A Radio Shack in Montana is giving new Dish Network subscribers the option to take home a Hi Point 380 pistol or a 20-gauge shotgun with their new satellite tv contract. Okay then. Oh, and if you don’t want a gun, you can opt for a $50 Pizza Hut gift card instead. Get your friends together and have a little satellite tv Gun-n-Pizza party.
The mission of the bank is to fund and invest in Open Source Hardware. It helps open source projects achieve scale discounts at low quantities of production, where most DIY happens. The objective of the bank is to break-even, and sustain and grow Open Source Hardware.
“The device is an advanced solar cell, no bigger than a typical playing card, which is left floating in a pool of water. Then, much like a natural leaf, it uses sunlight to split the water into its two core components, oxygen and hydrogen, which are stored in a fuel cell to be used when producing electricity.”
full article at Wired UK
… Read More → "MIT’s artificial leaf is 10x more efficient than a real leaf"“ExpEYES is from the PHOENIX project of Inter-University Accelerator Centre, New Delhi. It is a hardware & software framework for developing science experiments, demonstrations and projects and learn science and engineering by exploration. Capable of doing real time measurements and analysing the data in different ways. Analog voltages are measured with 0.025% resolution and time intervals with one microsecond. This project is based on Free and Open Source software, mostly written in Python programming language. The hardware design is also open.”
via ExpEYES</ … Read More → "ExpEYES (Experiments for Young Engineers and Scientists): a new open source learning initiative"
“The government wants to promote a Nobel-style international prize for engineering as part of a plan to support UK advanced manufacturing.
The prize was announced in the government’s Growth Review last week alongside a series of measures to improve research and training in manufacturing and raise the profile of British engineering.”
via theEngineer
… Read More → "UK government announces Nobel-style engineering prize"This is a custom fabricated animatronic eye mechanism designed for a standard 1.125″ human size eyeball.
Built by: Dan Thomson
www.visionaryeffects.com
“The Air Force and Army will receive new 3D holographic technology to assist military leaders in battle planning and design, thanks to a newly completed program by the Department of Defense’s research arm.”
via Information Week
DARPA’s Urban Photonic Sandtable Display (UPSD) creates color, real-time, 3D holographic displays with up to 12 inches of visual depth. The technology enables 360-degree viewing by … Read More → "DARPA successfully completes 3D holographic display technology demonstration program"
“Introducing the Hyper Touch Guitar. From the mind of Max Battaglia at Givingshape Design Studio, this unorthodox design replaces strings with a multi-touch screen, allowing the user to adjust the number of “strings” and frets, as well as tuning and sound effects. A wireless command center that permits endless customization and infinite possibilities of expression.” via Yanko Design
Read More → "Hyper Touch Guitar replaces strings with a touch screen"
Liberia, Myanmar and of course, the United States.
via Gizmodo
… Read More → "These are the three countries that don’t use the metric system"“I have used the SM320F28335-HT microcontroller in several projects including military applications. With the floating point it is blinding fast. The standard temperature comes in a QFP and the high temp version comes in a Ceramic Pin Grid Array which is more friendly than the BGA’s. The TI compiler/IDE is cheap by high end standards and they have a vast open source library.” via Dangerous Prototypes
Read More → "High temperature floating point digital signal controller"
