I would like to try running things using an ESP32-based board with Arduino. When it comes to running microcontrollers, the ...

There are some projects that seem at first sight to be easy, but anyone who tries them finds a whole heap of unexpected problems and turns to the off-the-shelf device. PCB antennas for example, or ...

The brain is unbelievably complicated, which is both daunting and fascinating for neuroscientists like me. In the space of a ...

Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel won for optogenetics, a technique that uses light to switch brain cells on ...

In the previous chapter, we stored the current state in a variable and switched the LED operation mode every time the button was pressed.The signals sent to the LED so far have been of two types: HIGH ...

Nanoleaf has announced its MCP server that will let users control their smart lights using AI assistants like Claude and ...

A new technique for controlling optical components with light could help usher in a generation of high-efficiency ...

The energy-efficient LED bulbs now commonplace in American homes, schools, and offices could carry hidden health risks, according to a neuroscientist who is sounding the alarm over their potential ...

The Modulino Hub, Extender, and Motors boards simplify I2C expansion, long-cable communication, and protected motor control for modular embedded projects. How the Modulino Hub isolates duplicate I2C ...

As a Mechatronics Engineering student at NUST CEME, I’m soon entering my second year. During my summer break, I couldn’t find an internship near my hometown, so I decided to use the time to explore ...

I wanted a clock that, annoyingly, didn’t seem to exist. Since childhood, my bedside clocks have been a series of red, seven-segment LED clock-radio specials from Walmart or Target. They are ...