Hackaday

Tired Of Burnt Fingers? Try PID Tuning The Hot Glue Gun

Hot glue guns are pretty simple beasts: there’s an on/off switch, a heating element, and a source of current, be it battery or wired. You turn it on, and the heater starts warming up; ...
Reuters

US House panel votes to pay air traffic controllers during future government shutdowns

WASHINGTON, Dec 18 (Reuters) - A U.S. House of Representatives committee on Thursday voted unanimously to approve legislation aiming to prevent aviation disruptions during government shutdowns by ...
GitHub

A PID controller for Arduino that implements advanced features often missing from standard libraries. Designed for advanced control strategies.

"Windup" occurs when the integral term grows indefinitely while the actuator is saturated (at max limit). Standard PID calculates d(Error)/dt. This library calculates ...
IEEE

Temperature Control System in Egg Incubator Based on PID with Graphical User Interface

Abstract: Typically, egg incubators available for purchase utilize on-off control to regulate incandescent lamps, which might result in temperature changes. The objective of this research is to ...
Business Insider

Air traffic control shortages pile up, causing delays and disruptions at airports across the US

Air traffic controller shortages are causing delays at airports nationwide. The FAA said multiple air traffic control centers were experiencing staffing issues. Major airports, such as JFK, Newark, ...
The New York Times

Trump Administration Decimates Birth Control Office in Layoffs

The layoffs have raised fears that the administration could be effectively ending an initiative that provides contraception for millions of low-income women. By Caroline Kitchener Reporting from ...
PBS

Airports face delays as shutdown deepens air traffic control staffing woes

Thousands of flights have been delayed this week as the government shutdown enters its eighth day. It’s hard to know exactly how many delays are due to staffing shortages from the shutdown, but ...
New York Post

Exhausted, unpaid air traffic controllers warn as government shutdown puts plane passengers at risk

This situation can’t fly. The safety of every American plane passenger is being imperiled as the government shutdown drags into its second week, irate air traffic controllers say. More than 14,000 ...
CNN

Government shutdown hits air travel, closing a control tower and causing delays across the country

A pilot preparing to take off Monday from Hollywood Burbank Airport in California took the routine step of radioing the air traffic control tower. But instead of the usual back-and-forth conversation ...
NorthJersey.com

Federal shutdown adds stress to air traffic control operations at Newark Airport

NEWARK — The air traffic controllers overseeing North Jersey's airspace are already overworked and understaffed — and now they're not even being paid, thanks to the government shutdown that went into ...
Automation World

AI In My PID Loops? It’s More Likely Than You’d Expect

Some wonder if AI will replace PID control loops. The reality is that, instead of replacing PID, AI is stepping in to help keep things running smoothly without upending regulatory trust. Think of AI ...