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Saturday, 23 July 2016

Know What You Are Buying; Arduino Vs. Microchip's PIC Micro

Author: Ogor Anumbor


If you are new to electronics/embedded-systems and micro-controllers and you want to navigate your way, this article is where you should start from. If you have got experience already and have friends new to this realm you can share the article with them as well.


Friday, 1 July 2016

Myoelectric Prosthetics; Introduction to Upper Limb Prosthetics

Compiled by: Ekundayo Toheeb Dayo

The article is a 4 minute-read.

The primary purpose of an arm prosthetic is to mimic the appearance and replace the function of a missing limb. While a single prosthetic that achieves both a natural appearance and extreme functionality would be ideal, most artificial limbs that exist today sacrifice some degree of one for the other. As such, there is a wide spectrum of specialized prosthetics that range from the purely cosmetic (which are inert) to the primarily functional (whose appearance is obviously mechanical). 


Wednesday, 18 May 2016

Hercules Adler Academy

This is a promotional video to launch Hercules' daughter school - Adler Engineering Academy. 

The Academy is based in Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, and it's complete with mechatronic (embedded systems and mechanical systems) engineering syllabus with serious emphasis on hardware training practicals mostly based using the Arduino-uno 8-bits micro-controller board and other interesting electronic components and integrated circuit chips. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asP2fTqlccY

Monday, 2 May 2016

Meet Billionaire, Engineer, Innovator, Philanthropist; Elon Musk

Author: Ogor Anumbor

The first captions that ever caught my attention of this fellow was when I read an article on Wikipedia some years ago of four people that had sent rocket to outer space; It captioned Russia, US, China and Elon Musk.




This article is a 10-minute read.