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by swamp40 12y ago
I don't think they are talking about silicon designers. The article quotes the professor as hoping FPAA's will allow "a wide range of less-skilled users to try out sophisticated, low-power (analog) techniques ". In othe
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by swamp40 12y ago
I love unique ideas like this. There are so many possibilities. Transposing real-time data flow to music and visuals is a very exciting new medium for artists. (Or, it will be, someday.) Like all good mediums (media?), it can be used to c
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by swamp40 12y ago
Googling non-sequitur only brings up 989,000 results - therefore my statement must be truer than yours.
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by swamp40 12y ago
I'm not sure the low frequencies even come in thru your ears. The article talks about 19 Hz being the resonance frequency of your eyeballs. And it wouldn't surprise me if your chest cavity resonates as well, which might imitate fe
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by swamp40 12y ago
Googling "20 hz" ghosts gives 1,110,000 hits, so it's not just this person who saw a connection.
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by swamp40 12y ago
Does anyone know the technologies being used to measure heartbeat on your wrist (a horrible place for heartbeat detection)? Are there off-the-shelf IC's/sensors that these devices are using?
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by swamp40 12y ago
From the comments: If only they'd use these to find the damn endzone.
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by swamp40 12y ago
> * In fact, referring to these devices as just “Beacons” is a bit funny, considering no one was talking about Beacons before iBeacons existed.* Well...I recall unpaired advertising events in the Bluetooth 4.0 Low Energy Spec back in 2
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by swamp40 12y ago
I dunno - he explains his reasoning in the same paragraph: "It’s standard practice to ask people you’ve just met for help – and as long as you aren’t annoying about it, they usually don’t mind."
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by swamp40 12y ago
No, not at all - I'm just saying it is a mistake to laugh at Belkin's misfortunes.
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by swamp40 12y ago
As a fellow embedded design engineer, I would advise you to read up a bit on the Greek gods Hubris and Nemesis .
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by swamp40 12y ago
Not really surprising from a legal standpoint. Fingerprints and DNA can be legally taken from you by law enforcement without your permission - but information , like your PIN #, cannot legally be forced from you. Just one more thing to add
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by swamp40 12y ago
The Aha moment for me was watching the beans spill on the touchpad and getting immediately digitized and put into a presentation. They also should have taken a real necklace, placed it on the touchpad and had it instantly digitized, then
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by swamp40 12y ago
Google: "We want to scan your body with our amazing new technology and possibly add 20 years to your life!" Haters: "No thanks, way too intrusive. I don't want you tracking me/selling my data/showing me ads.
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by swamp40 12y ago
Why not? Would you prefer another SnapChat? These are important, world-changing unsolved problems.
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by swamp40 12y ago
>> Among other predictions, he stated that war [with the Russians] was inevitable; suggested we all build bomb shelters; and be prepared to shoot our grasshopper neighbors who would want in at the last minute. Glad that prediction
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by swamp40 12y ago
I've always loved the audio from ESA's Huygens probe descending onto Titan: http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/Cassini-Huyg...
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by swamp40 12y ago
Since Fitbit has an API, what is stopping developers from making a Fitbit-to-HealthKit data transfer app?
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by swamp40 12y ago
The article says he didn't take any of Google's money, even though they offered.
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by swamp40 12y ago
It was only a matter of time. The Arduino/Maker community is extremely vocal and active. Design Engineers (like myself) alone would never have been loud enough to initiate this reversal. So, thank you Makers!
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FTDI Post(ftdichipblog.com)
2 points by swamp40 12y ago|1 comments
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by swamp40 12y ago
They are getting pummeled on Twitter now, as well. My guess is an 8am meeting in Glasgow (about 8.5 hours from now), followed by an apology and an updated driver announcement at 10am.
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by swamp40 12y ago
Nobody would fault FTDI for releasing new drivers that don't work with counterfeit parts. That alone would cause enough inconvenience to manufacturers to make sure they use legitimate parts. It's the (unethical) bricking of the pa
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by swamp40 12y ago
I think FTDI might be shooting themselves in the foot here. Plugging in a USB is messy, and you will sometimes get an "Unrecognized Device" error, which you simply fix by unplugging and replugging. I could see a similar hiccup cau
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The best accelerators for hardware startups(thenextweb.com)
4 points by swamp40 12y ago|2 comments
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DIRTY TUESDAY: Chinese Shipping Apocalypse(dangerousprototypes.com)
1 points by swamp40 12y ago|0 comments
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A Wearable Camera That Would Turn into a Drone and Fly Off Your Wrist(gizmodo.com)
5 points by swamp40 12y ago|0 comments
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Chinese millionaires plan to leave in droves: Report(cnbc.com)
1 points by swamp40 12y ago|0 comments
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Apple used their own CDN to release iOS 8(iphonehacks.com)
3 points by swamp40 12y ago|0 comments
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Inventables Opens Their Easel CNC Software to All Users(makezine.com)
1 points by swamp40 12y ago|0 comments

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