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Department of the Internet: Installation   →

Remember Edward Snowden? I remember, but for many Americans who talked to John Oliver on Last Week Tonight, the answer is no. It’s been almost two years since the world was captivated by Snowden’s leaks to The Guardian and The Washington Post about American surveillance programs. Although the Snowden leaks certainly proved lots of buzz, American surveillance →

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April Fools’ Day (April 1st) is now here. If you need ideas for practical jokes, check my postings Prank Ideas For April Fools’ Day and April Fools Pranks and Gadgets. Check also other idea from Practical Jokes section. Happy April Fools’ Day – don’t believe everything that you hear and read. →

Nowadays you can make music on on your browser – even if you can’t really play real instruments. I have earlier written about Patatap, and here are some new finding on this field: ACID MACHINE BETA is a in-browser tool (uses HTML5 “magic”) that emulates Roland’s TB-303 bass synthesizer with built-in sequencer. It brings the →

Nerdalert: German TV Producers’ Amazing Vectorscope Animations article tells that German weekend late-night comedy show “Neo Magazin Royale” has a bunch of super-nerds behind the screens in the production studio. This is apparently what they do when they’re (not) working: making test screens that render as multiple animations on their test equipment. While others out →

Origami Busts a Move with Dancing Paper. What is cooler than Origami cranes? Origami cranes dancing to the beat. Under the plastic surface are a series of individually controlled electromagnets. The actual dance moves are controlled by C running on Atmel microcontroller.   →

Here are some interesting robotics video for this Friday. Renesas MCU Car Rally 2015 video tells about 1st European Renesas MCU Car Rally held on 26th February at embedded world 2015 in Nuremberg. It is a competition between 17 teams comprising some 100 university students from all over Europe who come together to test their →

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http://www.sansbullshitsans.com/ Tired of meaningless buzzwords? There is a solution. This font replaces buzzwords with censorship bar. Put in marketing blurb and see what is left…. Posted from WordPress for Android →