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A Simple Musical Light
The circuits for musical lights available in the market are highly expensive and based on microcontrollers. Also, their programming is very difficult. Here is...
A Core For Each Chore
Have you ever wished you had four hands so you could work faster? A similar sentiment amongst computer engineers was what led to the...
10 Emerging Technologies To Track In 2010
Energy harvesting
You would have heard this several times already – “We have just one earth; we better take good care of her!” This slogan...
Smart Cards Plug Loopholes
SEPTEMBER 2010: Have you ever searched the Web for ‘fake passport’? You will find agencies selling fake passports (and openly advertising it online), supposedly...
Smart Grids From 160 to 200 GW in two Years
AUGUST 2010: John Chambers, CEO of communications giant Cisco, has identified smart grids to be a bigger opportunity than the Internet itself! Not surprising,...
The Scope Of Oscilloscopes
Although you cannot see the electrons moving or the waves in the air, oscilloscopes make you feel the presence of a signal in your...
Versatile Object Counter
Object counters are extensively used in industries. Normally, these are made of expensive microcontrollers or processors. For small-scale industries, this means a lot of...
Nano Ganesh Explained: How Mobile Phones Are Used to Control Water Pumps in Rural India
Reaching your doctor, booking movie tickets or paying credit card bills, everything is just a simple matter with your mobile phone. A new feather...
Active Power Conditioners For Harmonics
AUGUST 2011: Business organisations are constantly looking for efficient energy solutions, especially with the government regulations getting stricter, and rising costs involved with power...
Robot That Breathes Life Into AC Ducts
“To regard old problems from a new angle requires creative imagination and marks real advance in science.”
—Albert Einstein
For commercial set-ups such as shopping malls...