May 19, 2010
From hackerspace to outer space: A Maker Faire preview
For the fifth year in the Bay Area, Maker Faire welcomes thousands of makers of all ages who show us the amazing things they create. Here’s a preview of some of what you can expect to see and do at Maker Faire Bay Area 2010, May 22 and 23 at the San Mateo Expo Center. Spacebridge Panel Discussion Expo Hall ” Noisebridge , the San Francisco hackerspace, has a space program now,” wrote Ed Hunsinger on Laughing Squid .
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May 18, 2010
BFG Tech Ends Graphics Card Business [Sad Day For Graphics Industry As BFG Ends GPU Cards To Focus On PSU, Computers]
Sad day for those interested in the graphics card industry has a huge manufacturer has decided to cease producing graphics cards in favor of other computer components. BFG Technologies, the NVIDIA graphics card manufacturer, had been founded to produce graphics cards back in 2002
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BFG Tech Ends Graphics Card Business [Sad Day For Graphics Industry As BFG Ends GPU Cards To Focus On PSU, Computers]
Arduino Nerf sentry gun build: Secondary Arduino enclosure
I showed the enclosure for the primary Arduino in the previous post in my Arduino Nerf sentry gun build series. This is the enclosure for the secondary Arduino — the one that drives the MotorShield to sweep the Nerf gun back and forth. It’s a Chameleon Enclosure that I slightly modified with a nibbler so I could drop the board low enough to fit the Arduino , MotorShield , and ScrewShield .
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Arduino Nerf sentry gun build: Secondary Arduino enclosure
Amazon’s Kindle Finally Hits Android [After Already Having Been released for the iPhone and BlackBerrys, Kindle Finally Makes its Way to Android]
It seems like it was just yesterday that the very first Kindle eBook reader from Amazon.com was released to market. However, what seems like yesterday was actually almost 3 years ago when Amazon released the eReader, effectively introducing the mass market to eBook readers. Sure, there had been many, many e-Ink touting eBook readers on the market before the Kindle but none that really made a splash like it did.
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Amazon’s Kindle Finally Hits Android [After Already Having Been released for the iPhone and BlackBerrys, Kindle Finally Makes its Way to Android]
Sprint’s CFO Comments on the Palm Pre, Carrier’s Future [Sprint’s CFO says That While the Palm Pre Didn’t Take Off, Other Tactics Will Help the…
When the Palm Pre was first announced way back when there was a pretty good amount of hype surrounding it; many thought it would be Palm’s killer come back device thus securing their foothold in the mobile phone marketplace. Well, after experiencing some turbulence on its way to market mixed with some poor support for it’s App Store competitor, the Palm Pre, much to Palm and Sprint’s dismay, never really got the spotlight it deserved. (…) Read the rest of Sprint’s CFO Comments on the Palm Pre, Carrier’s Future [Sprint's CFO says That While the Palm Pre Didn't Take Off, Other Tactics Will Help the Carrier] (255 words) Post by TFTS | © TFTS – Technology, Gadgets & Curiosities , 2010
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PageSense® 7.1 Release – New Office 2010 App Support, New Features
PageSense 7.1, the latest version of QualityLogic's industry-standard printer/MFP performance measurement tool, is compatible with Microsoft Windows 7, Windows Vista SP2 and Windows XP SP3. This version introduces support for the new Microsoft Office…( read more )
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PageSense® 7.1 Release – New Office 2010 App Support, New Features
New Windows Live Hotmail Is Official & Really Hot [Microsoft Challenges Google & Apple with Hot New Hotmail Client]
Google’s Gmail application is my favorite Google product after Google Search (we can’t really browse the Internet without that Search engine) and I’ll be the first to recommend Google Mail to you both as a personal and as a professional email client. In fact Google is so good at getting new features out that with Gmail in place you’ll probably not require another email client again.
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New Windows Live Hotmail Is Official & Really Hot [Microsoft Challenges Google & Apple with Hot New Hotmail Client]
Deluxe dead-drop spike in solid stainless steel
I first blogged the aluminum dead drop spike from Brian Dereu’s Hollow Spy Coins back in March. For those who aren’t up on their tradecraft, a “dead drop” is a place where spies or other clandestine-y folks drop off items for later retrieval by other agents.
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Deluxe dead-drop spike in solid stainless steel
LG Windows Phone 7 Joins HTC Mondrian in Leak [Unlike the HTC Mondrian, the Unnamed LG WP7 Handset Comes with a QWERTY Keyboard]
The HTC Mondrian is probably the first HTC Windows Phone 7 to start selling later this fall but it’s not the only device that will run Microsoft’s latest mobile platform and give the new iPhone a run for its money. We now have one more important WP7 handset that got leaked and this time around it’s an unnamed device coming from LG
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LG Windows Phone 7 Joins HTC Mondrian in Leak [Unlike the HTC Mondrian, the Unnamed LG WP7 Handset Comes with a QWERTY Keyboard]
Divvy helps you organize, compartmentalize your windows
It can be easy to get lost under a pile of overlapping desktop windows, and for many users, Exposé just isn’t enough. Divvy is the latest contender for the window management throne, bringing a mix of mouse and keyboard tools for organizing and resizing your windows.
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Divvy helps you organize, compartmentalize your windows
Daily Dispatch: Web users unknowingly leaving fingerprints; Amazon to release Kindle app for Android
Combing through hundreds of blog posts and news articles daily, Dirk Klingner, our technology-trend watcher, sifts through the noise to bring you the tech news most important to consumers. If you have a tip on a story you want to share, leave a comment below.
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Daily Dispatch: Web users unknowingly leaving fingerprints; Amazon to release Kindle app for Android
Google Android VoIP Video Chat Coming Soon? [Google Purchased Global IP Solutions, Could Bring Video Chat to Android Phones Soon]
Google made one more important purchase as the search-based giant acquired Global IP Solutions, a company that could prove to be very useful later down the road as Google will probably use it to bring its own VoIP capabilities to Android OS, including video chat functions. (…) Read the rest of Google Android VoIP Video Chat Coming Soon? [Google Purchased Global IP Solutions, Could Bring Video Chat to Android Phones Soon] (286 words) Post by MikePayne | © TFTS – Technology, Gadgets & Curiosities , 2010
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Mental Note: An EEG musical instrument
Hunter Scott, a student at Georgia Tech, discovered a serial out on a Star Wars Force Trainer EEG toy, so he decided to make it into a musical instrument . When activated, the electroencephalography -driven toy plays a variety of samples depending the readings from the alpha and beta brainwaves. Mental Note is the name I gave to a project that I made for Yahoo HackU 2010.
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Mental Note: An EEG musical instrument
All Dog Foods Are Not The Verbatim at the same time
Your dog’s salubrity and wellbeing is mighty to you and your family. Not to mention keeping down the tariff of veterinarian bills! So you trouble to carefully over the food that you impart your dog. People every once in a while upright pick the sooner dog food dispatch- they see at the store
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All Dog Foods Are Not The Verbatim at the same time
Save Extra 20% off All Sale Women’s Apparel & Gear at Athleta
Save an extra 20% off All Sale Women’s Apparel and Athletic Gear at Athleta.com. Choose from a wide selection of apparel on sale including tops, tanks, sports bras, yoga clothing, swimwear, jackets, pants, capris, dresses, sweaters, camis, skirts, shorts, and skorts. Also save on shoes, boots, sandals, bags, belts, gloves, scarves, headwear, sunglasses, and watches.
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New iPhone 4 / 4G / HD Lost in Vietnam Gets Captured on Video [How Many iPhone 4 Prototypes Did Apple Lose in the First Place?]
Seriously, Apple, how many new iPhone prototypes did you lose in the first place? Is it more than two? We’ve seen one emerge in the USA last month and one in Vietnam last weeks but it looks like there are more to go around
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Success After Collapse – Placid Genghis Khan Mislaid Some Early Battles
Both the worst and the best of the artistic achievers had the persuasion in themselves and the resilience to overwhelmed ahead of time failures. United of these was not anyone other than Genghis Khan
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Success After Collapse – Placid Genghis Khan Mislaid Some Early Battles
British Telecom Looking At Tablets [New Rumors Saying BT To Launch Tablet Smaller Than iPad With Cloud Services]
Tablets are the hot hand these days, and BT is now looking at offering a tablet to their customers that would tie into their fixed-line phone plan. This news comes by way of rumors, which are reporting that BT is looking at producing their own tablets. (…) Read the rest of British Telecom Looking At Tablets [New Rumors Saying BT To Launch Tablet Smaller Than iPad With Cloud Services] (193 words) Post by KevinSchram | © TFTS – Technology, Gadgets & Curiosities , 2010.
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MakerBot giveaway top designs printed
We announced the winners of the MAKE/MakerBot giveaway last week, and Bre has already printed out the top two designs! Here’s the MakerBot Transformer , open and closed, followed by the stereoscopic viewer . MakerBot will also be at Maker Faire Bay Area this weekend
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MakerBot giveaway top designs printed
Green IT initiative saves $2,000 daily in electricity bill for Capitol Hill
There are two really big reasons you should care about the greening of the U.S. House of Representatives, and of the branch offices associated with Capitol Hill.
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Green IT initiative saves $2,000 daily in electricity bill for Capitol Hill