Screen Grabs: Raspberry Pi survives electronics blackout for a cameo on Revolution

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Screen Grabs Raspberry Pi survives worldwide electronic blackout for a came on Revolution

The original premise of NBC’s show Revolution is that in the near future some unknown worldwide catastrophe devastated all electronic devices, plunging everyone into a blackout. As the plot has progressed however, in limited cases the power is coming back on. That includes a nanotech machine a couple of characters are planning to use to perform emergency surgery — by shoving what appears to be a USB stick into an open wound — and its configuration is enabled thanks to a very familiar looking $35 device. Keen eyed viewers spotted a Raspberry Pi (top center) as it popped on screen a few times, however like our own prime time cameo it flashes by very quickly, the screencap above may be your best look at it.

[Thanks, Gene]

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Refresh Roundup: week of April 29th, 2013

Refresh Roundup week of April 29th, 2013

Your smartphone and / or tablet is just begging for an update. From time to time, these mobile devices are blessed with maintenance refreshes, bug fixes, custom ROMs and anything in between, and so many of them are floating around that it’s easy for a sizable chunk to get lost in the mix. To make sure they don’t escape without notice, we’ve gathered every possible update, hack, and other miscellaneous tomfoolery we could find during the last week and crammed them into one convenient roundup. If you find something available for your device, please give us a shout at tips at engadget dawt com and let us know. Enjoy!

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