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Among the current challenges with creating quantum computers is that the timespan that a singular qubit remains coherent is quite limited, restricting their usefulness. Usually such qubits consist ...
While they are dying out, you can still find incandescent bulbs. While these were once totally common, they’ve been largely ...
If you’ve ever worked with adding lithium-ion batteries to one of your projects, you’ve likely spent some quality time with a TP4056. Whether you implemented the circuit yourself, or ...
Sometimes, all it takes is looking at an existing piece of tech in a new way to come up with something unique. That’s the ...
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Den Delimarsky] had a Stream Deck and wanted to be free of the proprietary software, so he reverse-engineered it. Now, he has ...