A low-cost environmental sensing prototype built with an Arduino Nano, an MQ-series gas/smoke sensor, a GP2Y1010AU0F-style optical dust sensor, and an I2C OLED display. The project combines embedded ...

Communication is the process of exchanging information, ideas, thoughts and emotions—whether through spoken words, written texts, facial expressions or digital media. It's the foundation of how we ...

Hosted, written, and reported by Maurice Chammah and Alvin Melathe Produced by Alvin Melathe Edited by Jen Guerra and Anita Badejo Original music by Adam Dorn aka Mocean WorkerMatthias Bossi and Jon ...

The history of distributed computing is one of protocol proliferation followed by consolidation. Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA), Distributed Component Object Model (DCOM), Java ...

You might have a nine-pin port on the back of your TV, known as an RS-232 serial port, or sometimes just a serial port. This same type of port is commonly used to connect a computer to a printer, but ...

MicroPython is a well-known and easy-to-use way to program microcontrollers in Python. If you’re using an Arduino Uno Q, though, you’re stuck without it. [Natasha] saves the day by bringing us a a ...

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Our obsession with serial killers and true crime probably has concerning implications for our collective psyche. Why are we so drawn to darkness? The same could be asked of many of the protagonists of ...

Dozens of serial killers have terrorized American communities over the decades, from H. H. Holmes becoming “the Beast of Chicago” in the 19th century to “the Hillside Stranglers” inciting fear across ...

This is the Python implementation of the ataraxis-transport-layer (AXTL) library, designed to run on host-computers (PCs). It provides methods for bidirectionally communicating with microcontrollers ...

Original music by Martin D. FowlerMarion Lozano and Dan Powell Engineered by Phoebe Wang When the reporter Dyan Neary attended a county commissioners’ meeting in the Lehigh Valley in Pennsylvania, she ...