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http://www.edn.com/electronics-products/electronic-product-reviews/other/4458242/Power-Integrations-highlights-importance-of-power-factor-correction–at-APEC-2017?utm_content=bufferce187&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer Power factor correction is the process of improving a low power factor in a facility by increasing the ratio of real (working) power to apparent (total) power. Power-factor correction allows the input current to continuously flow, reduces the peak input current, and reduces the energy loss in the power supply, thus improving its operation →

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/browndoggadgets/crazy-circuits-unique-stem-projects-delivered-mont?ref=category_recommended Interesting idea. →

http://interestingengineering.com/handy-map-details-countrys-biggest-export/ This is an interesting map to take a look. →

http://interestingengineering.com/googles-new-program-autodraw-help-drawings-suck-less/ AutoDraw uses machine learning to match your doodles with professional works in order to clean up a sketch. Simply pull up AutoDraw on your phone, tablet, or desktop computer and start sketching.  As you draw, image suggestions will appear above the drawing pad.  “We hope AutoDraw will help make drawing and creating a little →

https://www.hackster.io/projects/tags/robots?sort=popular Celebrate National Robotics Week with these 300+ projects →

http://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/natosource/nato-and-eu-members-join-finland-s-new-center-for-countering-hybrid-threats Reuters:  Several European Union and NATO member nations on Tuesday signed up to establish a center in Helsinki to research how to tackle tactics such as cyberattacks, propaganda and disinformation….  →

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/maps-and-graphics/safest-countries-in-the-world/ Finland is the safest country in the world. →

https://create.arduino.cc/projecthub/RONDAGDAG/listen-to-me-mobile-web-bluetooth-and-voice-recognition-0f388e?ref=user&ref_id=6783&offset=0 A voice controlled prototype home automation system using Arduino/Genuino101 and Mobile Web Bluetooth API remix ‘Lend Me Your Ears’ project. →

http://www.edn.com/electronics-blogs/living-analog/4458237/Space-vectors- Interesting article on three phase power – how to generate it in motor control applications. →

http://www.circleid.com/posts/20170407_encryption_and_securing_our_digital_economy/ Currently, there are 360 million people that take part in cross-border e-commerce. 28% of output in mature economies is digital. The Internet is set to contribute $6.6 trillion a year, or 7.1% of the total GDP in the G20 countries.  And, by 2020, it’s estimated that more than 1 billion users will be added and there will be 30-50 →