about 8 months ago - No comments
I got my Notion Ink Adam tablet a few months ago. Tablets have finally evolved to a level to be useful. I use my tablet mostly as an ebook, secondary display, and music/video player. Notion Ink has been refining and improving their Android port over the last several months. I have been updating my tablet…
about 8 months ago - No comments
A very succinct message from Steve Woz on how our education system(s) kills creativity in its quest for a one size fits all approach to education… This is so true all over the world… the waste of human potential is the greatest waste Via EEtimes and DangerousPrototypes
about 9 months ago - No comments
Success at last …after 2 frustrating days trying to get the NXP LPCXpresso board working. In the end I figured out the issue myself with little / no help from NXP / Code Red Support Issue: Project building but debug not working (deployment to board failing) Resolution: I looked up the build log files in…
about 12 months ago - No comments
I stumbled across this article today about how neurons in brains do not rely just on physical connections to talk to each other. They interact with each other with their version of electro-magnetic coupling similar to Near Field Communication (NFC)or RFID. NFC or RFID type technologies can be prone to interference from various gadgets or…
about 1 year ago - No comments
I have been thinking about making my own ZFS-based mini-NAS using FreeNAS for while. ZFS has often been called one of the best innovations to come out of Sun Microsystems. During the course of my reading about ZFS I came across this interesting interview of the developers of the ZFS filesystem where they mention “I…
about 1 year ago - No comments
I had been struggling with the poor wi-fi at home for a while. After some looking around I got a refurbished Netgear WNDR3300 dual-radio 802.11a/b/g/n wireless router from www.newegg.com for about $30. The stock firmware on the router is mediocre so flashed it with DD-WRT. Now I have super-fast connectivity to my computers and phones.…
about 2 years ago - No comments
Just found out that TED is organizing a TED India conference (November 4-7, 2009) in Mysore at the Infosys campus. Check it out here
about 2 years ago - No comments
Turn any water into drinking water… $20 billion can provide safe drinking water for the entire world… this would an ideal stimulus plan…. healthier people can improve their own lives and contribute to their and society’s development
about 3 years ago - 1 comment
Cleantechnica has a post on Forward Osmosis. It is better explained here. The authors description in a gist: …conventional desalination and reuse technologies use substantial energy. “forward osmosis,” exploits the natural diffusion of water through a semi-permeable membrane. Their process “draws” pure water from its contaminants to a solution of concentrated salts, which can easily…
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