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Featuring a bridge-tied-load (BTL) drive architecture to minimize audible switching noise and electromagnetic interference (EMI), the AM9468 and AM9469 brushless DC motor drivers introduced by Diodes provide smart driving of cooling fans in…

Florescent lighting contains toxic and expensive phosphors. Materials scientists at Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) have figured out a way to eliminate these components using silver. The international group of scientists. who…

This July pre-orders will begin for a robot that can turn pretty much anyone into an expert farmer. The FarmBot was a finalist in last year’s Hackaday contest and a solid combination of DIY tech for real-world applications. FarmBot,…

Airbus just showed off a fully 3D printed flyable 4 x 4-m sub-scale plane at the Internationale Luft- und Raumfahrtausstellung (ILA ) in Berlin, an event that combines a major trade exhibition for aerospace and defense industries with a…

It's no surprise that sitting in front of a computer all day can have negative impacts on your physical health. That's why researchers from the University of Waterloo have developed a brand new wearable that works in conjunction with a…

There are a plethora of more affordable 3D printers on the market now that additive manufacturing has become so popular in the tech realm — but so far none of them have cost just $50.

A YouTube user who goes by the name "Tom atg," wanted to show the world how easy it is to create your own DIY smart home on a budget. According to Tom's video post, he's a student that lives in a studio apartment, so he was looking for…

Now that a team of researchers from the Korean Advanced Institute of Science and Technology has used a graphene-based transparent electrode to create flexible organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs), our future could include thin and…

In order to perfect self-driving cars, Google thought it necessary to make sure they knew how to honk the horn. The company aims to make its cars a bit more polite when it comes to beeping the horn, as opposed to its human counterparts…

Last year, Dartmouth University unveiled the “Mobile Virtual Player” (MVP) — the only powered device that replicates an in-game experience by simulating a real football player in size, weight and agility. The robotic football player…