Kategorie: Science
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Google Play’s Best of 2021
Reading Time: 3 minutesToday, we announced the winners of Google Play’s Best of 2021, a celebration of apps and games that made positive contributions to culture this year. And to encourage innovation across Google Play, we’ve expanded this year’s awards to apps and games on tablets, plus apps on Wear OS and Google TV. By…
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How to sustain a safe, thriving app and game ecosystemHow to sustain a safe, thriving app and game ecosystemDirector
Reading Time: 3 minutesThere have been a lot of discussions globally about how mobile ecosystems and app stores operate, and the role good policy plays in ensuring that these platforms provide ample choice and flexibility for developers and users. We have been following these discussions closely and agree that policies in this space should be…
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Offers on Google Play: a new destination to find great dealsOffers on Google Play: a new destination to find great dealsProduct Manager, Google Play
Reading Time: 2 minutes Since 2012, Google Play has been a one-stop shop for discovering and enjoying your favorite apps, games and digital content. This week we’re launching “Offers” — a new tab in the Google Play Store app to help you discover deals in games and apps across travel, shopping, media & entertainment, fitness,…
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Google Play helps indie games go further fasterGoogle Play helps indie games go further fasterP&E Developer Marketing
Reading Time: 2 minutes Indie game developers are known for creating some of the most innovative titles to land on Google Play. It’s this creativity that captures the imagination of the more than 2.5 billion people using our platform each month. At Google Play, it is our mission to help indie game developers reach their…
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#WeArePlay: Meet the people behind your apps and games#WeArePlay: Meet the people behind your apps and gamesDirector
Reading Time: 2 minutes Every month, over 2.5 billion people visit Google Play to discover millions of apps and games. Behind each of these apps is an entrepreneur (or two… or three) with a unique story to tell. Some have been programming since childhood, others just learned how to code. Some live in busy cities,…
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Hear from app and game founders in #WeArePlay USAHear from app and game founders in #WeArePlay USADirector
Reading Time: 3 minutes Last week, we launched #WeArePlay, a new series featuring the people behind your favorite Google Play apps and games. To celebrate the Fourth of July holiday, we’re putting a special spotlight on app founders and developers across every U.S. state. #WeArePlay USA introduces you to the passionate professionals behind more than…
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5 apps making their mark in Asia Pacific and beyond5 apps making their mark in Asia Pacific and beyondManaging Director, Google Play
Reading Time: 3 minutesGoogle Play turned 10 this year, and we’ve been keeping the celebrations going with local developer communities around the world. It’s an extra special occasion in Asia Pacific, which is home to one of the largest app developer populations (nearly a third of the 26.9 million app developers worldwide) and one of…
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Immerse Yourself in Arduino EDUvision Season 4
Reading Time: 3 minutesHopefully you’ve been with us during the roller-coaster ride of Arduino EDUvision season 4, which just came to a close. We’ve had a wonderful time, and the response from the community has been outstanding. Arduino EDUvision began life as a way to compensate for the lack of in-person events during 2020. And now…
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Sync Google Drive with Arduino Science Journal projects
Reading Time: 2 minutesNote: Google Drive is available to all users over the age of 14. This is so we adhere to the COPPA compliance requirements for students under 14-years-old. Students and teachers can now sync Google Drive with their Arduino Science Journal experiments. This means you can access experiments from any device using your…
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Raspberry Pi: a versatile tool for biological sciences
Reading Time: 3 minutesOver the nine-ish years since the release of our first model, we’ve watched grow a thriving global community of Raspberry Pi enthusiasts, hobbyists, and educators. But did you know that Raspberry Pi is also increasingly used in scientific research? Some of the scientific applications of Raspberry Pi that Jolle found Dr Jolle…
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Going hands-on with STEM during the pandemic
Reading Time: 2 minutesThis article was written by Valentina Chinnici, Arduino Education Product Manager. The last year has clearly been challenging for educators around the world due to the pandemic. Yet despite these difficult times, educators and students haven’t stopped getting hands-on and experimenting with STEM. But how is it possible to create a systematic environment…
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Get your SteFly™ – Nice sightseeing tour of Pavullo city
Reading Time: < 1 minuteNice sightseeing tour of Pavullo city during the traffic pattern. At the last competition day of the 1st e-glide contest it was very difficult to get back home to the airfield. The finish cylinder was big enough to stay out of the rain shower and still finish the task. With a…
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The Science Journal is graduating from Google — coming to Arduino this fall!
Reading Time: 2 minutesThis post was written by Valentina Chinnici, Arduino Product Manager. Arduino and Google are excited to announce that the Science Journal app will be transferring from Google to Arduino this September! Arduino’s existing experience with the Science Journal and a long-standing commitment to open source and hands-on science has been crucial to…
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What Are The Best Materials for Making DIY Masks?
Reading Time: 4 minutesWith masks sold out during the coronavirus outbreak, many people will have to make do with what some scientists have called “the last resort”: the DIY mask. Atemschutzmaske selber machen anleitung | Mundschutz selber machen einfach | DIY Bastelideen Masse des Papiers sind, 20,5x23cm damit es pass genau ist!! Data shows that DIY…
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FluSense takes on COVID-19 with Raspberry Pi
Reading Time: 3 minutesRaspberry Pi devices are often used by scientists, especially in biology to capture and analyse data, and a particularly striking – and sobering – project has made the news this week. Researchers at UMass Amherst have created FluSense, a dictionary-sized piece of equipment comprising a cheap microphone array, a thermal sensor, an…
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Raspberry Pi vs antibiotic resistance: microbiology imaging with open source hardware
Reading Time: 4 minutesThe Edwards Lab at the University of Reading has developed a flexible, low-cost, open source lab robot for capturing images of microbiology samples with a Raspberry Pi camera module. It’s called POLIR, for Raspberry Pi camera Open-source Laboratory Imaging Robot. Here’s a timelapse video of them assembling it. Measuring antibiotic resistance with…
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Growth Monitor pi: an open monitoring system for plant science
Reading Time: 3 minutesPlant scientists and agronomists use growth chambers to provide consistent growing conditions for the plants they study. This reduces confounding variables – inconsistent temperature or light levels, for example – that could render the results of their experiments less meaningful. To make sure that conditions really are consistent both within and between…
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A low-cost, open-source, computer-assisted microscope
Reading Time: 2 minutesLow-cost open labware is a good thing in the world, and I was particularly pleased when micropalaeontologist Martin Tetard got in touch about the Raspberry Pi-based microscope he is developing. The project is called microscoPI (what else?), and it can capture, process, and store images and image analysis results. Martin is engaged…
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Exploring a classic physics problem with Arduino
Reading Time: 2 minutesExploring a classic physics problem with Arduino Arduino Team — September 11th, 2019 As described in this project’s write-up, “The brachistochrone curve is a classic physics problem, that derives the fastest path between two points A and B which are at different elevations.” In other words, if you have a ramp leading…
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12 Refreshing Altoids Tin Projects to 3D Print
Reading Time: 5 minutesWith these excellent Altoids tin projects, you can upcycle the metal case after you’ve finished chewing over the curiously strong mints. The Altoids tin is more than just an iconic receptacle for strong mints, it’s also an astonishingly versatile little beast. Makers have hacked its metallic frame into a million and one…
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12 Refreshing Altoids Tin Projects to 3D Print
Reading Time: 5 minutesWith these excellent Altoids tin projects, you can upcycle the metal case after you’ve finished chewing over the curiously strong mints. The Altoids tin is more than just an iconic receptacle for strong mints, it’s also an astonishingly versatile little beast. Makers have hacked its metallic frame into a million and one…
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Saving biologists’ time with Raspberry Pi
Reading Time: 2 minutesIn an effort to save themselves and fellow biologists hours of time each week, Team IoHeat are currently prototyping a device that allows solutions to be heated while they are still in cold storage. The IoHeat team didn’t provide any photos with their project writeup, so here’s a picture of a bored…
