Posts Tagged ‘embedded’
Your next home might be insulated with aerogel, really
Areogel , the 90% air material previously used in such space platforms as the Mars Pathfinder Rover, is actually dropping in price. So much so that’s actually being used as insulation in some commercial applications
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Your next home might be insulated with aerogel, really
Android goes to the hospital
A pack of medical applications was just released for Android, and it set me a-thinkin’. Although our phones are far from tricorders at this point (but getting closer ), Android has a bit more of a versatile position. A powerful smartphone OS and (possibly) a passable netbook or tablet one, it seems like it may be a really good fit for embedded systems
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Android goes to the hospital
Plant theremin makes weird noises, photosynthesizes
Improvised and modified instruments are part of any self-respecting weird music creator’s repertoire. As for using plants (and banaynays) as conductive channel for a theremin-like instrument, it’s been done before (by Simian ) but not on video, I think. The sounds created are… shall we say, limited, but could be useful in a track, and are certainly fun to create
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Plant theremin makes weird noises, photosynthesizes
Outrage: Porn found on 6-year-old boy’s new PSP
Shock! Outrage! Whatever! All words that are totally appropriate for this here story . Get this: a six-year-old boy gets a brand new Sony PSP from Wal-Mart
Rotating cubic memory card reader
Brando’s got a humdinger of a whatsit in this cubic card reader.
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Rotating cubic memory card reader