Nokia has released an Energy Profiler for Series 60 3rd Edition FP1 devices. The profiler will gather data on energy consumption and temperature so you can fire up the energy profile, launch that application you suspect of sucking down your battery, and see just how much power it’s eating up. This is a great little […]
Interesting beginner electronic kit- A NerdKit is a combination of electronic parts and wisdom, which together will teach you about digital electronics, embedded systems, and how to bridge computers with the “real world”. The electronics world has changed dramatically in the past few decades. We want to make sure that it’s still easy to get […]
I remember when it was all about which robot could run or ride a bicycle, now it’s which one can play the violin… – Toyota Motor Corp.’s new violin robot performs during a press unveiling in Tokyo Thursday, Dec. 6, 2007. Compared to a virtuoso, its rendition was a trifle stilted and, well, robotic. But […]
EETimes tool apart and fully documented Myvu Solo goggles – Virtual display glasses are nothing new (we analyzed one of the first, from Olympus, over a decade ago), but improvements have slimmed the package considerably and brought costs to levels more simpatico with consumer budgets. At $199, Myvu’s Solo brings iPod video viewing front and […]
Excel for artists… – Sometimes, you don’t need complicated stuff to get beautiful images. Sometimes it’s easily done. Today’s Math Art was generated on Microsoft Excel. Yes, you read that right. Microsoft Excel…. Remember those spirographs that you played with when you were a kid? If you’ve ever drawn using a spirograph, you’ve drawn a […]
Moose2000 made a MAME oscilloscope! MAME + sound card + oscilloscope = star wars arcade game – [via] Link.
Every once in a while I need to make an update to an .htaccess file on a server share or some other dot-file that is normally hidden by the Finder. Instead of editing the file in the terminal with the vi editor—a perfectly appropriate solution, of course—it’s a pretty simple tweak to make the Finder […]
