2-axis inverted pendulum balanced by two reaction wheels. RL policy trained in Webots, runs on-device. Zephyr RTOS on STM32 + native ROS 2 on the QRB2210 SBC (Arduino UNO Q), digital twin over USB.

Check out Python’s powerful new linters and profiling tools, and learn how virtual environments can save you time and trouble. Meta’s long-awaited Pyrefly linter is out in a 1.0 version, and the ...

Google has upgraded NotebookLM with a new reasoning engine, expanded file output options, and a more flexible research workflow, giving the AI notebook tool a broader set of capabilities for handling ...

This is part of a series of columns about the viability of the American university system. In the previous installment of this series on the future of higher education, I talked with professors about ...

The dog that ushered me into the technological future was “low and thick.” That’s all my mother registered before it T-boned her in a city park earlier this year: dense, heavy, and traveling fast ...

Doron Zeilberger is a mathematician who believes that all things come to an end. That just as we are limited beings, so too does nature have boundaries — and therefore so do numbers. Look out the ...

T ell a roomful of academics that you use AI in your writing and watch what happens. A few will nod. Most will go quiet in that particular way that means they’re embarrassed on your behalf. Someone ...

MicroPython is a well-known and easy-to-use way to program microcontrollers in Python. If you’re using an Arduino Uno Q, though, you’re stuck without it. [Natasha] saves the day by bringing us a a ...

QR codes, short for quick-response codes, are designed to store information for easy sharing. For example, instead of making someone open a browser on their phone and manually type out a specific URL ...

MicroPython is a well-known and easy-to-use way to program microcontrollers in Python. If you’re using an Arduino Uno Q, though, you’re stuck without it. [Natasha] saves the day by bringing us a a ...

At our wedding, my husband and I requested donations to St. Jude Children’s Hospital. There were substantial donations made. My question is short and sweet: Can these be written off on our tax return, ...