What if you could cure blindness as easily as turning on the lights? That’s what one doctor and his team are hoping to achieve with a clinical trial that uses a new form of retina implant to return sight to patients who have lost the ability to see. And for one of the six patients, […]
A new form of retina implant returns sight to the blind Read More »
Update 12/14/15 (We’re putting it here so it’s easier to read) : To help minimize the flooding of our inbox so we can get everyone back to all the questions and concerns… please read our FAQs at the bottom of the page. Most commonly asked is buying more than 1 board and save on shipping.
PINE A64, First $15 64-Bit Single Board Super Computer Read More »
It includes everything a regular PC has and can do anything that a regular PC does, all at a low price of 69 USD. LattePanda runs perfectly on the go. Creating documents with Microsoft Office, playing HD videos and running Windows apps on LattePanda is exactly the same experience as using a regular PC. LattePanda
LattePanda – A £45 Win10 Computer For Everything Read More »
Introducing the Mobilinkd Bluetooth APRS® TNC. With your radio, your Android phone and this TNC, you have everything you need to get started with APRS — all at a fraction of the cost of a dedicated APRS® radio, and with a better user interface than any APRS® HT on the market. Why a Mobilinkd TNC?
Mobilinkd – Highly mobile packet radio Read More »
Michigan Micro Mote (M3) is the world’s smallest computer. How small? It’s about the size of a grain of rice. A University of Michigan’s March report can tell you that the team behind the computer have come up with a fully autonomous system that can act as a smart sensing system. “To be ‘complete,’ a
Hey, watch where you’re flicking. That’s a computer Read More »
This chimera is a microcontroller emulation of a UK101, an 8-bit microcomputer from the early 1980s. Needless to say I had one; it is a shocking thirty-three years since, as a spotty teenager, I soldered one together over the course of a few days. I recall the kit cost the equally shocking sum of £99.95 (a lot of pocket-money), and
Retrocomputer Resurrection Read More »
Required Parts: This project requires two Arduino boards which can be bought from http://www.adafruit.com/category/17 This project uses two Arduino Uno compatible boards. An L293D or other Dual H-Bridge Motor Driver chip will be needed to drive the motors of the RC car. This can be found here: http://www.adafruit.com/products/807 Finally, this project requires the RF transmitter
Computer controlled RC car with two Arduinos Read More »
This article describes the ESP-01, fitted with LUA firmware that is able to converse with a serial terminal in a high level language, store programs and data, turn things on and off in a package that costs almost nothing. The possibilities for ridiculously cheap remote temperature sensors and more are finally here. The software is
Probably the Cheapest WIFI Computer in the World (ESP8266+LUA) Read More »
How to build your own VGA-adapter My lifetime project: building an 8-bit computer using Z80 CPU. This week I had a bad flu and could not do anything useful so I decided to dig up my old plans for this project. I first re-designed many things, like power, CPU-board, IO-board and so on (my old
Building a simple VGA-adapter for 8-bit self made computer Read More »
Its lifetime may not be quite over yet, but the humble television is facing some stiff competition from the computer, as the entertainment portal of choice. Widespread access to superfast broadband means that users are now able to stream films and television shows, download music and of course browse the net 24/7, from wherever they
The Personal Computer: Fast Becoming the Home Entertainment System of Choice Read More »
