Why Do Humans Have Fingerprints? Hint: It’s Not What You Think

Identity recognition is probably the least important function our fingerprints might serve for us. Here’s how and why they ...
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Abbott's wireless heart failure sensor cleared for NHS use

A wireless sensor the size of a paperclip, Abbott's CardioMEMS HF, can be used routinely by the NHS to monitor patients with chronic heart failure (CHF) in their own homes, according to NICE. The ...
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7 smart home projects that work better on an ESP32 than a Raspberry Pi

When a Raspberry Pi is overkill.

Gazing Into Sam Altman’s Orb Now Proves You’re Human on Tinder

Sam Altman’s iris-scanning, humanity-verifying World project announced at an event in San Francisco on Friday that Tinder ...
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Python Comes To The Arduino Uno Q

MicroPython is a well-known and easy-to-use way to program microcontrollers in Python. If you’re using an Arduino Uno Q, ...
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Give bare-metal multicore processing a try

Multicore processing boosts performance and energy efficiency in many coding situations. Bare-metal algorithms further ...