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$100 Linux wall-wart launches… Marvell Semiconductor is shipping a hardware/software development kit suitable for always-on home automation devices and service gateways. Resembling a “wall-wart” power adapter, the SheevaPlug draws 5 Watts, comes with Linux, and boasts completely open hardware and software designs, Marvell says. In typical use, the SheevaPlug draws about as much power as […]
Visualization of of the # of links on the homepage of the top 98 websites (MAKE is in there!)…. via Waxy.
Phone sniffs your breath to detect diseases… Applied Nanodetectors Ltd (AND) of the UK prototyped a mobile phone that can detect various diseases from user’s breath and exhibited it at the International Nanotechnology Exhibition & Conference (nano tech 2009). The handset was manufactured by Nokia Corp of Finland. AND is aiming to do businesses with […]
I know there’s a number of folks out there who love Arduino sketching but have yet to really break the ice with Processing (same here!) Morgellon posted this basic orientation for communicating between the two pleasingly similar environments – and he didn’t forget to post the relevant code either. Using both environments in tandem, opens […]
Fans of the Boxee media player were bummed last week to hear that Hulu support would be removed. From the Boxee blog: two weeks ago Hulu called and told us their content partners were asking them to remove Hulu from boxee. we tried (many times) to plead the case for keeping Hulu on boxee, but […]
Ben sent us a nifty translation tool that uses Wikipedia’s alternate language links as its result set. The “Hack” is essentially using Wikipedia’s inter-wiki links (the ones on the bottom of the navigation bar) for translation of nouns. I used to do it manually all the time for mathematical terms. Say for example, that I’d […]
Wow, incredible use of Google maps and Google earth for a museum… Experience some of the most important Masterpieces from the Prado Museum. In the next two weeks, you will be able to access a new painting every day on Google Maps. The Prado Museum’s Masterpieces in ultra high resolution. Zoom in and browse the […]
