#tantalum — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #tantalum, aggregated by home.social.
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There it’s processed into #tantalum, a heat-resistant #metal that fetches >$300 a kilogram & is in high demand by makers of mobile phones, computers, aerospace components & gas turbines.
#Rubaya produces ~15% of the world’s #coltan, all dug manually by #impoverished locals who earn a few dollars per day. Control of this mine is the biggest prize in a long-running conflict in this central #Africa nation.#Congo #DRC #Rwanda #Kinshasa #Tutsi #HumanRights #exploitation #business #tech #geopolitics
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World’s Smallest Blinky, Now Even Smaller - Here at Hackaday, it’s a pretty safe bet that putting “World’s smallest” in the ti... - https://hackaday.com/2025/03/19/worlds-smallest-blinky-now-even-smaller/ #microcontrollers #microcontroller #microsoldering #attiny20 #tantalum #blinky #led
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World’s Smallest Blinky, Now Even Smaller - Here at Hackaday, it’s a pretty safe bet that putting “World’s smallest” in the ti... - https://hackaday.com/2025/03/19/worlds-smallest-blinky-now-even-smaller/ #microcontrollers #microcontroller #microsoldering #attiny20 #tantalum #blinky #led
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World’s Smallest Blinky, Now Even Smaller - Here at Hackaday, it’s a pretty safe bet that putting “World’s smallest” in the ti... - https://hackaday.com/2025/03/19/worlds-smallest-blinky-now-even-smaller/ #microcontrollers #microcontroller #microsoldering #attiny20 #tantalum #blinky #led
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World’s Smallest Blinky, Now Even Smaller - Here at Hackaday, it’s a pretty safe bet that putting “World’s smallest” in the ti... - https://hackaday.com/2025/03/19/worlds-smallest-blinky-now-even-smaller/ #microcontrollers #microcontroller #microsoldering #attiny20 #tantalum #blinky #led
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World’s Smallest Blinky, Now Even Smaller - Here at Hackaday, it’s a pretty safe bet that putting “World’s smallest” in the ti... - https://hackaday.com/2025/03/19/worlds-smallest-blinky-now-even-smaller/ #microcontrollers #microcontroller #microsoldering #attiny20 #tantalum #blinky #led
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In a bold move, the Democratic Republic of #Congo #DRC has filed criminal complaints against #Apple in #Belgium and #France, accusing the tech firm of using #conflictminerals in its supply chain.
Congo is a major source of #tin, #tantalum and #tungsten and some artisanal mines are run by armed groups involved in massacres of civilians, mass rapes, looting and other crimes, according to U.N. experts and #humanrights groups.
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Exploring Cheap Tantalum Caps of Mysterious Provenance https://hackaday.com/2024/07/22/exploring-cheap-tantalum-caps-of-mysterious-provenance/ #equivalentseriesresistance #AliExpress #capacitor #digi-key #tantalum #surplus #mouser #Parts #parts #LCSC #ESR
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Exploring Cheap Tantalum Caps of Mysterious Provenance https://hackaday.com/2024/07/22/exploring-cheap-tantalum-caps-of-mysterious-provenance/ #equivalentseriesresistance #AliExpress #capacitor #digi-key #tantalum #surplus #mouser #Parts #parts #LCSC #ESR
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Exploring Cheap Tantalum Caps of Mysterious Provenance https://hackaday.com/2024/07/22/exploring-cheap-tantalum-caps-of-mysterious-provenance/ #equivalentseriesresistance #AliExpress #capacitor #digi-key #tantalum #surplus #mouser #Parts #parts #LCSC #ESR
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Exploring Cheap Tantalum Caps of Mysterious Provenance https://hackaday.com/2024/07/22/exploring-cheap-tantalum-caps-of-mysterious-provenance/ #equivalentseriesresistance #AliExpress #capacitor #digi-key #tantalum #surplus #mouser #Parts #parts #LCSC #ESR
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Exploring Cheap Tantalum Caps of Mysterious Provenance - We’ve all heard about the perils of counterfeit chips, and more than a few of us h... - https://hackaday.com/2024/07/22/exploring-cheap-tantalum-caps-of-mysterious-provenance/ #equivalentseriesresistance #aliexpress #capacitor #digi-key #tantalum #surplus #mouser #parts #lcsc #esr
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Exploring Cheap Tantalum Caps of Mysterious Provenance - We’ve all heard about the perils of counterfeit chips, and more than a few of us h... - https://hackaday.com/2024/07/22/exploring-cheap-tantalum-caps-of-mysterious-provenance/ #equivalentseriesresistance #aliexpress #capacitor #digi-key #tantalum #surplus #mouser #parts #lcsc #esr
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Exploring Cheap Tantalum Caps of Mysterious Provenance - We’ve all heard about the perils of counterfeit chips, and more than a few of us h... - https://hackaday.com/2024/07/22/exploring-cheap-tantalum-caps-of-mysterious-provenance/ #equivalentseriesresistance #aliexpress #capacitor #digi-key #tantalum #surplus #mouser #parts #lcsc #esr
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Exploring Cheap Tantalum Caps of Mysterious Provenance - We’ve all heard about the perils of counterfeit chips, and more than a few of us h... - https://hackaday.com/2024/07/22/exploring-cheap-tantalum-caps-of-mysterious-provenance/ #equivalentseriesresistance #aliexpress #capacitor #digi-key #tantalum #surplus #mouser #parts #lcsc #esr
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Exploring Cheap Tantalum Caps of Mysterious Provenance - We’ve all heard about the perils of counterfeit chips, and more than a few of us h... - https://hackaday.com/2024/07/22/exploring-cheap-tantalum-caps-of-mysterious-provenance/ #equivalentseriesresistance #aliexpress #capacitor #digi-key #tantalum #surplus #mouser #parts #lcsc #esr
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How conflict minerals make it into our phones https://www.cnbc.com/2023/02/15/how-conflict-minerals-make-it-into-our-phones.html
#technology #tin #tantalum #tungsten #gold #conflictminerals #africa #apple #microsoft #intel #tesla #congo
