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CoviDetect: Automatic COVID-19 Testing Solution

We plan to construct an unmanned COVID-19 testing solution. Our main customers are organizations such as governments, schools, companies who want to provide affordable, easy and reliable testing services to associated people such as local citizens, students and employees. Upon agreement, we install our machines on customers’ sites. Our machine is capable of three testing methods: PCR Swab, PCR Saliva and Antigen Swab. Sample collection is completely automatic, and no people are required on site. Antigen samples can be analyzed directly inside the machine with results available in a short period of time. PCR samples will be collected by our employees and transported to our labs for further experiments. Test results will be reported to the customer organization, and we consider our process done. We also provide software interfaces, so that we can exchange data with the customer organization, such as user authentication info and test results.

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A 1.25GHz 113fJ 4-bit Absolute-Value Detector for use in Neural Spike Sorting

The goal of this project is to design a 4-bit “Absolute-value Detector” with the minimum energy and worst-case delay of 800ps. Here “delay” refers to the worst-case propagation delay and “energy” refers to total energy drawn from VDD for a given input probability distribution. You may use gate sizing and supply voltage scaling as variables.

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Classic Tic-tac-toe Game on Spartan-6 FPGA

The project implements the classic tic-tac-toe game on the Spartan-6 FPGA. The game board size is 3×3, and two human players are involved. The board of the game will be displayed on a monitor via VGA. The player who has the turn can press 4 buttons, UP, DOWN, LEFT, or RIGHT to move a blinking cursor on the board. When the cursor is moved to the target grid, the player can press the ENTER button to record the move, and if the game is not ended yet, the other player gets the turn. During the game, the 7-segment display will show the current location of the cursor, and which player’s move is now pending. We also need to constantly check whether or not the game should be over. There can be three outcomes: tie, Player 0 wins, or Player 1 wins. When a game-over condition is met, the game ends automatically, and no new moves are recorded. The final outcome will be shown on the 7-segment display. The user can press the RESET button to start a new game with an empty board.

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Business & Economics Science & Technology

M1 Pro & Intel MacBook Pro Cost Comparison for Video Editors

This paper will compare the economic factors behind choosing between an Intel x86 MacBook Pro and an Apple M1 Pro (ARM) MacBook Pro through the perspective of a full-time video editor, a user-base known for demanding performance from their PCs.

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Science & Technology Society

Sinking of the Titanic

On 14 April 1912, RMS Titanic, one of the most well-known ships in that era and hitherto, struck an iceberg while cruising at full speed towards New York City. Failing to withstand the damage, the Titanic soon sank after midnight, killing more than 1,500 people on board. This report will introduce the general information about this accident and discuss some ethical issues behind it. It is intended for the general public who is interested in the incident but has no knowledge of shipbuilding, so only the management aspects of the failure will be included.

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Business & Economics Science & Technology Society

Cryptocurrencies: Dope or Nope?

On Sept. 24, 2021, Chinese authorities officially announced a final and full-scale crackdown on cryptocurrency trading and mining businesses within its border. Almost immediately, one of the most popular crypto trading platforms in China, Huobi, announced that they would stop new registrations and gradually retire existing accounts by Dec. 31. The global crypto market fell […]

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Comparison of Three Programming Languages in HEAT System

This report compares 3 different languages (D, Odin and Zig) and analyzes their suitability for building a Human Embodied Autonomous Thermostat (HEAT) system that uses the face temperature of human occupants to control the buildings’ air temperatures. Performance, reliability and security are emphasized, and a conclusion is given to suggest which language is more favorable.

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Life Science & Technology

Replacing Cracked iPhone Screen Myself