The Dreamliner is a great looking plane and is full of the latest technology but like any other piece of sophisticated technology there is a lot of code behind the scenes keeping things working. Bug in Code Requires Boeing Dreamliner to Reboot at least every 248 days to stay Flying! If you have ever taken even an introductory programming class you will have probably seen the effect of integer
We have seen methods of shrinking coins before. In the video above Ben Krasnow shows us how to shrink paper money using liquid anhydrous ammonia. Ben dips the money into the ammonia, lets it dry and repeats the process. Each time this process is repeated the bill shrinks slightly. Sure makes for an interesting looking bill but be prepared to have a conversation piece that you won’t be able
If you like making your own printed circuit boards and have a CNC machine wouldn’t it be nice to do some Cheap PCB Isolation Milling? Well how is free, that’s right ähöüokul has put together an Instructable that goes through the process using only free software.  Below will show you all the things you need. “Things you need: computer with internet connection cnc mill/router, the more accurate the better 45°/20° V-Bit 0.8mm
TraxxAlu has a nice RC Airboat and Truck.  Watch this cool video where the RC Airboat gets stranded and needs to be rescued. Best of all it is all done remotely using FPV. I can see this working full scale quite well also!Â
The prize this week is a HMC5883L Triple Axis Compass Magnetometer Sensor so you can add some directionality to your next project. This contest will run for one week (May 17 – May 22, 2015). Ending time is based on central standard time. To enter, identify the item above and what it can be used for. Please do not give the answer in the comments. Send an email to
This is part 2 of a many part Constant Current DC-DC LED Driver Design set that SDG Electronics has put together. He is using a PIC microcontroller and MPLAB-X with the XC16 C Compiler on the control side.
 Playing Table Tennis is fun but some automation can make it a bit more fun. Taylor Pritchard, Pol Rosello and Frank Xie just completed this Automated Table Tennis Score Keeper for their ECE 5760 Final Project. The project uses a Altera DE2-115 FPGA to monitor for the ball color to watch the game play and score accordingly. “We use a Sony Handycam DCR-DVD108 as the camcorder to monitor
