Raspberry Pi And The Story Of SD Card Corruption

Tales of Raspberry Pi SD card corruption are available online by the fistful, and are definitely a constant in Pi-adjacent communities. It’s apparent that some kind of problems tend to arise when a Raspberry Pi meets an SD card – which sounds quite ironic, since an SD card is the official and recommended way of booting a Pi. What is up with all of that?

Source: Raspberry Pi And The Story Of SD Card Corruption | Hackaday

How to use the cp Command

The cp command is ideal for copying files and directories on a Linux or Unix distribution. You will likely not need to use additional options for most tasks as the basic command will achieve most requirements.

This tutorial will take you through several use cases for using cp on a Linux distribution. For example, we cover copying single files, copying multiple files and directories, setting backups, copying recursively, and much more.

Source: How to use the cp Command – Pi My Life Up

Physicists Build Circuit That Generates Clean, Limitless Power From Graphene

If this turns out to be capable of generating enough current to keep a phone charged, that’s a big deal. If enough of these packaged together can run a small computer such as a Raspberry Pi, that’s a REALLY big deal. And if you could package enough of these together in a small enough area to run an electric vehicle, then life as we know it may be about to change! Let’s hope there not some unforeseen drawback to this – for example, do these only work for a short amount of time before needing replacement? Are they terribly costly to make in quantity? I just really hope this turns out to have practical use in consumer grade equipment. But also, if that’s the case, I hope this is not just another of those inventions that could change the world but that seemingly disappears into oblivion shortly after being announced.

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – A team of University of Arkansas physicists has successfully developed a circuit capable of capturing graphene’s thermal motion and converting it into an electrical current.

“An energy-harvesting circuit based on graphene could be incorporated into a chip to provide clean, limitless, low-voltage power for small devices or sensors,” said Paul Thibado, professor of physics and lead researcher in the discovery.

Source: Physicists Build Circuit That Generates Clean, Limitless Power From Graphene (University of Arkansas)

UPDATES:
The Power of Motion; Harvesting Energy from Freestanding Graphene
The Power of Motion: Physicist Paul Thibado Updates Listeners of ‘Short Talks’ About His Work