The target release date may be over five months out, however the Ubuntu team is already pushing the very first alphas of Jaunty Jackalope out the door. The new release is not for the weak as well as is meant solely for people who want to vet bugs as well as contribute to the project.…
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[les robots] had a defective Eye-Fi card on his hands and when a replacement was sent, he was told to destroy the original. What better way to ‘destroy’ something than opening the case? The Eye-Fi is an SD card with a builtin WiFi radio so it can upload images while remaining in camera. One version…
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I’ve been getting a load mail on the tip line stating “You should make the iPod picture do video”. The iPod Linux team pulled this off already. one more one that comes up from time-to-time is “You should let me plug my PSP into my iPod so I can utilize all of that storage space”.…
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Here’s a truly quick video which takes a different method to comprehending the Fourier series than we’re utilized to. If you’re a routine visitor we’re sure you’ve heard of the Fourier series (often discussed as FFT or quick Fourier Transform), however there’s a great possibility you understand bit about it. The series enables you to…
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The Remote Exploit advancement team has just revealed BackTrack 4 Beta. BackTrack is a Linux based LiveCD meant for security testing as well as we’ve been watching the job since the extremely early days. They state this new beta is both steady as well as usable. They’ve moved towards behaving like an actual distribution: it’s…
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It seems [Andrew] is an up as well as coming historian for the world of 3D printing. We’ve seen him interview the creator of Slic3r, however this time around he’s headed over to Eindhoven, Netherlands to interview the neighborhood manager for Shapeways, [Bart Veldhuizen]. Unlike the RepRaps, Ultimkers, as well as Makerbots, Shapeways is an completely different…
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When makers take to designing furniture for their own home, the results are spectacular. For their senior style project, [Phillip Murphy] as well as his teammates set about building a wise table from the ground up. Oh, as well as you can likewise utilize it to play games, demonstrated in the video below. The table…
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Dr. Gavin Miller has been investigating snake robots for over ten years. His first models, S1 and S2, use one servo at each joint. S3 used a pair of servos to create a sidewinding motion along with the more common horizontal undulations. S4 was an attempt to power the snake with just one motor, but…
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[Jerry] lost his finger in an mishap as well as has considering that added a prosthetic USB flash drive in its place. It’s making the very best of a poor situation; there’s nothing wrong with a bit voluntary cyborgization. At least it’s not as invasive as a few of the implants we’ve seen before. UPDATE:…
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We would wager that most of the home etched PCB projects we see around here use the toner transfer method. but the next most popular technique is to use photosensitive ink which resists the etching acid once it has been exposed to light. most people buy what are called pre-sensitized boards, but you can also…
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