May 2013
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Visualizing a DDoS Attack in Progress with...
The term ‘DDoS attack’ is one that is well known to geeks everywhere and unfortunately they are becoming more common-place with each passing day.
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Don't Leave College Without These 10 Digital...
Graduation season is upon us, and that means college graduates everywhere are preparing to enter “the real world.” But chances are your liberal arts degree, as hard-earned and valuable as it is, doesn’t equip you with every digital skill you need.
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Hack Raspberry Pi – How To Build Apps In C#,...
Recently I was doing a bit of R&D related to finding a viable, low cost platform for client nodes. Obviously, I came across Raspberry Pi, and found the same extremely interesting. Now, the missing piece of the puzzle was how to get going using C# and .NET in the Pi.
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Sony's break-apart DualShock controller brought to...
Mad Genius Controllers believes it can make Sony’s idea of a break-apart DualShock controller a reality with its new splittable motion controller prototype.
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Intel's New 'Iris' Chips Will Make Laptops Much...
Intel’s upcoming processors, codenamed “Haswell,” have an integrated “Iris” graphics chip that will deliver twice the performance of the Intel HD Graphics 4000 chip, integrated in the current “Ivy Bridge” processor line.
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April 2013
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115th Birthday of Harold S. Black, Inventor of the...
Today would be the 115th birthday of Harold Stephen Black, who invented the negative-feedback amplifier in 1927. The story goes that Mr.
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Arduino Powered Email Writing Guitar
Neat arduino project uses MIDI note data to write emails:
WK recently allowed me some time to tackle a problem that plagues workers everywhere whether they are working in advertising or some other job that involves a lot of email typing. I’m talking about the problem of not being able to devote enough time practicing shredding the guitar. The solution of hooking a guitar up so that you could...
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“Angles Mirror” (2013) by Daniel Rozin
Daniel Rozin
“Angles Mirror”, 2013
465 plastic spokes, motors, video camera, control electronics, custom software, microcontroller, steel armature
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March 2013
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Basic Medicines Piggyback Into Remote Villages on...
photo by Simon Berry
via wired:
Simon Berry is piggybacking on Coca-Cola’s distribution system to bring life-saving medicine to the places that need it most.
You can buy a Coke pretty much anywhere on Earth. Thanks to a vast network of local suppliers, Coca-Cola has almost completely solved distribution, getting its product into every nook and cranny where commerce reaches. There are places...
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Internal Conflict
Tookie was really struggling with her Alien Hand Syndrome
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Google and Code School launch Discover DevTools to...
Google has teamed up with Code School to launch Discover DevTools, an online course for learning about Chrome’s built-in developer tools.
In case you’re unfamiliar with Code School, it’s a service which teaches programming and Web design skills, similarly to Codecademy and Treehouse. While it costs $25/month to utilize Code School’s full set of courses, Discover DevTools is free.
Judging from...
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CMU's CHIMP Humanoid Robot Moves Like a Tank
It has only been a few months since DARPA announced the teams competing in its upcoming Robotics Challenge, but already some of the robots are beginning to shape up. Take, for example, the exotic looking CHIMP robot built by a team at Carnegie Mellon University’s National Robotics Engineering Center. CHIMP (CMU Highly Intelligent Mobile Platform) features tank-like treads on its arms...
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DIY Bullet Time Rig Using a Single GoPro
Caleb writes:
Earlier this week I saw a video that was showing how some guys made some really cool bullet time effects with 15 tiny rugged awesome cameras called “GoPros”(that wasn’t a paid endorsement, they’re awesome).
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I decided I could easily build a rig to allow me to do a rotating effect during slow motion. I opted to go the easiest quickest route which was simply to mount an arm on...
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What Is UPnP & Why Is It Dangerous? [MakeUseOf...
Technology in the computer age has been plagued with unsecured features, security loopholes, and general oversights in software architecture. Flash drives can carry keyloggers. Browsers might have open backdoors. Windows constantly updates with security fixes. We have to take the good with the bad and there doesn’t seem to be an end in sight.
Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) is one technological...
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5 Tools For Backing Up & Downloading Your...
Facebook has for a long time been the place where we post our photos online. Why? Because it’s a convenient place where everyone we know can see what we’re up to. But what about an easy way to make sure those photos are safe should anything happen to Facebook or our own profile?
Sure, you might have those original photos on your laptop or phone (or both) and you’re hopefully backing those up, but...
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OpenPool is an Open Source Project to Augment your...
Here’s another cool project that was on display at SXSW. 2 Kinects and a projector sit above a pool table adding a graphic overlay and sound effects to your game in real-time. And the whole thing is open source!
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APIs are Dead, Long Live APIs
John Sheehan is a co-founder of Runscope, an API tools company in San Francisco looking for engineers and designers to help build the future of developer tools for API-driven applications. Previously, John was at IFTTT and Twilio.
Last week Netflix announced that it was no longer going to issue developer keys for its public API, effectively ending their open API program.
This type of change...
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WatchCreativeJS for non-coders
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Camera Chip Makes Already-Compressed Images
Illustration: Emily Cooper Click on image to enlarge.
Bothered by how quickly recording video drains your smartphone battery? There’s no app for that—but there may soon be a chip. Researchers at Sony and Stanford have constructed an imaging chip that incorporates a new technology called compressed (or compressive) sensing, to radically reduce battery drain by compressing video frames before...
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Get a Natural Smile for Photos by Saying Words...
When smiling for a photo, avoid the urge to say “cheese.” The word actually stretches your mouth into an unnatural, unflattering smile. Instead, if you have a hard time smiling naturally, say words that end in “uh,” like “mocha” or “yoga” to bring the corners of your mouth up naturally. More »
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Here’s an early look at Bootstrap 3, rewritten to...
Bootstrap, the highly popular front-end framework originally built at Twitter by @mdo and @fat, is quickly approaching its next major release. As of today, the release candidate preview site for Bootstrap 3 is now up, revealing an early look at what to expect.
We’ve had a basic summary of what to expect for Bootstrap 3 since December. In short, the creators shared that the framework will ”drop...
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February 2013
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Vapor Treating ABS RP parts
Treating ABS parts with acetone is almost as old as RepRap itself, but usually this has involved either dipping the part into liquid acetone, which causes white streaks in the parts, or brushing the acetone onto the part with a slurry mix, which can work very well but tends to be a messy process. I have seen several setups out there, one by the Solidoodle Folks that involved a deep fryer,...
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This Micro-Algae Lamp Absorbs 150-200 Times More...
Check out these fascinating algae-powered public lamps, sent to us as a blogtip sent in from Tony Sherwood: a reminder that solutions to one problem often emerge from an understanding of the fuel, product, and waste from complementary processes.
Here’s a post about these lamps with some links to supplementary articles from Treehugger.com:
French biochemist and Shamengo pioneer Pierre Calleja...
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Making The Web Interactive: An Introduction To...
jQuery is a client-side scripting library that nearly every modern website uses – it makes websites interactive. It’s not the only Javascript library, but it is the most developed, most supported, and most widely used. It’s one of the building blocks of any modern website. But what exactly is jQuery, what makes it so popular, and why should you care about it if you’re starting out as a web...
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Graphic Display Resolutions – What Do The Numbers...
Graphic Display resolutions can be a rather cryptic business, with multiple standards used to describe the same display resolution in 10 different ways. All of those technical terms tend to change based on the display’s purpose (television versus computer monitor) and even your region (the meaning of HD Ready). Previously, we talked about 7 Important Things To Know When Buying an LCD Monitor, the...
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Free Tee Friday
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Z Movie by Jeremy Martinez
It’s that time of the week again! Reblog this post for a chance to win this tee in your size!
Ends 2/25, 10AM
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How to Layer Clothing With Style
Are you bewildered by talk of “layering” in menswear? Don’t worry — most men are. The goal of this article is to help fix that. So let’s start out simple. Your average guy on the street typically has one visible layer: shirt and trousers. Maybe a jacket if he’s dressing up (a second layer), and perhaps a coat or a scarf if it’s cold (a third layer). Layering is nothing more than mastering the...
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Make Beautiful Outdoor Dining Furniture Out of...
You can turn wooden pallets into several useful things, from desks to patio furniture to even a garden shed. DIYer Sarah Williams decided to trust the usefulness of wooden pallets and build an outdoor table and chair set. More »
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Change Your Monitor's Brightness Without Fiddling...
Want to tweak your monitor’s settings without having to use its slow, inefficient menus? These two Windows apps will help you tweak your display right from your desktop. More »
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BLOKK Font
» BLOKK Font BLOKK is a font for quick mock-ups and wireframing for clients who do not understand latin.
via A List Apart: The Full Feed http://blokkfont.com
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Solutions for the Everyday Carry of Duct Tape
Editor’s note: This post was written by Mark Greenman and originally ran on ITS Tactical. Duct tape is one of the most useful things on the planet. It can be used to secure, repair, or build in ways that other materials such as rope, glue, or conventional tape cannot. Because of the hundreds of applications for this miracle material, I have always loved duct tape. I’m especially fond of Gorilla...
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Bakery Work
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Convenience Before Freedom: How Tech Companies Are...
Computers were once under our control. We could run any software we wanted on them, and the companies that manufactured the computer had no say. Today, computers are increasingly being locked down. Apple and Microsoft rule over their app stores with an iron fist, deciding what we can and can’t do with our devices. We live in a world where changing an iPad’s default web browser or email app is a...
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Weeding Out Flawed Solar Cells Before They’re...
Some 5 to 10 percent of photovoltaic cells shatter at some point during fabrication, thanks to microscopic cracks in the silicon wafers on which they’re built. The fabrication processes—oxidation, annealing, purification, diffusion, etching, and layering—account for about half of the solar cell’s total installed cost, so this breakage wastes significant money, time, and material.
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Use Adhesive Hooks to Organize Your Pot Lids and...
Pot lids have to be one of the most difficult things to organize in a kitchen cabinet, but this super-simple trick will keep your pot lids organized for good without taking up space on your countertops or in the cabinet itself. All you need are a few plastic adhesive hooks—the kind you can get at any department store. More »
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Anatomy of a Sign
DOT Sign Shop is responsible for designing, fabricating and maintaining more than a million NYC street signs.
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40 Of the most beautiful typeface designs released...
Anyone who’s tried their hand at designing a typeface will know that it’s a wildly difficult process, and to actually come out at the end with something beautiful takes an extreme amount of skill, taste and patience.
Type design isn’t for everyone, but typography is, and nearly every designer works with it every day. This is exactly why Type Release creator Sean Mitchell is here to share with...
January 2013
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INFOGRAPHIC: How Algorithms Changed The World
Mankind has seen many kinds of inventions that have transformed the world – the telephone, the television, the motor car, the aeroplane, the Internet….but sometimes, some of the best and most groundbreaking inventions are the ones you can’t really see. The ones that are silently plugging away in the background, doing their thing, the ones you don’t really give a second thought to. One of them is...
