Texas Instruments graphing calculator gets touchscreen display
Something as staple as a TI-84 graphing calculator has now gotten a touchscreen display, thanks to the efforts of Owen. To achieve that, he had to write some z80 assembly cipher in order to use the linkport as a UART. that proof-of-concept video shows off where he draws on the screen, and that input is [...]
Hack for motion sensing camera
A bunch of researchers at the University of Liege managed to pit their brains together, coming up with an algorithm which is smart decent to separate movement from background in a digital camera. They dub the process ViBe, and that patented piece of cipher will not exceed 100 lines of C. The video above shows [...]
Ericsson Labs Shows 3D Maps Demo On XPERIA X10
3D technology is always interesting, and when you combine that with Satellite maps, things are bound to get interesting. The folks by at Ericsson Labs have uploaded a video demonstrating their new 3D landscape API which is running on the XPERIA X10. The best is part, no matter how much panning, tilting and zooming is [...]
Intel Home Energy Management Proof Of Concept
Intel has launched a page on its website for its Home Energy Management Proof of Concept. Basically it boils down to an 11.5-inch capacitive OLED touch screen, Z530 processor, motion sensor, video camera support, stereo audio, Wi-Fi and Zigbee integration. It showcases the benefits of energy-efficient computing performance, home-networking support and the software compatibility of [...]
Archos To Release Developer Firmware
It looks like Archos is quite supportive of developers, evidenced by its recent PR that confirms that the company is making a proof-of-concept “developer edition” firmware for its ARCHOS 5 and ARCHOS 7 Web Media Tablets. The firmware will be based on the Angstrom Linux distribution, though it certainly isn’t meant to be a commercial [...]