Sep 19

MakerBot’s Automated Build Platform enables handsfree, multi-part 3D printing

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Currently, 3D printers require users to remove a finished object, clean things up and input more commands before it starts building something from nothing a second time around. At least, the “affordable” ones do. But our pals over at MakerBot Industries have a far better idea, and if we didn’t know any better, we’d say this type of problem solving would get the ever-desired thumbs-up from one Anthony Sullivan. Put simply, the Automated Build Platform works with your existing 3D printer, and thanks to its mighty conveyor belt action, it wipes away completed objects, clears the boogers off the nozzle, resets itself and prints again. It’s up for order right now for $160, but you should probably check out the (admittedly enticing) video after the break before deciding if it’s right for you. Oh, and if you’re too lazy to click through, chances are it is.

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MakerBot’s Automated Build Platform enables handsfree, multi-part 3D printing originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 19 Sep 2010 07:32:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Sep 19

WordPress 2.0 Has Officially Been Released

Posted in: Newly Released, Software, Today's Chili

This article was written on January 01, 2006 by CyberNet.

WordPress

If you have not heard, WordPress 2.0 has been released and is out of the beta version. My site is run off of this software and it is very well put together. The upgrade for me was seamless, all I had to do was transfer the files over (leaving my wp-config.php and wp-content folder unchanged as stated) and it just worked. Of course, there were some ‘hacks’ that I had done to it that I had to go back and put back in the files, but the upgrade was all done in less than an hour.

One of my main ‘hacks’ is the user registration process. I have created a method so that the user can make their own passwords so that an email address isn’t vital to the user creating an account. The coding for the registration process changed a little in the upgrade so I couldn’t just use my old wp-register.php file, instead I had to go back through it to implement it again.

I guess I can’t complain with all of the new features that I have acquired by performing the upgrade. I hope more of you perform the upgrade because the differences, especially in the admin section, can be seen very quickly. The AJAX features that it now has implemented are also a big benefit!

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Sep 19

BT offering British broadband users free fiber upgrade — when the rollout reaches them

Posted in: free, network, Today's Chili, uk, united kingdom, UnitedKingdom, upgrade

Well now, isn’t this nice? British Telecom has come out with a sweet and loving promise to subscribers who partake in its current broadband and landline telephony bundles — stick with us, says BT, and we’ll upgrade you to our fiber (or fibre, as the Brits call it) optic network free of charge. Of course, this wouldn’t be BT if there weren’t some gnarly details to the bargain, which include 40GB a month usage limits and £25 setup fees for users on the cheapest monthly bundles. Still, at least the upgrade to 40Mbit is something to look forward to and BT’s saying you won’t have to pay any additional levies for it on a monthly basis. See its press release after the break or check out the map below to see when the rollout might be hitting your particular corner of the Queen’s home isles.

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BT offering British broadband users free fiber upgrade — when the rollout reaches them originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 19 Sep 2010 05:21:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Sep 19

inMedia announces Android tablet, you probably don’t want one

Posted in: Android, android tablet, AndroidTablet, slate, tablet, Today's Chili

Just like everybody else, inMedia’s announced an Android tablet, and from the looks of the extremely tiny image we’ve been provided with, it’s not exactly a looker. If you’re keeping score, this one will be running Android 2.1, and will come in both seven and 10-inch varieties. While we don’t know what kind of specs these slates will pack, we do know a few other details — they’ll have WiFi 802.11b/g, Bluetooth 2.1, HDMI, a front-facing camera, and it’ll come with a 32GB SD card. For now, we don’t know when these will be available or how much they’re going to cost, but we have a feeling that — coming from a company with a product called the ROFL settop box — it’ll be a good time. We’ve requested a higher res image, we promise. Full press release is below.

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inMedia announces Android tablet, you probably don’t want one originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 19 Sep 2010 03:13:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Sep 18

Electronic Arts ready to embrace Android, but wishes it had an App Store

Posted in: Android, android market, AndroidMarket, AndroidOs, apps, AppStore, Games, gaming, Today's Chili

Thought EA had no love for Android or Windows Phone 7? Not quite — it’s just the existing market opportunities that the company doesn’t seem to enjoy. CFO Eric Brown told the Deutsche Bank 2010 Technology Conference that the game publisher is actually quite bullish on Google’s rapidly popularizing mobile OS and plans to ‘position its mobile business’ accordingly, but first he said this: “I think the next big positive way to push better growth in mobile will be the deployment of an App Store equivalent for the Android operating system.” Since we’re fairly certain Brown would be aware of a little thing called the Android Market, we figure he’s talking about the same mysterious reason that caused Gameloft (which produces a number of Android titles already) to circumvent the Market in favor of their own online store. One thing’s for certain on the EA Mobile front: the company really needs to update their smartphone games page to support a wee bit more than the “Google Android-Powered T-Mobile G1.”

Electronic Arts ready to embrace Android, but wishes it had an App Store originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 19 Sep 2010 01:01:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Sep 18

Google Voice apps returning to iPhone app store (update: they’re here!)

Posted in: app, AppStore, Google, Software, Today's Chili

Digg It’s been a long time coming — now native Google Voice apps have finally returned to the iTunes App Store. This, after a fourteen month hiatus in which we saw an FCC investigation into the matter that culminated in a loosening of App Store restrictions. So far, we’re only seeing the $3 GV Connect app in the store with GV Mobile + coming sometime Saturday morning according to its developer, Sean Kovacs. No word on when the official Google Voice iPhone app will make its appearance, but surely it can’t be long — Phil must have had a chance to study the app he personally rejected didn’t approve by now, right?

Update: We’d been checking our iPhones all day long to no avail, but it’s finally here. As of 1:30AM ET, GV Mobile + has been formally approved and is now available for $2.99 on the iTunes App Store.

Google Voice apps returning to iPhone app store (update: they’re here!) originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 18 Sep 2010 23:59:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Sep 18

Crosley goes way back, way forward with battery-powered USB turntable

Posted in: audio, Music, Retro, Today's Chili, usb, video

Still wondering what to get the guy that just so happens to have everything, including (but not limited to) a 1920’s style Bluetooth headset? Found. Crosley Radio has just introduced what’s possibly the most awesome nugget of retro goodness in the year 2010 AD, the Revolution CR6002. Believe it or not, the object you’re gawking at there on the right is actually a battery-powered, USB-enabled turntable. It’s quite obviously designed for travel, but it’s purportedly capable of spinning the 33 1/3 and 45 RPM records that your pop is so fond of. Furthermore, it’s capable of tuning into your fav FM radio station, and the USB interface enables analog-to-digital transfers for keeping those vinyls in a much safer place. Hit the source link if you’re ready to wave goodbye to $149.95, or hit that Vimeo vid if you still need convincing.

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Crosley goes way back, way forward with battery-powered USB turntable originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 18 Sep 2010 23:33:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Sep 18

CyberNotes: How to use Google Gadgets in your Vista Sidebar

Posted in: CyberNotes, Software, Today's Chili, Windows, Windows Vista

This article was written on March 22, 2007 by CyberNet.

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Tutorial Thursday

Google Gadgets have been around for several years now and number in the thousands (more than 4,400 at the time of this writing). Windows Vista, on the other hand, is still pretty new and the selection of gadgets is slowly making progress with just over 1,100 currently available. There is a nifty little application called Amnesty Generator that will actually convert Google gadgets, Grazr RSS Readers, SpringWidgets, PicGames, and YouTube movies into gadgets that can be used in Vista.

The program that you need (download mirror) is about 4MB in size and will require installation. Once the setup process finishes you’ll be just a few steps away from putting Google gadgets on your Vista desktop (they also have a version available for Macs).

  1. Download and install Amnesty Generator (download mirror).
  2. You’ll need to pick a Google gadget from a list of the ones available to embed in a website. You can’t pick from ones that Google lets you put on your personalized homepage, but many of the same ones are listed on this site as well.
  3. Generate the code as if you were going to place the Google Gadget on your website. Now run the Amnesty Generator and insert the code into the box:
    Amnesty
  4. After that the Vista Gadgets page should automatically open up so that you can select your newly created gadget.
    Amnesty

  5. You can now drag it onto your desktop or onto the Vista sidebar:
    Amnesty

I know it doesn’t look the best with unreadable fonts on the top and bottom, but that’s not the most important part of the gadget. The content of the gadget is what you’re looking for, and from what I’ve seen it always looks pretty good.

I originally thought this would be cool for the Google Talk gadget that was just released last week, but when I tried it I couldn’t get it to work. It needed me to sign-in and every time that I tried it would pull up Internet Explorer, sign me in, but it would never refresh itself so that it actually worked. That would have been one of the cooler gadgets that could have been used, too. :(

The Amnesty Generator is still a work in progress, and the Vista version is actually labeled as a Beta. The software itself seems stable, but I’m guessing that they will continue to refine how it converts the Google gadgets as well as widgets from other companies. Maybe in a few years this won’t even be necessary if companies start to follow what Netvibes has now started.

 

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Sep 18

SMU and DARPA develop fiber optics for the human nervous system

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The Department of Defense and Southern Methodist University have teamed up to develop prosthetics that use two-way fiber optic communication between artificial limbs and peripheral nerves to essentially give these devices the ability to feel pressure or temperature. The technology is called neurophotonics, and it will someday allow hi-speed communication between the brain and artificial limbs. But that’s just the beginning — the work being done at SMU’s Neurophotonics Research Center might someday lead to brain implants that control tremors, neuro-modulators for chronic pain management, implants for treating spinal cord injuries, and more. And since we can’t have a post about DARPA-funded research without the following trope, Dean Orsak of the SMU Lyle School of Engineering points out that “[s]cience fiction writers have long imagined the day when the understanding and intuition of the human brain could be enhanced by the lightning speed of computing technologies. With this remarkable research initiative, we are truly beginning a journey into the future that will provide immeasurable benefits to humanity.” Truly.

SMU and DARPA develop fiber optics for the human nervous system originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 18 Sep 2010 22:05:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Sep 18

Researchers develop wireless sensor network to measure physical activity

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Wearable sensors that monitor physical activity are hardly anything new, but some researchers from MSU’s Department of Kinesiology are taking the idea quite a bit farther with their latest project. They’ve developed a new system that employs a network of sensors that not only track movement, but can monitor things like tilt, posture and the proximity of limbs to each other. That, the researchers say, allows them to detect different types of activity, and more accurately measure the energy expended on them. Of course, it is still just a prototype, but it’ll apparently soon be put to the test by some graduate students, and there’s plenty of backing behind it — the project is being funded two-year, $411,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health.

Researchers develop wireless sensor network to measure physical activity originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 18 Sep 2010 21:04:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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