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India sharpens its electronics manufacturing edge at electronica India and productronica India 2026 in Greater Noida Strong buyer turnout, active business engagement, and wide international participation mark the edition Visitor turnout: 20,922 participants, including key buyers and sourcing decision-makers turn up for Greater Noida edition Business engagement: The event facilitated 1,500+ buyer-seller meetings, focused on localisation, supplier discovery, and supply chain partnerships … |
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Algorithmic Robotic Golf Club Masters Complex Mini-Golf Shots Engineer and creator Shane Wighton has upgraded his robotic mini-golf system to tackle complex, physics-heavy shots with near-perfect accuracy. The project combines a motorized golf club with a full motion-capture setup, allowing the system to precisely track the ball, club, and course geometry. By scanning real-world mini-golf layouts into a digital model, the system can analyze terrain… |
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DigiKey Announces Winners of Smart Home & Wearables Project Contest 2025 with Circuit Digest THIEF RIVER FALLS, Minn., USA – DigiKey, the global distribution leader of electronic components and automation products, announces the winners of its Smart Home & Wearables Project Design Contest 2025 with Circuit Digest. Engineers, makers, students and hobbyists across India were invited to submit their innovative project ideas for a chance to win prizes worth ₹7,00,000 and free… |
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This Clock Displays Time Using Air and Pneumatic RAM A unique experimental clock created by soiboi soft is gaining attention for its unusual way of telling time. While it may look like a fully air powered system, the design actually combines pneumatic logic with electronic control. Instead of relying only on circuits and chips, the clock uses air pressure to form its display, while electronics handle precise timing and control, making it a… |
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What If Robots Had Muscles Instead of Motors? MIT’s Fiber Actuators The field of soft robotics has taken a significant leap forward with the development of electrofluidic fiber muscles by researchers at the MIT Media Lab. Traditional robotic actuators depends on bulky external reservoirs, heavy compressors, or noisy pneumatic systems, which limit their mobility and integrations. These new fiber muscles solve this by utilizing thin McKibben actuators driven by… |
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Modular LEGO-Style Sim Racing Dash Box Built with ESP32-S3 Creator Xshift has designed a fully custom, modular sim racing dash box inspired by LEGO-style expandability. The idea is to create a button box where components like switches, encoders, and displays can be easily added or rearranged using magnetic mounts.. The enclosure was 3D printed and post-processed to achieve a clean finish, while the front panel was laser-cut from acrylic and… |
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Pocket - Raspberry Pi-Based AI Assistant This is Pocket, an AI assistant built by Naz Louis. The goal of this project is to run AI models completely on a Raspberry Pi 5. Since Pi 5 comes with limited resources, what he did is instead of running a large model directly on Pi 5, he made a collection of light weight models and made them work together. He designed and deployed a routing setup that routes different tasks to the right… |
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Petoi Bittle X V2: An ESP32 Robot Dog That Can Even Backflip on Command Robotics just got a whole lot more exciting and a whole lot more accessible. Petoi's Bittle X V2 is a palm-sized quadruped robot dog powered by the BiBoard V1, a custom ESP32-based board that packs serious intelligence into a surprisingly compact frame. With nine degrees of freedom delivering smooth, lifelike movement, an interactive back touch sensor that literally responds when you pet it,… |
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ESP32-S3 Sensor Hub: 8 Sensors on a Single Compact PCB Maker MagmaBow has unveiled a high-density security development board that challenges the traditional "one sensor, one device" model. Built around the powerful ESP32-S3 module, the project successfully integrates eight distinct sensors including thermal IR, Time-of-Flight distance tracking, and dual accelerometers onto a single, compact PCB. By consolidating these components into one footprint… |
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RC Jeep Uses a Servo-Powered Camera Rig for True Driver POV What if an RC car could make you feel like you’re actually sitting inside it? That’s exactly what creator kpopRC has built with his latest FPV Jeep crawler. Instead of a fixed camera, the system uses a servo-powered “lean-out” rig mounted in the driver’s seat position. This allows the camera to physically extend out of the window and move with pan and tilt controls giving a true driver’s… |
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DIY Magnetic 6DoF SpaceMouse Brings Pro-Level 3D Control Hardware developer and Maker Salim Benbouziyane has created an open-source, fully functional 6-DoF (six degrees of freedom) navigation controller, offering a DIY alternative to commercial SpaceMouse devices used in CAD and 3D modeling workflows. Designed for tools like Fusion 360, Blender, and KiCad, the controller allows users to pan, zoom, and rotate 3D objects simultaneously using a single… |
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This Drone Can ‘See’ in Total Darkness Without a Camera Researchers have developed a small autonomous drone inspired by how bats navigate in the dark. Instead of relying on cameras or LiDAR, which often fail in fog, smoke, or low light, this drone uses ultrasound-based echolocation. It sends out tiny sound pulses and listens to the echoes that bounce back from nearby objects. By analyzing these echoes, the drone can estimate the distance and… |
