Jens Nickel (255)

1-09-2009 | Just when you thought mobile phones couldn’t get much smaller Elektor Labs spotted one the size of a credit card and priced just under 17 eu...

1-09-2008 | Controlling a computer using the power of thought alone is less far-fetched than you might believe. The easy part is to measure precisely th...

1-07-2008 | There is often no feedback from receivers to indicate whether the command sent by the transmitter had been correctly received. In this artic...

1-04-2007 | Small solar systems have a lot to offer where mains power is unavailable. Installing standalone systems is by no means difficult, using eith...

1-04-2007 | Dye-sensitized solar cells may well be on the verge of a great future – they might even fully supplant expensive silicon solar cells. It’s t...

1-01-2007 | Of all nature’s physical quantities it is time that we know how to measure best. The most advanced atomic clocks are breathtakingly accurate...

1-11-2006 | In the last few months we’ve received four dozen entries from seven countries, putting the international jury in quite a sweat. The quality...

1-05-2006 | The use of lead-containing solders will be severely restricted from the beginning of July 2006. This has far-reaching consequences, especial...

1-04-2006 | The ubiquitous microcontroller appears not only in some of our projects but also in millions of household appliances sold throughout the wor...

1-02-2006 | Piezoelectric actuators and motors are finding more and more applications. These drives feature excellent dynamics, accuracy down to nanomet...