World-first quantum dot LED lights made from discarded rice husks

From TVs, to solar cells, to cutting-edge cancer treatments, quantum dots are beginning to exhibit their unique potential in many fields, but manufacturing them at scale would raise some issues concerning the environment. Scientists at Japan’s Hiroshim… Continue reading World-first quantum dot LED lights made from discarded rice husks

Teaching You Everything You Might Have Missed About Addressable LEDs

Image showing differences between WS2815 and WS2813 LED strips - the WS2815 strip lighting is more uniform throughout the strip's length.

Often, financial motivation results in people writing great educational material for hackers. Such is absolutely the case with this extensive documentation blog post on addressable LEDs by [DeRun]. This article …read more Continue reading Teaching You Everything You Might Have Missed About Addressable LEDs