tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20450211190839521972024-03-13T05:31:05.866+01:00info scrapsinternet, science, computers, gadgets, and similar scraps found around in the cyberspaceAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07233091204390977592noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045021119083952197.post-8061080200056384832011-11-22T09:59:00.001+01:002011-11-22T11:52:49.578+01:00Walking the dogs with some extra<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2SRXZKOEFWUu7MgfTbha13AENYRVmMsDbjOolw6eG0q4RUjApGYjSwKb_ctJ_Ds5cCbzENV0Tu2nIpSRJQsyvkyp6OQLxXoa8EqPgZZGEgaTf1KttO43GNjG20e3zWhvh19HtLS0gt1g/s1600/111106_134914.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2SRXZKOEFWUu7MgfTbha13AENYRVmMsDbjOolw6eG0q4RUjApGYjSwKb_ctJ_Ds5cCbzENV0Tu2nIpSRJQsyvkyp6OQLxXoa8EqPgZZGEgaTf1KttO43GNjG20e3zWhvh19HtLS0gt1g/s320/111106_134914.JPG" width="237" /></a>As a geek I couldn’t help but put some tech staff into the boring everyday task of dog walking. I wanted to measure how many more km he completes running while I'm walking. I stuck a <b>Holux M-1000C</b> GPS data logger on the dog-collar with some sealing tape while I measured my track with the <b>Locus </b>app on my<b> Samsung Galaxy S</b>.<br />
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<a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-pku3D7oZgow/TstkaO6j3KI/AAAAAAAAlVg/Pxidn2ZdK28/s1600-h/111122_094830%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img alt="111122_094830" border="0" height="136" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-GSOm-OIlGJo/TstkbSXkQxI/AAAAAAAAlVk/ccj29vMjQd4/111122_094830_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="111122_094830" width="200" /></a><br />
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The result was something I expected: our 10 month old dog, Pipa, ran twice as much as my walkin distance.<br />
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<table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" style="width: 539px;"><tbody>
<tr> <td valign="top" width="65"></td> <td valign="top" width="86">Distance</td> <td valign="top" width="108">AVG Moving Speed</td> <td valign="top" width="104">Max Speed</td> <td valign="top" width="83">Moving time</td> <td valign="top" width="91">Color on the map </td> </tr>
<tr> <td valign="top" width="70">Me</td> <td valign="top" width="91"><strong>4.6 km</strong></td> <td valign="top" width="112">3.8 km/h</td> <td valign="top" width="107">5.9 km/h</td> <td valign="top" width="83">1:03:10</td> <td valign="top" width="91"><span style="color: lime;">green</span></td> </tr>
<tr> <td valign="top" width="72">Dog</td> <td valign="top" width="94"><strong>9.3 km</strong></td> <td valign="top" width="112">8.5 km/h </td> <td valign="top" width="107"><strong>43.8 km/h (!)</strong></td> <td valign="top" width="83">1:05:49</td> <td valign="top" width="91"><span style="color: red;">red</span></td> </tr>
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The track visualization makes it easy to imagine the frenzy. <img alt="Smile" class="wlEmoticon wlEmoticon-smile" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-aQkz_xx2V04/TstkcdzAZmI/AAAAAAAAlVw/WAXMi7AIbd0/wlEmoticon-smile%25255B2%25255D.png?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none;" /><br />
<a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-0qzmoiUSw5E/TstkdwsUfcI/AAAAAAAAlV4/HpYBW7hotjs/s1600-h/Java%252520OpenStreetMap%252520Editor%2525202011.11.22.%25252090747%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Java OpenStreetMap Editor 2011.11.22. 90747" border="0" height="368" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-9OzrwQKXG_w/Tstke4YIiQI/AAAAAAAAlWA/PnoJNtv0onk/Java%252520OpenStreetMap%252520Editor%2525202011.11.22.%25252090747_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Java OpenStreetMap Editor 2011.11.22. 90747" width="563" /></a> <br />
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<a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-8sKM9UZgeUo/Tstkga323yI/AAAAAAAAlWI/mghJPV2u2Cg/s1600-h/Java%252520OpenStreetMap%252520Editor%2525202011.11.22.%25252090827%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Java OpenStreetMap Editor 2011.11.22. 90827" border="0" height="438" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-R-MwDsGmFSc/TstkhccxO9I/AAAAAAAAlWQ/AMYBOkhDgws/Java%252520OpenStreetMap%252520Editor%2525202011.11.22.%25252090827_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Java OpenStreetMap Editor 2011.11.22. 90827" width="564" /></a> <br />
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The software used for screenshots: <br />
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<li>Java OpenStreet Maps Editor (JOSM) </li>
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The software used for measuring:<br />
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<li>Locus app on Android </li>
<li>ezTour for Holux loggers</li>
</ul>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07233091204390977592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045021119083952197.post-12766664486463089472011-09-03T16:46:00.001+02:002011-09-03T16:48:45.479+02:00BlindType on Android?<p>Sooner or later everyone meets the problem: typing on a tactile screen. I have pretty big fingers therefore typing on virtual keyboards usually slow for me because of the constant corrections. I happily adopted Swype when it was available on my phone, though that’s still far from perfect if we try to use it in Hungarian. </p> <p>I just found BlindType a revolutionary keyboard where “No accuracy needed”. The demo is spectacular:</p> <p> <div style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: none; padding-top: 0px" id="scid:5737277B-5D6D-4f48-ABFC-DD9C333F4C5D:a31e8335-ca5f-48c3-a7e5-160998d85959" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent"><div id="2d2fb702-b068-4aa6-bafe-50cf7ba3523d" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; display: inline;"><div><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPs7lW1R88E" target="_new"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-qEewPY1vX1c/TmI94OwtkZI/AAAAAAAAlAM/2f_QVWnuXL8/videob0a0d07c9b8f%25255B29%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-style: none" galleryimg="no" onload="var downlevelDiv = document.getElementById('2d2fb702-b068-4aa6-bafe-50cf7ba3523d'); downlevelDiv.innerHTML = "<div><object width=\"572\" height=\"321\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/VPs7lW1R88E?hl=en&hd=1\"><\/param><embed src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/VPs7lW1R88E?hl=en&hd=1\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"572\" height=\"321\"><\/embed><\/object><\/div>";" alt=""></a></div></div></div> </p> <p>Google bought the company about a year ago, no news about BlindType since then. Come on Google, when can I see it in my next major Android update?</p> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07233091204390977592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045021119083952197.post-7797398145836735982011-08-10T00:51:00.001+02:002011-08-12T09:10:36.448+02:00Reset Or Replace?<p>I own a Garmin Forerunner 405 stopwatch which I use regularly to track my running and biking workouts, and my hikes as well. Maybe I should call it on its official name, running computer, as it has a built in GPS which allows it to record my position in every second, measure the completed distance, my HR, calculate my speed, burnt calorie, etc.</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-p659xA0Xjcg/TkG53EsMNkI/AAAAAAAAk7M/X4PJekPtMzI/s1600-h/forerunner405_front2.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="picture from http://dvice.com/" border="0" alt="forerunner 405" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-2xStLdBC-tI/TkG54vbmWNI/AAAAAAAAk7Q/byJ6e8juLYo/forerunner405_front_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="182" /></a></p> <p>Well, measuring and calculating all these is a power hungry thing. That’s the reason you have to charge it more like a phone than a stopwatch –  you don’t pop in the small battery and forget it for years but rather charge it in every 10 days or after every second workout. I bought it second hand, it is 3 or so year old now which is fairly old age for a phone battery, and it seems the dying battery problem reached my Garmin too. </p> <p>It started to became erratic recently only. I usually can track a 6 hour long workout with one charge, but recently it dropped only to 2-3 hours. Sadly, in this €200 gadget the battery is not user replaceable, shame on you Garmin. I’m in Europe, in Hungary, sending it back to the German Garmin for a battery replace would be quite expensive from here as I’d have to pay all the expenses. (Not mentioning the likely language problems.) </p> <p>‘Help yourself and God will help you too’ say the Hungarians, so I looked around if I can buy cheap battery on eBay or from China. Interestingly apart from the hypothetical discussions about battery life I found very few concrete on the net. I only found a <a href="http://www.akku-wechsel.de/shop/alternativer-akku-fur-garmin-forerunner-405-300mah-3-7v-pd3048-lir3048.html">German page</a> where I can buy the battery for €20 + shipping. It's a bit expensive but better than nothing. </p> <p><a href="http://www.akku-wechsel.de"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px" title="Picture from www.akku-wechsel.de" border="0" alt="Picture from www.akku-wechsel.de" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-YdXCm-8wUaA/TkG55eSrTII/AAAAAAAAk7U/dGPhftzceGc/800_lir3048_img_9686%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="240" height="160" /></a></p> <p>Digging deeper into the topic I found something interesting too. In a <a href="http://runreview.blogspot.com/2011/07/garmin-forerunner-405-battery.html">blog</a> and on a <a href="https://forums.garmin.com/showthread.php?t=17635">couple</a> of <a href="http://www.runningfreeonline.com/Talk/g/posts/m/16873">discussion board</a>s you can read an instruction supposedly from Garmin Support about how to recalibrate your battery:</p> <blockquote> <p>From Garmin Support</p> <hr noshade="noshade" /> <p>The battery of the Forerunner 405 is monitored by the software. If the software miscalculates the battery life, it can appear the Forerunner 405 battery is going bad. Providing a few instructions often recalibrates the Forerunner 405 to provide an accurate reading on your battery, and thereby resolve your issues.</p> <p> <br />To recalibrate the Forerunner 405 software: <br />1) Charge your Forerunner 405 to 100% <br />2) Remove the Forerunner 405 from the charger <br />3) Start the timer on your Forerunner 405 <br />4) Allow the Forerunner 405 to completely drain <br />5) Charge the Forerunner 405 back to 100% <br />6) Wait one additional hour <br />7) Remove Forerunner 405 from the charger</p> </blockquote> <p>This method can work in case of the computer battery packs so why not here? The battery type is the same (Li-Ion), and if the problem is software related it sounds reasonable. I’ll try it first before I buy anything. I’ll keep you posted! <img style="border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none" class="wlEmoticon wlEmoticon-smile" alt="Smile" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-1SJkvk3KJSg/TkG56Lo15kI/AAAAAAAAk7Y/E5sNXwmLG5c/wlEmoticon-smile%25255B2%25255D.png?imgmax=800" /></p> <p><strong>Update (12/08/11) </strong>Whoa! I have done only 3 full charge/discharge cycle yet and the result is spectacular: the last up time was 6h14m which is the same time I could ever get out from it ! <img style="border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none" class="wlEmoticon wlEmoticon-smile" alt="Smile" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-1SJkvk3KJSg/TkG56Lo15kI/AAAAAAAAk7Y/E5sNXwmLG5c/wlEmoticon-smile%25255B2%25255D.png?imgmax=800" /></p> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07233091204390977592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045021119083952197.post-65248762691309834382011-07-29T12:10:00.001+02:002011-07-29T12:11:57.404+02:00Damn You, Auto Correct!<p>I recently stumbled across <a href="http://damnyouautocorrect.com/">this page</a>, they collect the most hilarious autocorrect mistakes. Just two good examples: </p> <p><img src="http://damnyouautocorrect.com/images/child-prodigy.jpg" /></p> <p><a href="http://damnyouautocorrect.com/10761/fast-learner/">http://damnyouautocorrect.com/10761/fast-learner/</a></p> <p><img src="http://damnyouautocorrect.com/images/tucked-in.jpg" /></p> <p><a href="http://damnyouautocorrect.com/10687/nighty-night-3/">http://damnyouautocorrect.com/10687/nighty-night-3/</a></p> <p>Have a good laugh! <img style="border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none" class="wlEmoticon wlEmoticon-smile" alt="Smile" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-4j5CLaMXUN0/TjKHBqiSJ6I/AAAAAAAAkxM/bmmT7mwHkLY/wlEmoticon-smile%25255B2%25255D.png?imgmax=800" /><img style="border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none" class="wlEmoticon wlEmoticon-openmouthedsmile" alt="Open-mouthed smile" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-y2-Y2yVCqho/TjKHDFmmfgI/AAAAAAAAkxQ/mIYxvZeWbps/wlEmoticon-openmouthedsmile%25255B2%25255D.png?imgmax=800" /></p> <p><a href="http://damnyouautocorrect.com/">http://damnyouautocorrect.com</a></p> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07233091204390977592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045021119083952197.post-56336231687606093052011-01-02T18:49:00.001+01:002011-01-02T18:49:59.568+01:00Whoa! This Is Augmented Reality!<p> <div style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: none; padding-top: 0px" id="scid:5737277B-5D6D-4f48-ABFC-DD9C333F4C5D:afdea1a0-f685-40d1-8600-d78f7d1d6218" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent"><div id="79ac22ce-fe25-420f-af85-43419d5f4ead" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; display: inline;"><div><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2OfQdYrHRs&feature=player_embedded#!" target="_new"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_3cVw-2r_Qdk/TSC6w4BcIQI/AAAAAAAAiJQ/gtd-_Udns5s/videodd37b199046d%5B5%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-style: none" galleryimg="no" onload="var downlevelDiv = document.getElementById('79ac22ce-fe25-420f-af85-43419d5f4ead'); downlevelDiv.innerHTML = "<div><object width=\"448\" height=\"252\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/h2OfQdYrHRs?hl=en&hd=1\"><\/param><embed src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/h2OfQdYrHRs?hl=en&hd=1\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"448\" height=\"252\"><\/embed><\/object><\/div>";" alt=""></a></div></div></div> </p> <p>I’m waiting for the Android version. <img style="border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none" class="wlEmoticon wlEmoticon-smile" alt="Smile" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_3cVw-2r_Qdk/TSC6xu2b7zI/AAAAAAAAiJY/kDxVzPFQuJc/wlEmoticon-smile%5B2%5D.png?imgmax=800" /></p> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07233091204390977592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045021119083952197.post-35012201305594282822010-04-29T23:36:00.001+02:002010-04-29T23:36:07.237+02:00Blood, Sweat and Photographic Tears<p></p> <p><a href="http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/4/2010/03/lionsgreg.jpg"><img alt="Blood, Sweat and Photographic Tears" src="http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/4/2010/03/500x_lionsgreg.jpg" width="500" /></a></p> <p><i><a href="http://gizmodo.com/tag/gregdutoit/">Greg du Toit</a> contracted several diseases and parasites while spending months half-submerged in a Kenyan watering hole. But he also captured a rare and stunning look of the wildlife he encountered nose-to-lens.</i></p> <p><a href="http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/4/2010/03/zebra2.png"><img alt="Blood, Sweat and Photographic Tears" src="http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/4/2010/03/500x_zebra2.jpg" width="500" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/4/2010/03/zebra3.png"><img alt="Blood, Sweat and Photographic Tears" src="http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/4/2010/03/500x_zebra3.jpg" width="500" /></a></p> <p>“This narration documents my pursuit of that ever illusive frame, which became an obsession that lasted a total of eight months and took me along an eventful journey, during which I contracted numerous parasites (some quite possibly unknown to science), not to mention the thousands upon thousands of insect bites.”</p> <p>The full story is at <a href="http://gizmodo.com/5497525/blood-sweat-and-photographic-tears">Gizmodo</a></p> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07233091204390977592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045021119083952197.post-31550069051691932522010-04-26T12:49:00.001+02:002010-04-26T12:49:38.220+02:00Remote Control DSLR BeetleCam Goes On Ground-Level Photo Safari<p>Through <a href="http://gizmodo.com/5520477/rc-dslr-beetlecam-goes-on-ground+level-photo-safari">Gizmodo</a></p> <p><a href="http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/4/2010/04/beetlecam_repairs.jpg"><img alt="Remote Control DSLR BeetleCam Goes On Ground-Level Photo Safari" src="http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/4/2010/04/500x_beetlecam_repairs.jpg" width="500" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_3cVw-2r_Qdk/S9VvqsU9yeI/AAAAAAAAfO8/e_T-9z-FoLI/s1600-h/beetlecam_profile%5B1%5D%5B15%5D.jpg"><img style="display: inline" title="beetlecam_profile[1]" alt="beetlecam_profile[1]" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_3cVw-2r_Qdk/S9VvsaLImdI/AAAAAAAAfPE/fPUupABKxxE/beetlecam_profile%5B1%5D_thumb%5B13%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="508" height="354" /></a> </p> <p>Some wildlife photographers spend <a href="http://gizmodo.com/5497525/blood-sweat-and-photographic-tears">months immersed in muck</a> to capture the perfect shot. The Burrard-Lucas brothers decided to let an RC car do the dirty work. Their BeetleCam came face-to-face with lions, elephants, and buffalo and captured these stunning shots:</p> <h5><a href="http://gizmodo.com/5520422/beetlecam-gallery"></a></h5> <p><a href="http://gizmodo.com/5520422/beetlecam-gallery/gallery/1"><img title="" alt="" src="http://cache-02.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/4/2010/04/gallery_beetlecam1.jpg" width="116" longdesc="" /></a><a href="http://gizmodo.com/5520422/beetlecam-gallery/gallery/2"><img title="" alt="" src="http://cache-03.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/4/2010/04/gallery_beetlecam2.jpg" width="116" longdesc="" /></a><a href="http://gizmodo.com/5520422/beetlecam-gallery/gallery/3"><img title="" alt="" src="http://cache-04.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/4/2010/04/gallery_beetlecam3.jpg" width="116" longdesc="" /></a><a href="http://gizmodo.com/5520422/beetlecam-gallery/gallery/4"><img title="" alt="" src="http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/4/2010/04/gallery_beetlecam4.jpg" width="116" longdesc="" /></a></p> <p>The BeetleCam is the ingenuous creation of <a href="http://blog.burrard-lucas.com/">Will and Matt Burrard-Lucas</a>, two acclaimed UK wildlife photographers who wanted to get up close and personal with some of Africa's most dangerous animals (with a wide-angle lens, natch).</p> <p>They strapped a Canon EOS 400D on top of a four-wheel drive buggy and rigged up one controller to operate the entire contraption. The photographs, recovered only after the BeetleCam was "promptly mauled, and carried off into the bush" by a pride of lions, show the animals from a unique, "I'm-a-small-rodent-about-to-get-snacked-on" perspective.</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_3cVw-2r_Qdk/S9VvuQEFD5I/AAAAAAAAfPM/yeqg7Xq-SMU/s1600-h/lioness_self_portrait%5B1%5D%5B5%5D.jpg"><img style="display: inline" title="" alt="" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_3cVw-2r_Qdk/S9VvwHpor8I/AAAAAAAAfPU/uQf_BYGSSJY/lioness_self_portrait%5B1%5D_thumb%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="501" height="342" /></a> </p> <p>You can see more shots and read further about the BeetleCam's adventures on the <a href="http://blog.burrard-lucas.com/">brothers' site</a>. [<a href="http://www.burrard-lucas.com/photo/tanzania/lion_paws.html#tags.BeetleCam">Burrard Lucas</a> via <a href="http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/04/robotic-buggy-takes-stunning-photos-of-african-wildlife/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+GearFactor+%28Blog+-+Gadget+Lab+%28Gear+Factor%29%29">Wired</a>]</p> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07233091204390977592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045021119083952197.post-74772348726741088612010-04-22T01:40:00.001+02:002011-08-10T01:09:38.754+02:00Netbook Hack For Smooth HD Videos<p>One obvious drawback of the Atom based netbooks that they cannot play back HD video smoothly. Actually they cannot play back any higher bitrate video without framedrops/slideshow effect. It is even worse with flash videos which use more resources compared to a normal .avi container ones.</p> <p>With a small hack the solution is here! You cannot squeeze out any more power from those weak Atom processors, but you can snap in a Broadcom Crystal HD video accelerator card (BCM970012) to a PCI Express Mini Card slot. </p> <p><img title="feature" alt="" src="http://tech.icrontic.com/files/2010/02/feature36.png" width="570" height="232" /></p> <p>Unfortunately there are few netbooks out there with an empty PCI-E Mini Card Slot, but you can sacrifice your WLAN card and can replace it for example with an Edimax EW-7711UTn miniature USB stick:</p> <p><img src="http://www.edimax.co.uk/images/Image/productimage/wireless/217x205/EW-7711UTn-217x205.jpg" /></p> <p>The whole replacement process in an MSI Wind is detailed at <a href="http://tech.icrontic.com/articles/broadcom-crystal-hd-review/">tech.icrontic</a></p> <p>It seems that at the moment these cards are backordered, and you can find them on the ebay only around $100 - 4 times higher than the usual price.</p> <p><strong>Edit (10/08/2011)</strong> <br />The card is <a href="http://shop.ebay.com/i.html?_kw=bcm70012&_clu=2&_fcid=93&_localstpos=&_sc=1&_sop=15&_stpos=&gbr=1">available</a> again for around $30!</p> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07233091204390977592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045021119083952197.post-69567092436185062962010-04-03T22:09:00.001+02:002010-04-03T22:09:11.865+02:00Meeting Wolfram|Alpha<p>My friend, Maciek brought my attention to this amazing data mining project, the Wolfram|Alpha. I already fiddled with it for a couple of hours and want to know it more- it is really worth it.</p> <p><a href="http://www.wolframalpha.com/">http://www.wolframalpha.com/</a></p> <p><object width="640" height="505"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/riQ5tpHc_b8&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/riQ5tpHc_b8&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="505"></embed></object></p> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07233091204390977592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045021119083952197.post-47905589320981230182010-02-16T23:26:00.001+01:002011-08-10T01:16:00.896+02:00Recommended by YouTube<p>I opened my YouTube account today and I was recommended a few videos on the initial page. The first one was an LCD TV comparison test in Hungarian. I was surprised by the recommendation. Not the Hungarian language as it is in my profile, but the topic: I never wrote or mentioned TVs on any of my blogs as I remember. Interesting, good algorithms. Anyway, it turned out to be a very good review because they put in some plus: the humor and <em>something else</em>. Just look at the preview picture down there and you’ll get the idea! <img style="border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none" class="wlEmoticon wlEmoticon-smile" alt="Smile" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-XElxrnDfNKM/TkG_r1NEfVI/AAAAAAAAk7g/MYiMA___-vE/wlEmoticon-smile%25255B2%25255D.png?imgmax=800" /> My favorites are these comments:</p> <blockquote> <p>“I have no idea what she said but I watched the entire video :)”</p> <p>“Could you make english subtitle please? the video is very good.”</p> <p>“Good TV, but the girl is much more interesting :)”</p> </blockquote> <p><object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/RHuWsMW0nQs&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/RHuWsMW0nQs&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object></p> <p>Good initiative 220volt.hu! :) <br />Sorry for those who doesn’t understand Hungarian.</p> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07233091204390977592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045021119083952197.post-12357460990787338202010-02-16T22:26:00.001+01:002010-02-16T22:27:28.291+01:00Windproof umbrella – indeed!<p>My girlfriend has just bought an umbrella on which tag they claim that it is windproof. It reminds me of a real windproof umbrella, I read a year ago or so. Check out the video! :))</p> <p>Through <a href="http://design.spotcoolstuff.com/wind-proof/worlds-best/senz-umbrella">design.spotcoolstuff.com</a></p> <p>------------------------------------</p> <p>Mary Poppins would not have gotten far with a Senz umbrella. Her umbrella, like yours probably, catches wind gusts and pulls whatever arm is holding onto the umbrella up and away. And if the wind gust is strong enough it will turn the normal umbrella inside out.</p> <p><a href="http://design.spotcoolstuff.com/wind-proof/worlds-best/senz-umbrella"><img alt="The Umbrella That Plays With The Wind" src="http://design.spotcoolstuff.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/senz-umbrella-m.jpg" /></a></p> <p>A Senz umbrella is different. It is designed to play with the wind.</p> <p>While a typical umbrella is like a parachute the Senz is like an airplane wing. The Senz angles airflow around the umbrella, making the Senz usable in gales up to 70 mph (100 km/h). The Senz also shields your eyes from the rain and comes with an opening mechanism integrated in the handle. All of which has earned the Senz umbrella numerous accolades including a Red Dot Design Award, a selection for TIME Magazine’s invention of the year and, of course, Spot Cool Stuff’s endorsement.</p> <p>Check out the video below that shows the Senz in a wind tunnel, held by people skydiving and used by a passenger on a speeding motorcycle.</p> <div style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: none; padding-top: 0px" id="scid:5737277B-5D6D-4f48-ABFC-DD9C333F4C5D:ea3463f9-c73d-4f3f-bb95-4dd0ff2f8a6d" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent"><div id="98c3f2d5-b61e-4c75-80a5-53902756c8f1" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; display: inline;"><div><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFzOwq5PldQ&hl=en_US&fs=1&" target="_new"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_3cVw-2r_Qdk/S3sNhpcFh6I/AAAAAAAAdrc/ep9Xly3UhPc/video2198bb72af7d%5B6%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-style: none" galleryimg="no" onload="var downlevelDiv = document.getElementById('98c3f2d5-b61e-4c75-80a5-53902756c8f1'); downlevelDiv.innerHTML = "<div><object width=\"425\" height=\"355\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/hFzOwq5PldQ&hl=en_US&fs=1&&hl=en\"><\/param><embed src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/hFzOwq5PldQ&hl=en_US&fs=1&&hl=en\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"425\" height=\"355\"><\/embed><\/object><\/div>";" alt=""></a></div></div></div> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07233091204390977592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045021119083952197.post-31172399797315523472010-02-13T12:24:00.001+01:002012-01-09T00:51:29.155+01:00The WTC tourist is Hungarian<p>I learnt recently that ‘Waldo, the Tourist of Death’ or as we called him ‘The Guy Who Was Everywhere’ is actually Hungarian, his name is Péter Guzli! :) </p> <p>He first appeared on the Internet as he was posing on observation deck of the WTC tower just before the airplane hit the building. Many people believed that it was real and the camera was found in the debris.</p> <p><img src="http://www.touristofdeath.com/image002.jpg" /></p> <p>After the incident Guzli edited a Boing into his own 4 year old photo and sent it to 15 of his friends. In 24 hour it got to the furthest point of the Internet. 3 days later it was on the front page of the online edition of the <a href="http://www.stern.de/">Stern</a> and other major sites examined too if the picture was real.</p> <p>Later it became an Internet phenomenon and Waldo appeared on many pictures of historical tragedies, events and movie posters/snapshots. The <a href="http://www.touristofdeath.com/">touristofdeath.com</a> has collected 1300+ variations already.</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_3cVw-2r_Qdk/S7el3E3waFI/AAAAAAAAfEc/LhRiG4fajRs/s1600-h/Waterlooguy%5B2%5D.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="Waterlooguy" border="0" alt="Waterlooguy" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_3cVw-2r_Qdk/S7el4EXSkhI/AAAAAAAAfEk/8aLLkokBy-A/Waterlooguy_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="158" /></a> <a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_3cVw-2r_Qdk/S7el5skeupI/AAAAAAAAfEs/3DiZl2q3Vzc/s1600-h/tacoma_highwinds%20%281%29%5B2%5D.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="tacoma_highwinds (1)" border="0" alt="tacoma_highwinds (1)" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_3cVw-2r_Qdk/S7el6yLc4YI/AAAAAAAAfE0/jREp25Zia38/tacoma_highwinds%20%281%29_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="185" /></a>  <a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_3cVw-2r_Qdk/S7el82vpAFI/AAAAAAAAfE8/VRFnPR8UC7I/s1600-h/Tourist-at-iwo-jima-fixed-d%5B2%5D.gif"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="Tourist-at-iwo-jima-fixed-d" border="0" alt="Tourist-at-iwo-jima-fixed-d" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_3cVw-2r_Qdk/S7el9zOZIPI/AAAAAAAAfFE/4gDblW4JyVU/Tourist-at-iwo-jima-fixed-d_thumb.gif?imgmax=800" width="244" height="197" /></a> <img alt="he is the one" src="http://index.hu/cikkepek/0111/tech/touristguy/speed.jpg" /><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_3cVw-2r_Qdk/S7ek5xunt4I/AAAAAAAAfEM/r1Ho8abBeKY/s1600-h/aerosmith%5B2%5D.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="aerosmith" border="0" alt="aerosmith" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_3cVw-2r_Qdk/S7ek6zRsfSI/AAAAAAAAfEU/GW8_M8HNrtE/aerosmith_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="157" /></a> <a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_3cVw-2r_Qdk/S7el_umQqKI/AAAAAAAAfFQ/bsmLELbeJGw/s1600-h/tank_guy%5B2%5D.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="tank_guy" border="0" alt="tank_guy" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_3cVw-2r_Qdk/S7emA9EKYwI/AAAAAAAAfFY/IIY1qlXkTp8/tank_guy_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="155" /></a> <a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_3cVw-2r_Qdk/S7emCTxpinI/AAAAAAAAfFg/69QZYtCBCXU/s1600-h/Studio8%20Kopie%5B2%5D.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="Studio8 Kopie" border="0" alt="Studio8 Kopie" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_3cVw-2r_Qdk/S7emEPwa_tI/AAAAAAAAfF8/Y3AJ68wWbzI/Studio8%20Kopie_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="239" height="244" /></a> </p> <p>The related Wikipedia article is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tourist_guy">here</a>. Another article on a major Hungarian website is <a href="http://index.hu/tech/net/realtouristg/">here</a> (in Hungarian). </p> <p>The photos from index.hu, Wikipedia and touristofdeath.com</p> <p>------------</p> <p>UPDATE  08.01.2012</p> <p>Peter Guzli recently apologized for creating the picture ten years ago: "It was a private matter - I assumed my friends would recognize me and call me to see if I was alright, but they didn't, they posted it on to other friends and suddenly it was all over the world.</p> <p>The article in English: <a href="http://web.orange.co.uk/article/news/Hungarian_apologises_for_911_hoax">http://web.orange.co.uk/article/news/Hungarian_apologises_for_911_hoax</a> <br />and in Hungarian: <a href="http://hvg.hu/itthon/20110912_tourist_guy_bocsanatkeres">http://hvg.hu/itthon/20110912_tourist_guy_bocsanatkeres</a></p> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07233091204390977592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045021119083952197.post-37209235362774677032010-02-07T15:17:00.001+01:002010-02-07T15:52:46.186+01:00Google Earth: Madrid in 3D<p>I opened Google Earth this morning and browsed for something in Madrid. I instantly recognized that something changed, everything was amazingly detailed and realistic. Here is our square next to the Opera:<a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_3cVw-2r_Qdk/S27LZcTB7_I/AAAAAAAAdPs/EZqLpn4nKpg/s1600-h/Google%20Earth%20Capture%5B5%5D.png"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="Google Earth Capture" border="0" alt="Google Earth Capture" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_3cVw-2r_Qdk/S27LguIvy8I/AAAAAAAAdP4/5W6o-q19jMs/Google%20Earth%20Capture_thumb%5B3%5D.png?imgmax=800" width="644" height="457" /></a></p> <p></p> <p>I made a quick search for it and found the answer on the <a href="http://www.gearthblog.com/blog/archives/2010/01/madrid_is_now_in_3d.html">Google Earth Blog</a> from 29 January, see below. </p> <p>Congratulations Google Earth, this is really wonderful and spectacular! We can go sightseeing every time from now on, even when it is raining! :)  <br />---------------------------------------- <br /></p> <h3>Madrid is now in 3D</h3> <p><b>Madrid, Spain is now in 3D, it's quite impressive.</b> <a href="http://sketchupdate.blogspot.com/2010/01/madrid-goes-3d.html">According to Google</a>, Madrid has the largest concentration of 3D models anywhere on the planet! If you see if for yourself, you'll see that it's true.</p> <p><img alt="Madrid in 3D" src="http://www.gearthblog.com/blog/archives/2010/01/29/madrid.jpg" width="550" height="362" /></p> <p>Through a combination of <a href="http://sketchup.google.com/">SketchUp</a> and <a href="http://sketchup.google.com/3dwh/buildingmaker.html">Building Maker</a> submissions, Madrid has an amazing depth of coverage. <a href="http://www.gearthblog.com/blog/archives/2010/01/29/Madrid.kml">Fly there yourself</a><img title="Google Earth File. You must have GE installed." border="0" src="http://www.gearthblog.com/images/gelogoicon.gif" />, or check out the video below for a quick tour.</p> <p>No word on whether they've added additional cities or buildings, but I assume that various other user-submitted content was added to other areas of the world. If you see any of yours that just landed in Google Earth, leave a comment and let us know.</p> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07233091204390977592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045021119083952197.post-53129877034543050142010-01-24T23:52:00.001+01:002010-01-24T23:57:56.757+01:00Just add talent: iPhone app makes you a rock star<object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/-QxN1u7KWDM&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/-QxN1u7KWDM&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object> <p>Utter a few melodic syllables into your iPhone, and eight tracks later, you have a real-sounding rock and roll song. That's the promise of Voice Band, a $3 iPhone app that bridges the gap between the pathetic pantomime of <em>Guitar Hero<a href="http://dvice.com/archives/2009/03/beatles-music-c.php">/Rock Band</a> </em>and actually playing a real instrument.</p> <p>In the video above, the guy makes it seem easy, but you might notice that he does have a modicum of musical talent. We like that, because no matter what the instrument, talent is still necessary to make music.</p> <p>The neat thing here: Pure talent shines through — no pesky practicing, preparation or dues-paying required.</p> <p>-- from <a href="http://dvice.com/archives/2010/01/just-add-talent.php">DVICE</a></p> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07233091204390977592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045021119083952197.post-41325257052813498282010-01-24T17:46:00.001+01:002010-01-25T00:09:15.760+01:00What would it look like if Earth had rings?<object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/hoz5Q2rGQtQ&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/hoz5Q2rGQtQ&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object> <p>Animator Ray Prol came up with a great idea: What if the earth had rings like Saturn's? Suppose those rings were aligned with the equator. They'd be visible from east to west, all over the world. He then shows us exactly what the sky would look like from various locations on the planet. The result? What a wonderful world this would be!</p> <p>-- from <a href="http://dvice.com/archives/2010/01/what-would-it-l.php">DVICE</a></p> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07233091204390977592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045021119083952197.post-18844865404826767322010-01-24T17:21:00.001+01:002010-01-25T00:08:54.043+01:00The best unboxing video ever<h4>Ninjas unbox the Nexus One phone</h4> <object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/f_ETSvTAo4A&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/f_ETSvTAo4A&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object> <p>Today was a quiet, dull news day, until I found this little screen of goodness. Stop-motion animator Patrick Boivin has come up with the best unboxing video I think I've ever seen — and he's showing us Google's Nexus One, courtesy of a trio of ninjas.</p> <p>Using katana swords and nunchuks (but none of those scary star thingies), the Red, the White and the Black rip open the packaging and then have some fun with the phone and all its accoutrements, such as the USB cable and charger. Now all they need to do is get medieval on <a href="http://dvice.com/archives/2010/01/google-nexus-on-2.php">Google's phone support</a>people.</p> <p><a href="http://toysrevil.blogspot.com/2010/01/ninjas-unboxing-nexus-one-stop-motion.html"></a></p> <p>-- from <a href="http://dvice.com/archives/2010/01/ninjas-unbox-th.php">DVICE</a></p> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07233091204390977592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045021119083952197.post-58994789871970456292010-01-24T16:58:00.001+01:002010-01-25T00:11:27.933+01:00This Geek Clock can only be read by rocket scientists<h4><img alt="This Geek Clock can only be read by rocket scientists" border="0" src="http://dvice.com/assets_c/2010/01/Geek-Clock-thumb-550x543-32485.jpg" /></h4>Well, time to turn in my geek card. I can't make heads or tails of this Geek Clock, which has a crazy equation for every hour of the day. Lucky for us (you're with me on this, right?), the product listing says each clock comes with a cheat sheet.<br />
A Geek Clock can be yours for only $25. Bonus points if you decipher any of the glyphs above (working them out, I mean — obviously all the answers are right there).<br />
<a href="http://www.uncommongoods.com/item/item.jsp?source=family&itemId=18145">UncommonGoods</a>, via <a href="http://www.geeksugar.com/7115722">GeekSugar</a><br />
<a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=2045021119083952197&postID=5899478987197045629" name="more"></a><br />
-- from <a href="http://dvice.com/archives/2010/01/this-geek-clock.php">DVICE</a><br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Cheat Sheet (included with each clock)</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: </span><br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">1</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> - Legendre's constant is a mathematical constant occurring in a formula conjectured by Adrien-Marie Legendre to capture the asymptotic behavior of the prime-counting function. Its value is now known to be exactly 1. </span><br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">2</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> - A joke in the math world: An infinite number of mathematicians walk into a bar. The first one orders a beer. The second orders half a beer. The third, a quarter of a beer. The bartender says, "You're all idiots," and pours two beers. </span><br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">3</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> - A unicode character XML "numeric character reference." </span><br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">4</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> - Modular arithmetic, also known as clock arithmetic, is a system of arithmetic for integers, where numbers "wrap around" after they reach a certain value. The modular multiplicative inverse of 2 (mod 7) is the integer /a/ such that 2*/a/ is congruent to 1 modulo 7. </span><br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">5</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> - The Golden Mean...reworked a little. </span><br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">6</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> - Three factorial (3*2*1=6) </span><br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">7</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> - A repeating decimal that is proven to be exactly equal to 7 with Cauchy's Convergence Test. </span><br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">8</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> - Graphical representation of binary code. </span><br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">9</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> - An example of a base-4 number, which uses the digits 0, 1, 2 and 3 to represent any real number. </span><br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">10</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> - A Binomial Coefficient, also known as the choose function. 5 choose 2 is equal to 5! divided by (2!*(5-2)!) </span><br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">11</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> A hexadecimal, or base-16, number.</span><br />
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He tells the INQUIRER about this often unknown and unrecognised achievement. <div style="padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: 17px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 10px"><font size="2">Near three years ago, I purchased the cheapest USB webcams - actually, pair - I could find at the time, without taking into consideration whether those webcams worked with Linux or not. I ran one desktop PC with Win2K and one of the webcams was plugged to that box. I quickly found out several things: first, "Made in China" webcams surely are cheap, but that comes at a price of often having no support web site, no physical address of the manufacturer, and no updates to its drivers. The Win2K drivers for the "DigiGR8" 301P had apparently a memory leak under Win2k, forcing me to reboot the win2k box on a daily basis. Basically it just stopped working after a dozen hours of continuous use, and rebooting was the only solution. <br /></font></div> <div style="padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: 17px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 10px"><font size="2">I then concluded I had enough with Win2K and decided to install my Linux distro of choice - back then Sun Microsystem's ill-fated Java Desktop System for Linux R2. It soon became evident that the device was a power-sucking brick as far as Linux compatibility was concerned. After finding the chipset used by the webcam and writing to both the chipset manufacturer and the webcam builder and receiving no reply whatsoever, I was on my own. I asked on the </font><a style="text-decoration: none" href="http://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.linux.hardware/browse_thread/thread/d37ac2daa2df4b88/9de6981da18441cd?lnk=st&q=&rnum=1&hl=en#9de6981da18441cd" target="_blank"><font size="2">newsgroups</font></a><font size="2">, and was told that the ZC0301 chipset, manufactured by "Z-Star Corp" -a firm now apparently going by the name Vimicro Corp- was on the "Linux (in)compatibility list".</font> <br /></div> <div style="padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: 17px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 10px"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: block; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" border="0" alt="alt='mxhaard'" src="http://www.theinquirer.net/img/10501/mxhaard.jpg?1241332162" /><font size="2"><b><small>All 235 low-cost webcams supported in Linux thanks to... this man</small></b> <br /></font></div> <div style="padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: 17px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 10px"><font size="2">Imagine my surprise when, by pure chance, I found out last week that there are now Linux drivers for hundreds of those cheap "Made in China" webcams with strange brand names and a Vimicro chipset inside. The surprise was more shocking when I realized that drivers for 235 webcams - at the time of this writing - are the work of a single unknown hero who works from his home in France, does so with no corporate sponsorship, and what's even more outrageous, very few people know about the existence of those drivers and about the person behind them. <br /></font></div> <div style="padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: 17px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 10px"><font size="2"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: block; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" border="0" alt="alt='linuxusbwebcams1'" src="http://www.theinquirer.net/img/10502/linuxusbwebcams1.jpg?1241332162" /><b><small>Project web page showing some of the supported USB Webcam chipsets</small></b> <br /></font></div> <div style="padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: 17px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 10px"><font size="2"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: block; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" border="0" alt="alt='linuxusbwebcams2'" src="http://www.theinquirer.net/img/10503/linuxusbwebcams2.jpg?1241332162" /> <br /><b><small>More webcams supported</small></b> <br /></font></div> <div style="padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: 17px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 10px"><font size="2"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: block; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" border="0" alt="alt='linuxusbwebcams3'" src="http://www.theinquirer.net/img/10504/linuxusbwebcams3.jpg?1241332162" /><b><small>...near the end of the list.</small></b> <br /></font></div> <div style="padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: 17px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 10px"><font size="2"><b>FC:</b> Who are you and what do you do? <br /><b>MX:</b> My name is Michel Xhaard, I am a Physician and work in Doppler and Ultrasound imaging for years. I am now near 60 years old. <br /></font></div> <div style="padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: 17px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 10px"><font size="2"><b>FC:</b> Interesting, as it kind of breaks the "young school kit" stereotype of the Linux advocates. When did you start in this project and why?. <br /><b>MX:</b> I started working on the </font><a style="text-decoration: none" href="http://mxhaard.free.fr/"><font size="2">"spca50x"</font></a><font size="2"> project in 2003, when I bought two webcams for my daughters for Christmas but there was no support under Linux for those. <br /></font></div> <div style="padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: 17px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 10px"><font size="2"><b>FC:</b> So you decided to take matters in your own hands. How did you know where to start? <br /><b>MX:</b> After asking the </font><a style="text-decoration: none" href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&ct=res&cd=1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gphoto.org%2F&ei=YuQ1RpCAOJyYgwSwk7DEDA&usg=AFrqEzfbve8PaSm_AMJ6NRYncC6okBusow&sig2=LbJ_tvX8CC-AOgeJWBPfKg" target="_blank"><font size="2">gPhoto</font></a><font size="2"> team, Till Adam (http://hubbahubba.de/) and Thomas G. (http://home.tiscali.dk/tomasgc/labtec/) provided me with some useful help to start. Few weeks later we had full support of the Sunplus spca504b chipset in Gphoto -userspace picture support- and Spca50x for video streaming. <br /></font></div> <div style="padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: 17px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 10px"><font size="2"><b>FC:</b> Why "GSPCA"? What does it stand for? <br /><b>MX:</b> "Generic Software Package for Camera Adapters" :) <br /></font></div> <div style="padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: 17px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 10px"><font size="2"><b>FC:</b> So how did the ice ball grow to reach today's 253+ webcams supported with several different chipsets? <br /><b>MX:</b> Starting with the Sunplus chipset support, I realised that most code in the core driver could be "shareable" to support several webcam chipset(s). That is why the "GSPCA" drivers now support over 250 webcams from different chipset vendors. <br /></font></div> <div style="padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: 17px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 10px"><font size="2"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: block; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" border="0" alt="alt='linux-webcam-5'" src="http://www.theinquirer.net/img/10505/linux-webcam-5.jpg?1241332162" /></font><font size="2"><small><b>Linux application GnomeMeeting (Netmeeting clone, now renamed Ekiga) <br />detecting USB webcam</b></small> <br /></font></div> <div style="padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: 17px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 10px"><font size="2"><b>FC:</b> May I ask you why you decided to host your project web site on Free.FR? Don't you think Sourceforge.Net or other such OSS project repository would be more appropriate? What if Free.FR disappears?. In a sense, don't you think it's as risky as hosting an OSS project on Geocities or Tripod? <br /><b>MX:</b> I like "free.fr" because it is, well, free :) Have you seen the same content in Geocities.com or tripod.com ??. Check out ftp://ftp.free.fr/pub/ <br />Also, you can be sure that "free.fr" will not disappear. I personally don't like Sourceforge.net because it can be at times too slow, and there's a lot of dead projects ... <br /></font></div> <div style="padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: 17px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 10px"><font size="2"><b>FC:</b> Are you aware that your site is not very well indexed?. I came across not one but three pages claiming that the ZC0301 was not supported, or that there was a Linux driver project, which got abandoned (true, but outdated). Don't you think that having a domain name would help? <br /><b>MX:</b> Yes. <br /></font></div> <div style="padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: 17px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 10px"><font size="2"><b>FC:</b> How do you feel knowing that there are a few really big corporations with million dollar budgets all peddling Linux, and you do all this critical work of helping Linux gain webcams support -by the hundreds!-, yet <i>not a single one</i> of those big firms has decided to formally sponsor your work? <br /><b>MX:</b> my work is not "Linux Kernel centred" my goal is to provided video input support for Linux users, and I am not sure that these big companies are interested in the end user :). <br /></font></div> <div style="padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: 17px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 10px"><font size="2"><b>FC:</b> well, I think they should. Google does, for instance, since they bought this Nordic firm days ago which does cross-platform video conferencing software in Java. So if they want everyone to do video conferencing regardless of OS, drivers suddenly is an issue. OK, you won't say it but I will: shame on RedHat, Novell, Linspire, and IBM, to name just a few, for not caring about this. Is there anything you want to add?. <br /><b>MX:</b> Yes, that despite the old picture you are going to use on the article, notice that I stopped smoking in June 2006. :) [I'm sure Mr. Ballmer will be sending you tons of tobacco after reading this article]. :) <br /></font></div> <div style="padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: 17px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 10px"><font size="2"><b>FC:</b> Thanks very much Michel for your time, and for the drivers as well. I see that the ZC0301P chipset used in my "DigiGR8" webcam is listed, but I haven't been able to make my webcam work yet, so let's cut the chat and start the (virtual) hair-pulling exercise. <br /><b>MX:</b> You're welcome. µ <br /></font></div> <div style="padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: 17px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 10px"><font size="2"><b>L'INQs</b> <br /></font><a style="text-decoration: none" href="http://mxhaard.free.fr/spca5xx.html" target="_blank"><font size="2">Webcam chipsets supported by Michel's drivers</font></a> <br /><a style="text-decoration: none" href="http://mxhaard.free.fr/download.html" target="_blank"><font size="2">Download GSPCA (click on the logo of your Linux distro)</font></a> <br /><a style="text-decoration: none" href="http://www.milestonesafety.com/digigr8webcam.html" target="_blank"><font size="2">$25 DigiGR8 laptop webcam (vendor confirmed ZC0301P chipset)</font></a> <br /><a style="text-decoration: none" href="http://mxhaard.free.fr/donation.html" target="_blank"><font size="2">Donate a webcam to Michel if you want to have a particular model or new chipset supported</font></a> <br /></div> <div style="padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: 17px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 10px"><font size="2"><b>See also</b> <br /></font><a style="text-decoration: none" href="http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=38544" target="_blank"><font size="2">Open Source, the only weapon against "planned obsolescence"</font></a> <br /><a style="text-decoration: none" href="http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=38632" target="_blank"><font size="2">Nokia's inexpensive UMPC alternative is "future-proof"</font></a> <br /></div> </div> </div> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07233091204390977592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045021119083952197.post-57542565886919336502010-01-23T14:03:00.000+01:002010-01-23T14:09:30.407+01:00Connections of Strangers Returns Camera to Owner<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"></span><br />
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Nobody likes to lose a valuable item—be it a wedding ring down the disposal or a pair of shoes forgotten under a hotel bed. Even more frustrating, though, is the loss of a camera: Not only is the object itself gone, but so too are the irreplaceable memories captured on it.<br />
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Knowing that frustration, Danny Cameron set out on a quest through Facebook to find the owner of a lost camera he found along the side of the road while vacationing on the Greek island of Mykonos last summer.<br />
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"In theory, with six degrees of separation, the whole world can be reached," said Danny, of Sydney, Australia. "I decided to see whether the world of online resources could track down the owner."<br />
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With that goal in mind, Danny started the Facebook group <a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=283773345087" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=283773345087">"Needle in a haystack"</a>. He uploaded photos from the camera to the group, with the hope that members would recognize someone they know among the strangers.<br />
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The group, which started on Oct. 17, grew virally as members faithfully invited others and posted notes of encouragement and thanks to one another for their attempted good deed. Within two weeks, the group ballooned to 235,000 people strong.<br />
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On the morning of Nov. 3, Danny received a Facebook message with astonishing news—his social experiment had worked. Some of the people in the photos recognized themselves, explaining that they were tourists who had been in Mykonos the day before Danny. The camera's owner, they revealed, was a woman living on the coast of France. Amazed at the human chain that had been created to find her, the woman was ecstatic to retrieve her missing item.<br />
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As for Danny, the success of his campaign led to a newfound respect for the power of social connections and human kindness.<br />
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"My simple act found that it is possible to be a noncommercial, nondenominational person just performing a random act of kindness, and I was happy to find (nearly) 250,000 other people who shared that philosophy," he remarked. "If the whole online community could be optimistic, full of hope and good will, then the possibilities for our capabilities would know no bounds."<br />
</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07233091204390977592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045021119083952197.post-20886040678916276902010-01-23T13:24:00.001+01:002010-01-23T13:25:59.612+01:00A Fresh Start<div xmlns=""><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm">I decided to revive this experimental tech blog of mine. I opened it as a collecting place of my Internet digs, automated sharing, etc. The intention didn't change, and recently I have more time as I don't blog much to our travel blog: since we settled down not much worth to mention happening to us. But since I read dozens of mostly tech related articles every week, I think there are a few you'd be interested.</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm">Enjoy! :)</p> </div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07233091204390977592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045021119083952197.post-77940698655725262012008-08-07T02:23:00.000+02:002010-01-25T00:07:04.989+01:00Timbercalls » Yanko Design<p><a href="http://www.yankodesign.com/index.php/2008/08/04/timbercalls/">Timbercalls » Yanko Design</a>: "Timbercalls <br /> <br />Variations to the previous topic. :)</p> <p><img src="http://www.yankodesign.com/images/design_news/2008/08/04/maple_phone.jpg" /><img src="http://www.yankodesign.com/images/design_news/2008/08/04/maple_phone2.jpg" /><img src="http://www.yankodesign.com/images/design_news/2008/08/04/maple_phone3.jpg" /></p>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07233091204390977592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045021119083952197.post-56805709310622153492008-08-07T02:01:00.000+02:002010-01-25T00:07:04.989+01:00DVICE: What would Frodo use to call Middle Earth? The Maple Phone<p><a href="http://dvice.com/archives/2008/08/what_would_frod.php">DVICE: What would Frodo use to call Middle Earth? The Maple Phone</a>: "What would Frodo use to call Middle Earth? The Maple Phone <br /><img src="http://dvice.com/pics/woodphone82.jpg" /> </p> <p>Let’s face it, some people will never convert to the iPhone. Such individuals are likely Steve Jobs haters, environmental purists, or both, which would make the Maple Phone a perfect choice. Designed by the Korean team of Hyun Jin Yoon and Eun Hak Lee, the concept cell phone is meant to offer a glimpse of high technology that seamlessly merges nature and gadgetry into one sleek device. The phone would include touch sensitive keypads, a camera phone, and enough back-to-nature cool points that even your vegan, off-the-grid, tree house living friends would be envious. <br /> <br />Via Yanko Design"</p> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07233091204390977592noreply@blogger.com0