Hackaday

Adding Capabilities To Inexpensive Solar Modules

Solar power has gotten cheap enough that putting up panels is among the cheapest ways of providing energy. This isn’t just ...
Hackaday

LiDAR Matrix Sensor Sees In 3D

Mellow_Labs] picked up a few LiDAR matrix sensors and found them very exciting. While a normal time-of-flight sensor can ...
C&EN

Templated Laser-Induced-Graphene-Based Tactile Sensors Enable Wearable Health Monitoring and Texture Recognition via Deep Neural Network

CAS Key Laboratory of Space Manufacturing Technology, Technology and Engineering Center for Space Utilization, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100094, P. R. China University of Chinese Academy of ...
IEEE

Highly Sensitive Sensor for Measuring Material Thermal Expansion Using a Ring Laser

Abstract: A new thermal expansion sensor is presented in this letter. It combines an interferometric fiber sensor and an erbium-doped fiber ring laser as the light source. The sensor consists of a ...
Forbes

U.S. Military Is Using Laser Weapons In Battle

BlueHalo's Locust laser air defense system, which is designed to shoot down small drones, rockets and mortar shells. The United States military has invested tens of billions of dollars over a ...
IEEE

Femtosecond Laser Direct-Writing On-Chip MZI Temperature Sensor Based on Polymer Waveguides

Abstract: A Mach–Zehnder interferometer (MZI) based on-chip integrated photonic made of polymer waveguides (PWs) sensor with a pair of interference arms of different sizes was directly written using a ...
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Fun RP2040 projects you can start today

The Raspberry Pi RP2040 microcontroller has inspired a wave of creative projects, from environmental monitors to laser distance sensors. With its low cost, flexible programming options, and rich ...