Did you know that it’s possible to build a working compound microscope with nothing but LEGO elements? Collecting votes now on Lego Ideas is a fully functional microscope — constructed entirely out of Lego bricks. Artist Carl Merriam, who is known for his intricate Lego renderings of mythical creature Cthulhu and other custom creations, submitted the →
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http://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/consumer-electronics/audiovideo/your-candy-wrappers-are-listening This really pushes what can be done with video camera. Posted from WordPress for Android →
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Interfacing digital electronics to analog world is needed in many applications. There have been several attempts at devices that might be called field-programmable analog arrays (FPAAs) over the years, but most have failed to establish a significant market presence (maybe except Cypress Semiconductor PSoC). The Analog Swiss Army Knife article tells that without a proper →
I was again amazed on what I saw in Assembly Summer 2014 1k intro competition. In this competition the programmers make a program what has maximum size of 1 kilobyte. And they do amazing thing with those tiny programs: 3D graphics and audio are included. It is really hard, because typically a simple “hello world” →
IEEE has an interesting article Bitcoin Gets Its Own TV Network that tells that in September 2014, if all goes according to plan, the Bitcoin blockchain will take to the radio waves in Finland. The project is called Kryptoradio. Koodilehto and FIMKrypto have secured the rights to transmit updates to the Bitcoin blockchain across digital →