Gadget Master | Electronics Weekly https://www.electronicsweekly.com/blogs/gadget-master/ Electronics Design & Components Tech News Wed, 11 Sep 2024 15:22:40 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.2 https://www.electronicsweekly.com/wp-content/themes/ew/images/logo.gif Electronics Weekly https://www.electronicsweekly.com/blogs/gadget-master/ 125 75 Electronics Design & Components Tech News UK Bebras Challenge 2024 opens for entries https://www.electronicsweekly.com/blogs/gadget-master/raspberry-pi-gadget-master/uk-bebras-challenge-challenge-opens-for-entries-2024-09/ https://www.electronicsweekly.com/blogs/gadget-master/raspberry-pi-gadget-master/uk-bebras-challenge-challenge-opens-for-entries-2024-09/#respond Wed, 11 Sep 2024 14:42:23 +0000 https://www.electronicsweekly.com/?p=848092 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.

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]]> https://www.electronicsweekly.com/blogs/gadget-master/general/sign-up-for-the-newsletter-2-2024-09/feed/ 0 Collective nouns of tech components https://www.electronicsweekly.com/blogs/gadget-master/humour/collective-nouns-of-tech-components-2024-09/ https://www.electronicsweekly.com/blogs/gadget-master/humour/collective-nouns-of-tech-components-2024-09/#respond Fri, 06 Sep 2024 14:12:18 +0000 https://www.electronicsweekly.com/?p=847845 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 ...

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]]> https://www.electronicsweekly.com/blogs/gadget-master/humour/collective-nouns-of-tech-components-2024-09/feed/ 0 Case Study: BeagleBone Green-based building automation https://www.electronicsweekly.com/blogs/gadget-master/beagleboard/case-study-beaglebone-green-based-building-automation-2024-08/ https://www.electronicsweekly.com/blogs/gadget-master/beagleboard/case-study-beaglebone-green-based-building-automation-2024-08/#respond Fri, 30 Aug 2024 16:39:20 +0000 https://www.electronicsweekly.com/?p=847515 Just received the BeagleBoard Foundation Newsletter - the August "Easy AI Edition" - and a case study on building automation caught my eye.

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]]> https://www.electronicsweekly.com/blogs/gadget-master/gadget-in-extremis/gadget-in-extremis-pawel-achtels-18-7k-resolution-camera-2024-08/feed/ 0 Raspberry Pi 5 gets cheaper 2GB family member https://www.electronicsweekly.com/blogs/gadget-master/raspberry-pi-gadget-master/raspberry-pi-5-gets-cheaper-2gb-family-member-2024-08/ https://www.electronicsweekly.com/blogs/gadget-master/raspberry-pi-gadget-master/raspberry-pi-5-gets-cheaper-2gb-family-member-2024-08/#respond Thu, 22 Aug 2024 16:47:07 +0000 https://www.electronicsweekly.com/?p=847068 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.

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]]> https://www.electronicsweekly.com/blogs/gadget-master/raspberry-pi-gadget-master/raspberry-pi-5-gets-cheaper-2gb-family-member-2024-08/feed/ 0 Gadget-in-Extremis: Nasa’s Cold Atom Lab demonstrates atom interferometer https://www.electronicsweekly.com/blogs/gadget-master/gadget-in-extremis/gadget-in-extremis-nasas-cold-atom-lab-demonstrates-atom-interferometer-2024-08/ https://www.electronicsweekly.com/blogs/gadget-master/gadget-in-extremis/gadget-in-extremis-nasas-cold-atom-lab-demonstrates-atom-interferometer-2024-08/#respond Wed, 21 Aug 2024 15:51:50 +0000 https://www.electronicsweekly.com/?p=846963 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. 

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]]> https://www.electronicsweekly.com/blogs/gadget-master/gadget-in-extremis/gadget-in-extremis-nasas-cold-atom-lab-demonstrates-atom-interferometer-2024-08/feed/ 0 Shortlist for 2024 Royal Society Trivedi Science Book Prize announced https://www.electronicsweekly.com/blogs/gadget-master/general/shortlist-for-2024-royal-society-trivedi-science-book-prize-announced-2024-08/ https://www.electronicsweekly.com/blogs/gadget-master/general/shortlist-for-2024-royal-society-trivedi-science-book-prize-announced-2024-08/#respond Fri, 16 Aug 2024 15:20:09 +0000 https://www.electronicsweekly.com/?p=846769 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...

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]]> https://www.electronicsweekly.com/blogs/gadget-master/general/shortlist-for-2024-royal-society-trivedi-science-book-prize-announced-2024-08/feed/ 0 Picture of the Day: Royal Mint recovering gold from electronic waste https://www.electronicsweekly.com/blogs/gadget-master/picture-of-the-day/picture-of-the-day-royal-mint-recovering-gold-from-electronic-waste-2024-08/ https://www.electronicsweekly.com/blogs/gadget-master/picture-of-the-day/picture-of-the-day-royal-mint-recovering-gold-from-electronic-waste-2024-08/#comments Wed, 07 Aug 2024 15:03:14 +0000 https://www.electronicsweekly.com/?p=846261 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!

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