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http://www.iflscience.com/technology/star-treks-tricorder-now-officially-exists-thanks-to-a-global-competition/all/ Star Trek’s all-purpose medical device, the Tricorder, has also inspired a fair few people to recreate its near-magical ability to instantly diagnose a patient. As it happens, the non-profit X-Prize Foundation were so keen to get one invented that they started a global competition to see if any mavericks would succeed. Rather remarkably, one team has emerged victorious →

https://opensource.com/article/17/4/boilerplate-web-design-templates?sc_cid=7016000000127ECAAY Today, few people design their web pages from scratch. Most opt to use a pre-built template design, custom fit for their content management system of choice. Even developers building complex web applications came to rely on templating libraries to put together the majority of their application. But what if you want to build a →

http://www.edn.com/electronics-products/electronic-product-reviews/other/4458242/Power-Integrations-highlights-importance-of-power-factor-correction–at-APEC-2017?utm_content=bufferce187&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer Power factor correction is the process of improving a low power factor in a facility by increasing the ratio of real (working) power to apparent (total) power. Power-factor correction allows the input current to continuously flow, reduces the peak input current, and reduces the energy loss in the power supply, thus improving its operation →

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/browndoggadgets/crazy-circuits-unique-stem-projects-delivered-mont?ref=category_recommended Interesting idea. →

http://interestingengineering.com/handy-map-details-countrys-biggest-export/ This is an interesting map to take a look. →

http://interestingengineering.com/googles-new-program-autodraw-help-drawings-suck-less/ AutoDraw uses machine learning to match your doodles with professional works in order to clean up a sketch. Simply pull up AutoDraw on your phone, tablet, or desktop computer and start sketching.  As you draw, image suggestions will appear above the drawing pad.  “We hope AutoDraw will help make drawing and creating a little →

https://www.hackster.io/projects/tags/robots?sort=popular Celebrate National Robotics Week with these 300+ projects →

http://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/natosource/nato-and-eu-members-join-finland-s-new-center-for-countering-hybrid-threats Reuters:  Several European Union and NATO member nations on Tuesday signed up to establish a center in Helsinki to research how to tackle tactics such as cyberattacks, propaganda and disinformation….  →

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/maps-and-graphics/safest-countries-in-the-world/ Finland is the safest country in the world. →

https://create.arduino.cc/projecthub/RONDAGDAG/listen-to-me-mobile-web-bluetooth-and-voice-recognition-0f388e?ref=user&ref_id=6783&offset=0 A voice controlled prototype home automation system using Arduino/Genuino101 and Mobile Web Bluetooth API remix ‘Lend Me Your Ears’ project. →