just 2 weeks ago we spoke about the extended deadline to October 1. But it’s not enough, because we’re getting some breaking news out of Maker Faire Rome website: Call For Maker deadline has been extended to October 8! Dear friends, In the last few hours we have been collected many requests by makers asking for…
Maker Faire Rome is a great celebration of invention, open to all forms of applied creativity, from the most serious to the most imaginative projects, from new technologies to traditional arts and crafts. What will you bring to Maker Faire Rome this year in order to shock visitors? There’s still time to take part of…
In a new interview with Google’s director of engineering, author and futurist Ray Kurzweil, has shared some of his most recent predictions for the future of technology with the New York Times. Here are his predictions: As the variety of materials available to print in 3D become more extensive and less expensive, both free open-source…
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