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A NIR Wearable Patch That Watches the Brain Clean Itself
Georgia Tech's sub-centimeter forehead patch uses near-infrared light and a 110 mAh battery to track the brain's nightly glymphatic cleanup at home.
diy projects
Powered by Raspberry Pi: Smart Vivariums to Drone Shows
From reptile vivariums to Olympic drone shows and a 33-pound RP2350 kit, here's what the newest Powered by Raspberry Pi hardware can teach makers.
arduino
Arduino UNO Q Smart Doorbell Keeps Your Video Off the Cloud
An open-source Arduino UNO Q doorbell runs person-detection AI on-device and pushes snapshots over Telegram, no cloud servers required.
diy projects
ESP32 Mesh Replaces a $120k Bowling Scoring System for $1,600
An abandoned 8-lane bowling center needed an $80k scoring system. One builder replaced it with an ESP-NOW mesh of ESP32s for about $1,600 instead.
diy projects
Penn State’s Paint-On Electronic Tattoos Read ECG, EEG and EMG
Penn State's brush-on conductive ink turns bare skin into a washable electrode that records ECG, EEG and EMG, and even drove a robotic hand.
diy projects
Thread-Based Circuits Sew Health Monitoring Into Your Clothes
Tufts researchers built full analog circuits on a single gold-coated thread that senses breathing and blinking. Here is how to try sewable electronics yourself.
esp32 & esp8266
Solar Devboard V1: An ESP32-C6 Sensor Node That Charges Itself
Andrei Pokotylo's Solar Devboard V1 packs an ESP32-C6 and a BQ25186 charger so remote sensor nodes top up their own battery from an 18…
diy projects
Build a Rotating UV Flame Scanner With the UVTRON R2868
A solar-blind UVTRON R2868 phototube on a spinning platform spots flames through dense brush from 15 meters. Here's the parts list and wiring.
robotics
Magnetic FMG Sensors and AI Give Prosthetic Hands Precise Control
Florida Atlantic University swapped noisy EMG for magnetic force myography sensors and a per-user AI model to give prosthetic hands far steadier control.
raspberry pi
ATLAS: A Real-Life Tricorder Built on the Raspberry Pi RP2350
Meet ATLAS, a rugged handheld tricorder running on the Raspberry Pi RP2350 that reads radiation, CO2, and weather, then tells you in plain English…