- Trossen Robotics holding another contest2 September 2010, 10:00 pm
You have until December 1st to get your entry into the Trossen DIY robotics contest. Unlike the last Trossen contest we told you about, this one has no clear theme. The goal is simply to make an awesome robot. Registration is free, and entries will be judged on Ingenuity, Originality, and presentation/documentation. There are prizes [...]...
- Using an NES controller on an Android phone2 September 2010, 9:00 pm
[Sk3tch] rigged up a way to use an original NES controller with Android. He bought the controller and a breakout board for it at DEFCON. By combining the controller, an Arduino, and a blueSMIRF BlueTooth module the controller can be used as a keyboard on his Android device. In the video after the break he [...]... - Car computer requires PIN for ignition2 September 2010, 8:00 pm
[Ben's] added some nice goodies to his Volvo in the form of an in-dash computer. The system monitors two pressure sensors for boost and vacuum, as well as reading RPM, O2, and exhaust directly. All of this is tied into the touch interface running on an eeePC 900A. But our favorite feature is that the [...]... - Meter clock using the TI Launchpad2 September 2010, 6:48 pm
Here’s an analog meter clock using an MSP430G2211 microcontroller. [Doug Paradis] chose this processor because it is the lesser of the two that come with the TI Launchpad. The parts count is fairly low too; a clock crystal, two analog meters, a few buttons, and a voltage regulator. He’s done a nice job putting this [...]... - Firmware hacking on Behringer midi devices2 September 2010, 6:00 pm
A new project called the Unofficial Behringer Control Development Kit lets you tweak or completely replace the firmware on the popular devices. The proof of concept demo shows a custom message scrolling on the 4-character 7-segment display but you can do with the device is only limited by how well you can code for the [...]... - Meat smoker texts you when it is done2 September 2010, 4:30 pm
[Peter Rauch] has built this meat smoker that has a touch screen control interface. His system is capable of controlling the cooking by monitoring the internal temperature of the smoker as well as the temperature of the meat itself. His touch screen interface allows him to enter his desired parameters and it basically just takes [...]... - Barcode Infiltrator2 September 2010, 3:12 pm
Whenever someone manages to expose vulnerabilities in everyday devices, we love to root for them. [Adrian] over at Irongeek has been inspired to exploit barcodes as a means to attack a POS database. Based on an idea from a Pauldotcom episode, he set out to make a rapid attack device, using an LED to spoof [...]... - Spy Video TRAKR: software and first hack2 September 2010, 1:45 pm
Our initial view of the Spy Video TRAKR “App BUILDR” site had us believing this would be an internet-based code editor and compiler, similar to the mbed microcontroller development tools. Delving deeper into the available resources, we’re not entirely sure that’s an accurate assessment — TRAKR may well permit or even require offline development after all. Regardless [...]... - LED suit lights up the night1 September 2010, 11:51 pm
When the tipline popped up with this LED suit, part two, by [Marc DeVidts] we were expecing a simple led version of the previously known EL coat. Well we were right and wrong in the same instance. Correct in that like predictions, the outcome is stonking great. Wrong in that this suit far outpaces EL [...]... - Alarm clock learns new trick, opening doors1 September 2010, 9:56 pm
Waking up at 5:30 in the morning. [Mark Stead] didn’t like the idea either when his chickens started crying to be let out. One simple solution obviously is to eat the chickens build an automatic door opener. The mechanism starts out with an old style mechanical alarm clock, add a geared motor with some creative [...]...
- Luke Skywalker Comes Home: A Talk with Mark Hamill at Celebration V3 September 2010, 12:17 am
By Mark Edlitz Guest Blogger Mark Hamill was met with deafening applause when he took the stage in August for a rare personal appearance at the Star Wars Celebration V that was held in Orlando, Florida. He charmed the audience by calling them “UPFs”–his term for ultra-passionate fans. He said his goal was to make [...]Related posts:From Luke Skywalker To Darth Vader: The Evolution of CoolIntroducing the “Luke Skywalker” Prosthetic ArmLuke Skywalker has Obsessive-Compulsive ... - Feature: 16 of the Best SciFi Cartoons2 September 2010, 6:21 pm
Science fiction and animation are a natural combination. It’s a hell of a lot cheaper to draw an alien landscape covered in space ships than it is to create one in a studio. Too often forgotten as just “kid’s stuff”, there have been some truly excellent cartoons that combine science fiction and animation in absolutely [...]Related posts:Law & Order: SciFiV Premieres TonightLife After Lost (and 24): Day 4... - Double Rainbow Guy Stars in Microsoft Ad2 September 2010, 4:54 pm
Anyone else here thinks he’s not as convincing in this as in his original video? I mean, no sobbing, no crying… how disappointing is that? Related posts:Hilarious: Double Rainbow Dude Gets Auto-Tuned Double Rainbow Dude in Everyday Life 2001: A Space Odyssey – Double Rainbow EditionRelated posts:Hilarious: Double Rainbow Dude Gets Auto-TunedDouble Rainbow Dude in Everyday Life2001: A Space Odyssey – Double Rainbow Edition... - Science explains inexplicable goal2 September 2010, 4:21 pm
When Brazil’s Roberto Carlos struck a soccer ball from 35 meters against France and it appeared to change direction in mid-air on its way into the goal, the phrase “defied physics” was uttered by numerous pundits. Now physicists say it did nothing of the sorts. Four French scientists (Guillaume Dupeux, Anne Le Goff, David Quéré [...]Related posts:Order your Force-Training Star Wars Kit Today!The Science Behind Washing Dishes, or Washing Dishes the Geek WayMmm! Scientist Expl... - Cheap Chinese Knockoff: Super Batman Backpack2 September 2010, 1:19 pm
Don’t you just love cheap Chinese knockoffs? [Via TheDailyWhat] Related posts:Microsoft Needs to Re-Brand Eventual Chinese Search Portal. Crazy Chinese Farmer Flies Self-Built Airplane Chinese bloggers evade censors by writing backwardsRelated posts:Microsoft Needs to Re-Brand Eventual Chinese Search Portal.Crazy Chinese Farmer Flies Self-Built AirplaneChinese bloggers evade censors by writing backwards... - Apple adds HDR to new iPhone OS2 September 2010, 10:50 am
Apple made some new announcements at their Apple Fall 2010 event, and if you’re an Apple aficionado, you’re going to want to check out the whole thing over at Engadget. However, one of the things that Apple mentioned is that Apple iPhone 4 users will soon be able to take High Dynamic Range photographs. You’ve [...]Related posts:Apple looks to end iPhone hackingBreathtaking Pixels: A Collection of HDR ImagesApple Prepares for iPhone 3GS Day... - iMac Cylon Helmet1 September 2010, 8:45 pm
What do you get when you combine the base of an old iMac G4 with a Larson scanner kit? Why, An iMac cylon helmet, or course! [Via Technabob] Related posts:The Evolution of the Cylon: From Kitchen Appliance to Caprica Six Awesome Steampunk-Inspired Stormtrooper Helmet Awesome Cylon Birthday CakeRelated posts:The Evolution of the Cylon: From Kitchen Appliance to Caprica SixAwesome Steampunk-Inspired Stormtrooper HelmetAwesome Cylon Birthday Cake... - Will It Blend FAIL1 September 2010, 6:49 pm
In the latest non-official edition of Will It Blend, twitter users @ahphotovideo tried to make a key smoothie inside a Blendtec Total Blender… and failed miserably. Behold: Are you happy now @ahphotovideo? You’ve just shattered the dreams of hundreds of thousands of people with your little experiment. Shame on you. Related posts:Will It Blend? – [...]Related posts:Will It Blend? – iPadTwitter Stream on Giant Electronic Billboard FailTwitter aflitter with quicker quitters... - Geeky Business Cards for Fictional Companies1 September 2010, 3:59 pm
Day Jobs is a nod to the hard working men and women who keep our beloved fictional companies going. Its full of bits of pop culture and nerdy easter eggs. It’s printed on card stock and each card is the standard 3.5 by 2 inch business card, so if you take a pair of scissors [...]Related posts:Who Needs Business Cards When You’ve Got Card.ly?Best IT Support Business Card… EVER!The best business card ever invented... - Diaspora — which is NOT a Facebook-killer — is coming soon1 September 2010, 2:40 pm
The people behind an open-source “privacy aware” alternative to Facebook say the system will launch on September 15. But it still remains unclear whether Diaspora can compete with major social networks — or indeed, what competing means. The project is the work of four students who responded to the controversy over Facebook’s often-confusing and frequently-revised [...]Related posts:Facebook Worth $100 Billion?Is Facebook Bad for Teens?Will Facebook’s actions live up...
- News: Change in Focus10 March 2010, 12:00 am
Change in Focus... - News: Twitter attacker had proper credentials18 December 2009, 12:00 am
Twitter attacker had proper credentials... - News: PhotoDNA scans images for child abuse18 December 2009, 12:00 am
PhotoDNA scans images for child abuse >> Advertisement << Can you answer the ERP quiz? These 10 questions determine if your Enterprise RP rollout gets an A+. http://www.findtechinfo.com/as/acs?pl=781&ca=909... - News: Conficker data highlights infected networks16 December 2009, 12:00 am
Conficker data highlights infected networks... - Brief: Google offers bounty on browser bugs2 February 2010, 12:00 am
Google offers bounty on browser bugs... - Brief: Cyberattacks from U.S. "greatest concern"28 January 2010, 12:00 am
Cyberattacks from U.S. "greatest concern" >> Advertisement << Can you answer the ERP quiz? These 10 questions determine if your Enterprise RP rollout gets an A+. http://www.findtechinfo.com/as/acs?pl=781&ca=909... - Brief: Microsoft patches as fraudsters target IE flaw21 January 2010, 12:00 am
Microsoft patches as fraudsters target IE flaw... - Brief: Attack on IE 0-day refined by researchers18 January 2010, 12:00 am
Attack on IE 0-day refined by researchers... - News: Monster botnet held 800,000 people's details4 March 2010, 12:00 am
Monster botnet held 800,000 people's details >> Advertisement << Can you answer the ERP quiz? These 10 questions determine if your Enterprise RP rollout gets an A+. http://www.findtechinfo.com/as/acs?pl=781&ca=909... - News: Google: 'no timetable' on China talks4 March 2010, 12:00 am
Google: 'no timetable' on China talks...
- Google Releases Chrome 6, Pays $4337 In Bounties3 September 2010, 3:36 am
Trailrunner7 writes "Google has released a new version of its Chrome browser and has included more than a dozen security fixes in the update. The new version, 6.0.472.53, was released two years to the day after the company pushed out the first version of Chrome. Google Chrome 6 includes patches for 14 total security vulnerabilities, including six high-priority flaws, and the company paid out a total of $4,337 in bug bounties to researchers who reported the vulnerabilities. A number of the flaws ... - Harvard Ditching Final Exams?3 September 2010, 2:36 am
itwbennett writes "According to Harvard magazine, Harvard's Faculty of Arts and Sciences voted at its meeting on May 11 to require instructors to officially inform the Registrar 'at the first week of the term' of the intention to end a course with a formal, seated exam, 'the assumption shall be that the instructor will not be giving a three-hour final examination.' Dean of undergraduate education Jay M. Harris 'told the faculty that of 1,137 undergraduate-level courses this spring term, 259 sche... - Flash On Android Is 'Shockingly Bad'3 September 2010, 2:21 am
Hugh Pickens writes "Ryan Lawler writes on GigaOm that although many have touted the availability of Flash on Android devices as a competitive advantage over Apple's mobile devices, while trying to watch videos from ABC.com, Fox.com and Metacafe using Flash 10.1 on a Nexus One over a local Wi-Fi network connected to a 25-Mbps Verizon FiOS broadband connection, mobile expert Kevin Tofel found that videos were slow to load, if they loaded at all, leading to an overall very inconsistent experience ... - Samsung Shows Off Galaxy Tab, Android Allegiance3 September 2010, 2:13 am
cgriffin21 writes "Samsung is making no bones about it: Google Android is its future. And with the revealing of the Samsung Galaxy Tab, the company is showing that it's all in when it comes to Android. At the IFA consumer electronics show in Berlin, Samsung finally pulled the curtain off the long-rumored and teased Galaxy Tab, the electronics maker's touch-screen tablet and answer to the Apple iPad." Read more of this story at Slashdot. ... - Video Appliance For a Large Library On a Network?2 September 2010, 11:36 pm
devjj writes "For the past year or so I have been trying (and failing) to figure out a reasonable solution for bringing my large media library to my living room. All of my media lives on an Ubuntu server that sits on my network. It's been very reliable and it's fast enough for streaming purposes. My content is exposed via SMB. It's the living room side where I keep running into problems. I am currently using Windows 7 and XBMC, but the case is too big and noisy, I don't particularly care for Win... - Canon Develops 8 X 8 Inch Digital CMOS Sensor2 September 2010, 10:42 pm
dh003i writes "Canon has developed a 8 x 8 inch CMOS digital sensor. It will be able to capture an image with 1/100th the light intensity required by a DSLR and will be able to record video at 60 fps in lighting half the intensity of moonlight. There are already many excellent quality lenses designed to cover 8 x 10 inches, although Canon may develop some of their own designed specifically for their requirements." Read more of this story at Slashdot. ... - GameStop Pulls Medal of Honor From Military Bases2 September 2010, 9:32 pm
donniebaseball23 writes "EA's Medal of Honor reboot doesn't ship until October 12, but it's already seen a fair amount of controversy thanks to the publisher's decision to allow people to play as Taliban in multiplayer. The controversy just got escalated another notch, reports IndustryGamers, as the world's biggest games retailer GameStop has decided it won't sell the title at its stores located on US military bases. The new Medal of Honor won't be advertised at these stores either. GameStop not... - GameStop Pulls Medal of Honor From Military Bases2 September 2010, 9:17 pm
donniebaseball23 writes "EA's Medal of Honor reboot doesn't ship until October 12, but it's already seen a fair amount of controversy thanks to the publisher's decision to allow people to play as Taliban in multiplayer. The controversy just got escalated another notch, reports IndustryGamers, as the world's biggest games retailer GameStop has decided it won't sell the title at its stores located on US military bases. The new Medal of Honor won't be advertised at these stores either. GameStop not... - DNA-Less 'Red Rain' Cells Reproduce At 121 C2 September 2010, 8:22 pm
eldavojohn writes "A new paper up for prepublication from the controversial solid-state physicist Godfrey Louis claims that the cells Louis collected from a Keralan red rain incident divide and produce daughter cells at 121 degrees Celsius. While unusual, this is not unheard of as the paper recalls cells cultivated from hydrothermal vents are known to reproduce at 121 C as well. Of course, caution is exercised when dealing with the possible explanation surrounding the theory of panspermia but th... - Hawking Picks Physics Over God For Big Bang2 September 2010, 7:42 pm
Hugh Pickens writes "The Guardian reports that in his new book, The Grand Design, Professor Stephen Hawking argues that the Big Bang, rather than occurring following the intervention of a divine being, was inevitable due to the law of gravity. 'Because there is a law such as gravity, the universe can and will create itself from nothing. Spontaneous creation is the reason there is something rather than nothing, why the universe exists, why we exist,' Hawking writes. 'It is not necessary to invoke...
- The Adventures of LEGO Hugman2 September 2010, 9:55 pm
That Nathan Sawaya is one creative guy. I just love following the stuff he does, because he never repeats himself and always looks for new ways of showing the world his LEGO Art. His latest experiment has been “tagging,” aka graffiti. But how does one make graffiti out of LEGO? Sawaya’s answer is Hugman, a small [...]... - The Sandman’s Saga Continues2 September 2010, 9:19 pm
It’s been an auspicious week for lovers of comics and lovers of good TV – and, ideally, the perfect marriage of the two. First, The Walking Dead was reportedly offered a second season almost 2 months before it even premiers (although the second season appears to be officially unconfirmed, most news outlets are, based on [...]... - WiiMote Sex Toys, Oh How We’ve Corrupted The Mario Legacy [NSFW?]2 September 2010, 4:34 pm
The age of innocence has come to an end at Nintendo, ladies and gentlemen I present to you the Mojowiijo, a device that not only has the worse name in the history of Wii motion based controllers, but which also provides the most nefarious use, sex toys. That’s right, with these true “beauties”, I use that [...]... - It’s Time to Go Back… to the Future!2 September 2010, 3:54 pm
Alright! Somebody’s finally making a Back to the Future videogame! This is so overdue. That first movie is still one of my favorite movies of all time. Marty McFly and Doc Brown are coming to a platform near you thanks to a new partnership between Telltale Games and Universal Studios. Telltale is best known for its [...]... - The World of Apple: A Visual Look at The Company’s Timeline and Some Interesting Statistics2 September 2010, 12:19 pm
Our colleagues over at Apple Gazette had a look at the product and stock value history of the popular Cupertino based company. The result is an awesome infographic and lots of interesting statistics. Below a teaser image of the infographic, view the complete file at AppleGazette.... - Fancy a Virtual Date? Go to Atami.2 September 2010, 12:00 pm
Only in Japan do these things happen. Now that statement might be false, but one thing I am sure of – going on a date with a virtual partner is quite extraordinary! You may have heard of the game Love Plus+ – a dating video game where you can find the partner of [...]... - Unreal Engine Running on Apple Devices1 September 2010, 9:52 pm
At today’s Apple keynote event, Epic Games showed up to tease a new game they’re working on called Project Sword. Showing off some of the 3D gameplay the game will make possible, using Epic’s Unreal Engine (the same game engine used for Gears of War, Mass Effect, and more), they’ve made a free app available [...]... - Apple Launches Social Network, Destroys Cable TV1 September 2010, 7:56 pm
There were some jaws that had to be picked up off the floor this morning when Apple held its latest media event. Emceed as ever by Steve Jobs, the event was primarily about Apple updating its entire line of iPods, but it was a handful of other announcements that stole the show. Here’s a quick rundown [...]... - Star Wars Tai Chi Starring Darth Vader [Video]1 September 2010, 4:18 pm
Sure Darth Vader and his Stormtroopers may have the dark side to aid them in their battles, but there’s nothing like staying nice and limber as well, that’s where a daily routine of Tai Chi comes into play. Notice the lazy Stormtroopers in the background who are doing little more than standing around. Watch as Darth Vader [...]... - Atlas – Time for a relaunch1 September 2010, 1:50 pm
With the fashion of relaunch that has swamped the market recently, such as Buck Rogers, T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents, the Red Circle characters, the Green Hornet and even a small blast from the Milestone imprint; is there really room for another one? Absolutely yes, especially if it receives the same tender loving care that the aforementioned titles have [...]...
