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How we built an Arduino-powered ping pong scoreboard

  • Written by: Mark Cipolla, Senior Developer & Content Platform Project Coordinator, The Conversation
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At The Conversation, we take table tennis very seriously. After setting up a new ping pong table, and wanting to learn how to use an Arduino, I had a bit of time to build a scoreboard.

An Arduino is a small, programmable device that can take inputs (in this case, two buttons) and control outputs (a LED screen to show the score).

The Arduino, and the...

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Thanksgiving space dinners, threading Saturn’s rings and impossible warp drives

  • Written by: Alan Duffy, Research Fellow, Swinburne University of Technology
imageThe gas giant Saturn revealed in all its splendour by NASA's Cassini spacecraft. This vantage point revealed the hexagonal storm raging on the pole as well as the innermost rings surrounding the planet.NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute, CC BY

It’s been a busy time in space with a Thanksgiving meal that was out of this world, as well as...

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FactCheck Q A: what are the facts on funding for domestic violence legal services in Australia?

  • Written by: Heather Douglas, Professor of Law, The University of Queensland
imageWriter and actor Nakkiah Lui, speaking on Q&A. Q&A

The Conversation is fact-checking claims made on Q&A, broadcast Mondays on the ABC at 9.35pm. Thank you to everyone who sent us quotes for checking via Twitter using hashtags #FactCheck and #QandA, on Facebook or by email.


Excerpt from Q&A, November 21, 2016. Watch from 5.10.

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Full response from Nakkiah Lui

  • Written by: Sunanda Creagh, Editor, The Conversation

In relation to this FactCheck on funding for legal services for victims of domestic violence, writer and actor Nakkiah Lui said:

The main source I was referring to in my statement on Q&A was the following from The Guardian [which reported]:

“These cuts include $35m from community legal centres, which provide frontline support services to...

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