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Hardware Hacking

#twatch Open Hardware Networked LCD Screen 52

Posted by CmdrTaco
from the fun-little-hacks dept.
An anonymous reader writes "Dangerous Prototype's #twatch is a DIY network appliance that displays real-time topic trends from Twitter. It can also show system statistics, RSS feeds, mail notifications, and more using a TCP server on port 1337 that accepts commands from LCD control programs like LCD Smartie (Windows) and LCDproc (Linux). Everything you need to build your own is on the project's page. We've covered this hardware hacker's work previously."
Hardware

MIT's Hybrid Microchip To Overcome Silicon Size Barrier 77

Posted by CmdrTaco
from the keeping-up-with-the-moore's dept.
schliz writes "MIT researchers have successfully embedded a gallium nitride layer onto silicon to create a hybrid microchip. The method could be further developed to combine other technologies such as spintronics and optoelectronics on a silicon chip. It is expected to be commercialized in a couple of years, and allow manufacturers to keep up with Moore's Law despite today's shrinking devices."

Comment: Re:Heaven forbid... (Score 1) 517

by JayAitch (#29454565) Attached to: Lawyer Demands Jury Stops Googling

Interesting point you bring up CSI as a bad qualification for a juror. I once had a conversation with a defense lawyer. He says he asks jurors if they watch CSI, or the Wire as one of his profiling questions. If they do, he rejects them as a pick. I understand CSI, but I don't understand The Wire as that show sympathizes with the criminal side a little more.

Comment: Re:Strength? (Score 1) 213

by JayAitch (#29037855) Attached to: Green Cement Absorbs Carbon

This is just another formula you can add to that portfolio of concrete making. Who says you have to use this to build something important like a skyscraper or bridge. Obviously the engineers that build those things will decide on the best tried and true material for that application. If we're talking about a sidewalk (which usually takes about 10 yrs to crack anyway) who cares if it's 2/3 more heavy.

Comment: Re:This is good news (Score 1) 360

by JayAitch (#28987845) Attached to: Prehistoric Gene Reawakened To Battle HIV

I for one can't wait for this to happen:
"I dunno how much AIDS scares y'all, but I got a theory: the day they come out with a cure for AIDS, a guaranteed one-shot cure, on that day there's gonna be fucking in the streets, man." - Bill hicks

Nevermind chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis,herpes, crabs, HPV, Hepatitis.

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