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U.S. Quantum Bet Puts Hardware First, But Utility Remains the Test
Published: May 22, 2026, 9:26 pm
A $2 billion CHIPS Act package backs quantum hardware across major modalities, underscoring Washington’s view of quantum computing as strategic infrastructure. The harder task is turning that hardware into useful applications.
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Commercial Space Screening Approach for Agile, High-Reliability Payloads
Published: May 22, 2026, 2:14 pm
Date: Tuesday, June 30, 2026 Time: 15:00 CEST As the Space market evolves and accelerates, mission designers need space-capable electronics that balance performance, reliability, and affordability, without sacrificing speed to deployment. Join this webinar where we’ll explore ADI’s approach to supporting New Space programs through our purpose-built screening flows: Commercial Space Low (CSL) and Commercial Space […]
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U.S. Injects $2B into Quantum Computing Companies
Published: May 22, 2026, 12:58 pm
Washington signals its intent to lead the quantum computing revolution with a $2 billion investment and equity stakes.
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Imec Says AI Scaling Needs More Orchestration Across Research, Design, Manufacturing
Published: May 22, 2026, 7:30 am
Co-optimization and collaboration were key themes at ITF World 2026, alongside imec’s Neuropixels 3.0 research and imec.ventures’ work with startups.
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AMD Plans $10B Investment in Taiwan to Boost AI Infrastructure
Published: May 21, 2026, 4:34 pm
AMD to invest more than $10 billion in Taiwan ecosystem, ramping HPC chips on TSMC’s 2-nm process amid AI buildout.
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Hackaday News
Adorable ASCII Aquarium Lives On Your Desk
Published: May 24, 2026, 5:00 pm
[Kert Gartner]’s ASCII Aquarium turns a cheap yellow display (CYD) into a tiny simulated aquarium, complete with ASCII sea creatures each with their own behaviors. There’s all kinds of options …read more
Spacelab’s Mitra 125 MS
Published: May 24, 2026, 2:00 pm
[Ken Shirriff] does some of the most interesting teardowns. This time, he’s looking at a French-built minicomputer called the Mitra 125 MS from around 1980. In particular, it was the …read more
Meet the Raven: an Atari Clone Computer Based on the Motorola 68060
Published: May 24, 2026, 11:00 am
Some people who have a hankering to run GEM/TOS applications might just fire up an emulator, or maybe coax an old Motorola 68k-based Atari ST system back to life. Then …read more
Designing a Printable Cyclone Dust Separator for 99.95% Efficiency
Published: May 24, 2026, 8:00 am
Filtering sawdust out of an airflow is easy until you try to do it with cyclone separation, but the obvious appeal here is of course not spending a fortune on …read more
Putting Version 7.1 of the Direct Granules FDM Extruder Through Its Paces
Published: May 24, 2026, 5:00 am
Whether you’re using granules or filament, FDM printing relies heavily on a consistent flowrate of the extruder. This is also the challenge with [HomoFaciens]’s direct granule extruder. Version 7.1 here …read more
Adafruit Blog News
Project Hail Mary’s “Science Mistakes” #SciFiSunday
Published: May 24, 2026, 4:13 pm
Project Hail Mary is full of good science fiction in that it pushes ideas into the unknown while trying to rely on science as we know it. Of course, it is still fiction, and a movie, so it is also full of scientific “mistakes.” Hank Green goes over a few of the mistakes that […]
NeoPixel Tiara #AdafruitLearnSystem
Published: May 24, 2026, 4:00 pm
You can make a crown of light for prom or your birthday this year! A few free-wired NeoPixels make you the cyber-pageant queen. For this project you will need: Gemma M0 (or build on the GEMMA Starter Pack) seven sewable NeoPixels (or any combination of pixels, NeoPixel rings, or high-density NeoPixel strip) Use “RGB” NeoPixel rings, […]
Film Revival NYC
Published: May 24, 2026, 2:00 pm
Looking for a comprehensive guide to “revival, repertory, and classic film screenings” in NYC? You are going to absolutely adore Film Revival NYC! Updated daily from 40+ cinemas including Film Forum, Metrograph, BAM, Roxy, Alamo Drafthouse, IFC, Angelika, Quad Cinema, and more. Browse 35mm, 70mm, and digital presentations. See showtimes here and don’t miss the […]
Turn your Android phone into a modern ham radio transceiver
Published: May 24, 2026, 1:30 pm
kv4p HT is a homebrew 1 watt radio available in VHF or UHF that plugs into your Android phone’, transforming it into a handheld HAM transceiver. Completely off-grid. The radio simply plugs into the USB C port on your Android smartphone and transforms it into a fully-fledged handheld radio transceiver. It’s completely open source (GPL3): the Android app, […]
New nEw NEW Products at Adafruit 5/20/2026
Published: May 24, 2026, 12:00 am
We’ve got the New nEw NEW for you right here This week we debuted 3 New Products. Snap-on Enclosure for Adafruit Terminal Block BFF Add-On Machined Red Aluminum Servo Arm – 1.75″ Long Through Hole Inline Pogo Pin Target Header – 9-Pin 0.1″ Spacing Visit www.adafruit.com/new for more info. Want to get new products info […]
Electronics Weekly News
CSA Catapult joins project SONATA for aircraft taxiing system
Published: May 22, 2026, 2:32 pm
Compound Semiconductor Applications (CSA) Catapult has announced that it will be bringing its SiC (silicon carbide) power expertise as a technology partner to project SONATA. This is developing an on-aircraft ...
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Swiss And Euro Microbots Win Gold
Published: May 22, 2026, 1:15 pm
Swiss and French microrobots walked away with gold at the 2010 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation in Alaska. In the Mobile Microrobotics Challenge, six teams from Canada, Europe ...
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Ubotica, NOVI Space partner on AI-enabled Earth Observation
Published: May 22, 2026, 11:22 am
Ubotica Technologies is partnering with Novi Space to deliver real-time intelligence directly from the Earth’s orbit. The former specialises in space AI and the latter in edge computing in orbit. ...
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MLX81119 integrates on-chip DC/DC power with LIN RGB automotive lighting
Published: May 22, 2026, 10:11 am
For the automotive market, Melexis is releasing the MLX81119, an 18-channel LIN RGB LED controller with an integrated 1A DC/DC converter. The latter generates an optimised local LED supply voltage ...
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Smart swimming goggles make a splash
Published: May 22, 2026, 9:29 am
After featuring smart cricket balls, footballs, tennis racquets and golf clubs on Gadget Master, why not smart swimming goggles?
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