One to note: the UK Bebras Challenge, a STEM computing competition, is now open for registrations for 2024. Thanks to the Raspberry Pi team for highlighting this one.
Gadget-in-Extremis: World’s most powerful electric propulsion thruster
The Power and Propulsion Element (PPE) of Gateway – which is planned as NASA’s orbiting outpost around the Moon, and critical infrastructure for its Artemis mission – is in the middle of several electric propulsion system tests. Nasa is highlighting the progress of the system, which is being manufactured by Maxar Technologies. Not only will it provide the Gateway platform ...
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Collective nouns of tech components
A bit of fun for a Friday – possible collective nouns for tech components, sparked by a recent Raspberry Pi story… I recently clocked a reference to an AI model zoo of all things. This was a collection of various pre-trained neural network models, ready to be run on a particular bit of hardware. Zoo The story was about the ...
Case Study: BeagleBone Green-based building automation
Just received the BeagleBoard Foundation Newsletter - the August "Easy AI Edition" - and a case study on building automation caught my eye.
Gadget-in-Extremis: Pawel Achtel’s 18.7K resolution camera
We covered the camera system used in the Sphere Entertainment dome only recently, and it already has a rival...
Raspberry Pi 5 gets cheaper 2GB family member
It would be remiss of me not to flag a new Raspberry Pi board on Gadget Master. So, welcome a new version of the current flagship, Raspberry Pi 5, which now comes with 2GB of RAM.
Gadget-in-Extremis: Nasa’s Cold Atom Lab demonstrates atom interferometer
This is what NASA’s Cold Atom Lab looks like. It’s aboard the International Space Station (ISS) and has recently demonstrated the use of a tool called an atom interferometer, the agency shares.
Shortlist for 2024 Royal Society Trivedi Science Book Prize announced
The Royal Society Trivedi Science Book Prize shortlist has just been announced, featuring six recently published titles. We're talking AI, Mars City, Bayes' theorem, and death...
Picture of the Day: Royal Mint recovering gold from electronic waste
It's a kinda alchemy - turning the UK’s electronic waste into gold. Except the gold was already present, but 'recovering' doesn't have quite the same...ring!