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Mouser Electronics is now stocking the iCE40 UltraLite FPGAs from Lattice Semiconductor. Part of Lattice's successful iCE40 Ultra™ product family, the iCE40 UltraLite devices are one of the industry's smallest and lowest power field…

University of California, Santa Barbara researchers are using the common wireless signal to count the number of people in a designated space without relying on them to carry personal devices.

You would never think about pouring a glass of water onto your computer, right? Well, Stanford engineers have. Manu Prakash, an assistant professor of bioengineering at Stanford, and his students have built a synchronous computer that…

Engineer Jason Poel Smith walks us through a step-by-step guide to creating a motion sensing alarm that can be disables with a resistor. Smith's fun DIY alarm detects when someone enters a specific area. If a trespasser is detected a…

Although scientists are increasingly using pint-size satellites sometimes no larger than a loaf of bread to gather data from low-Earth orbit, they have yet to apply the less-expensive small-satellite technology to observe physical phenomena…

Mission Control recognizes a half century of human spaceflight leadership from Houston on June 3, as it continues to support 24/7/365 operations in support of the International Space Station and prepares for the future of human exploration…

Neoconix has just announced immediate availability of its new X-Beam™ family of electrical connectors. Featuring an ultra-low-profile form factor and a simplified SMT assembly process, the X-Beam product family is the latest Neoconix…

GE launches Bright Stik™, a CFL replacement LED light bulb available in an LED 3-pack for under $10 every day at The Home Depot. GE has recently unveiled Bright Stik™LED, a redesigned, entry point 60-watt replacement LED to accelerate…

Forget lining-up and heading for the hot, crowded school bus. Now kids are going on field trips right from the classroom- and to places that wouldn’t be possible before. Google has released Expeditions, an educational tool that allows…

“May the best robot win” has been a frequently uttered phrase throughout the DARPA Robotics Challenge Finals, held this Friday and Saturday at the Fairplex in Pomona, California. After years of research and development, several intense days…

Robosimian, a robot created by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, exits the vehicle it had just driven as part of the DARPA Robotics Challenge (DRC) Finals. Culminating a year and a half of intensive preparation by teams from around…

Having some trouble with your Wi-Fi connection? Check out these nine tips before you get too frustrated. 1. Change router location Move your router to a higher location at least five feet off of the ground. If possible, ensure a clear…

A research team from Missouri University of Science and Technology has demonstrated a printer that requires no ink. Of course, you’ll need a high-powered electron microscope to read the print. The researchers exemplify their “no-ink”…

For their final project in the Electrical and Computer Engineering program, Cornell students Mingyuan Huang and Jie Zhang built a medicine box that dispenses medications automatically. Their programmable medicine box allows nurses or…