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Arduino IDE meets Ruby

Arduino IDE meets Ruby

Spotted on Liquidware, the new version of their Arduino IDE now supports Ruby scripting. It is integrated as a Scripting tab in the Arduino IDE. Upon startup, a listing of your ruby script files is generated from your Sketchbook directory. Ruby scripting support is built into the Antipasto Arduino IDE in versions 0.8.11 or greater.

3G on Dell Mini 9

If you’ve already got a netbook and enjoy the form factor and would rather not have to plug in a dongle, here’s a quick run-through for integrating a Novatel EU850D 3G radio into a Dell Mini 9 that should give you an idea of what such a project entails.

The first ethernet cable

The first ethernet cable

Lisa Katayama writes on Boing Boing Gadgets: Behind an ordinary door in a nondescript room hosting several printers and copiers at PARC is the world’s first Ethernet cable. In 1973, Bob Metcalfe sent an internal memo to his colleagues at Xerox proposing a local system of interacting workstations, files, and printers. The devices would all […]