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06 Feb 12 - Computer And Electronics Open Source News
Five open source hardware projects that could change the world
Now that you've printed out the mechanical components of that gadget, you'll need some electronics to bring it to life, and what better way than with an open source computer designed for prototyping and embedding in larger projects.
EE Times and EDN Announce the Finalists of the 2012 UBM Electronics ACE Awards ...
6, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- UBM Electronics, the daily source of essential business and technical information for the electronics industry's decision makers, today announced the finalists for the 2012 UBM Electronics ACE Awards.
Prey takes over your devices to keep thieves under surveillance
By ANDY IHNATKO Follow @ihnatko on Twitter February 6, 2012 10:28AM When your computer goes missing, head for a web browser and tell Prey's servers.
High-Tech Vehicle Gadgets Vulnerable to Hacking
For example, the news source notes that car thieves could exploit security weaknesses to remotely open and start a car, or a spy could listen to conversations inside a car, according to Stefan Savage, a UC San Diego computer science professor who ...
Cal Poly Science Café Presents Life-Size Computer Game Workshop on Feb. 10
The event is free and open to all skill levels. Participants will learn how to design and build a game using an Arduinos (an open-source electronics platform) and breadboards (reusable electronic test boards analogous to circuit boards).
Watch out for tax scams
Tax returns contain all the information they need - Social Security numbers, names, addresses, employer information, investment account numbers - to open fraudulent accounts in a consumer's name or steal a taxpayer's income tax refund.
Advertisers Encourage Viewers To Scan QR Codes
Travis Lelle, a computer technician at Refresh Computers and Electronics, said he has scanned a malicious QR code before, and it can open you up to malware, virus, or even give a hacker access to personal information. "(Hackers can get access to) pin ...
Apple, Publishers, Open-Source Dictate Law School Textbook Evolution
Electronic tablets will make paper books in law schools obsolete within a decade, publishing experts said this week, in reaction to Apple's recent entrance into the textbook market and Thomson Reuters' exit from it.
Arduino: the face of Free hardware
This apart, sustainable business models based on Open Source Hardware are also gaining ground. Open Source Hardware, by definition, is a term for tangible artefacts - such as mechanical contraptions and electronic circuits - for which design ...
Hewlett-Packard Plans September Release of Open-Source WebOS
25 (Bloomberg) -- Hewlett-Packard Co. plans to release its WebOS mobile operating system as open-source software by September, relying on the same approach to licensing that Google Inc. uses with Android.
Consumer Electronics Show: The top ten highlights
I was excited to hear that ICT in schools will be replaced by an open source curriculum in computer ... This year's Consumer Electronics Show was as massive as ever - 1.85 million square feet of booths and stands ranging from tiny ones for importers of ...
New Bill to decide on individual's right to privacy
The Act also addressed computer crimes such as hacking, damage to computer source code, breach of confidentiality and viewing of pornography and created a Cyber Appellate Tribunal to oversee and adjudicate cyber crimes.
Start Making Your Own Electronics With Arduino
Because it's open-source, simple and has a $US25 price tag, Arduino has become a go-to tool for creating and sharing electronics-based DIY projects. The Arduino itself is a physical board that connects to your computer through a USB cable and downloads ...
When Should Open Source Be Written Into Law?
22, 2012Comments (1) As a systems administrator, I tend to think about source code and computing platform in large numbers.
E-Waste
The researchers captured the data using the open-source antitheft software Prey, which records a computer's GPS coordinates and takes a picture with the computer's camera every 20 minutes. Valuable metals contained in electronics and green-technology ...
Electronic waste recycling event Feb. 11
COTTONWOOD -- Arizona Department of Environmental Quality has announced that a free regional electronics waste recycling event will be held in Cottonwood Feb. 11.
Cassidy: An Apple Charitable Foundation would make i-textbooks insanely great
She's superintendent of Leadership Public Schools, which runs charter high schools in Oakland, Richmond, Hayward and San Jose -- schools that have embraced open-source digital textbooks that are accessible on almost any platform and cost nothing.
Free children's educational website for hardware design
SparkFun sells hobby electronics, including Arduino computer boards, and already supports its sales with a large amount of on-line information.
Raven, the Open-Source Surgical Robot, Takes Flight in Santa Cruz
By medGadget A multidisciplinary team of engineers from the University of Washington and the University of California, Santa Cruz, have developed a surgical robot, called Raven 2, for use as an open-source surgical robotics research platform.
Microsoft bets big on Kinect for Windows, but splits its community
Torrone wondered. "A phone? A computer? A media player?" Adafruit helped kick off independent development for Kinect right after its release in November 2010 by offering a $1000 bounty for open-source community-usable drivers for the device.
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