Blogs about Sensors
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HKUST ROV Team shone in Asia Regional IET/MATE Underwater Robot Challenge 2013
GordonSinThe ROV Team, a sub-team of HKUST Robotics Team, shone in the Asia Regional IET/MATE Underwater Robot Challenge 2013 held on 13-14 April 2013. 9 university and 24 high school teams from 8 countries around Asia competed in two categories, Ranger Class and Explorer Class, respectively. The HKUST ROV Team won the Champion Award in the Explorer Class, and they will represent Hong Kong to join the International MATE ROV Competition 2013 Explorer Class in USA in June 2013.
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Engineering education is going CubeSat shaped....
Bill MarshallFirst it was the home computer, then the mobile phone: now it’s your own earth-orbiting satellite. Alright, that’s a bit of an exaggeration, but about 5000GBP will buy you a kit of parts for the latest high-tech gadget, sorry, valuable research tool that no self-respecting technological university will want to be without...
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Six less ordinary sensors
Andrew BackThis post looks at a selection of slightly more esoteric ways of sensing the environment.
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PiGo Sneak Preview
Andrew BackA first look at the upcoming modular expansion system for Raspberry Pi.
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Exploring mbed with the Application Board
Andrew BackA first look at the mbed platform and the recently launched Application Board.
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Sensors & Energy Harvesting on the Renesas/Eco Solar Breizh Solar Car
Bill MarshallThe next World Solar Challenge car race takes place in October 2013. The race involves purpose-built vehicles being driven from the north to the south coast of Australia powered by energy which must come from the sun or be recovered from the kinetic energy of the vehicle itself. Here is the second post in a series charting the development of one entrant sponsored by Renesas Electronics.
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Coconut Pi: Individual components Development for an AUV
gohewWe are a team of Undergraduate Engineers embarking on an exciting journey into the embedded realm of Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Development. Follow us on our facebook fanpage at https://www.facebook.com/coconutpi or stay up to date as we post our fortnightly blog updates to Designspark!
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Detecting Lightning with an Arduino
Andrew BackThis post takes a look at interfacing the novel AS3935 lightning sensor with an Arduino.
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A Playful Internet of Things Futures
Andrew BackA report from the IoT futures unconference hosted by BBC R&D on 7th November 2012.
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Renesas Electronics participate in WSC 2013
Bill MarshallThe next World Solar Challenge car race takes place in October 2013. The race involves purpose-built vehicles being driven from the north to the south coast of Australia powered by energy which must come from the sun or be recovered from the kinetic energy of the vehicle itself. Here is the first post in a series charting the development of one entrant sponsored by Renesas Electronics.