Category Archives: Hardware

Processing and PComp come together

Wiring From the site: Wiring is a programming environment and electronics i/o board for exploring the electronic arts, tangible media, teaching and learning computer programming and prototyping with electronics. It illustrates the concept of programming with electronics and the physical … Continue reading

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Sun and Java moving into the PComp arena

Sun SPOT | Sig9 From the site: Sun SPOT (Small Programmable Object Technology) is a new research project at Sun Labs that promises to turn a vision into reality, the vision being, to make wireless sensors ready for mass commercial … Continue reading

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Repurpose that disposable camcorder

Boing Boing: Pinouts for CVS’s “disposable” camcorder From Boing Boing: CVS Pharmacies sell a one-time-use camcorder that you have to bring to their shop once you’re ready to get your videos, which are delivered on DVD. Enterprising hackers are racing … Continue reading

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Use Linux to turn your iPod into a recording device

Linux frees iPod’s inner recording studio

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JBox – Java and Linux in a nice little package

Welcome to iGoJava – iGoLogic JBOX Java J2SE Embedded Development Kit! Perfect for many of my projects, fairly inexpensive, powered by a Via single board computer, runs Linux and pre-installed with J2SE. Very nice..!

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TiVo releases Java based Open Source Platform for building applications

TiVo Home Media Engine SDK I am sold.. Unfortuantely things are looking bad for the company. I think I will bite anyway.. This is the kind of thing that I think can turn a company around.

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Some fun with FM and your Mac

MacDevCenter.com: Hacking Radio on the Mac Features a couple of low-cost audio editing apps, the Griffin RadioShark and the Griffin RoadTrip. The comments list some notable ommisions: Audio Hijack (record from any source, including the computer), RadioTime.com (TiVo for Radio) … Continue reading

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ITP Winter Show 2004

ITP Winter Show 2004 Sunday, December 19 from 2 to 6pm Monday, December 20 from 5 to 9pm A two-day explosion of interactive sight, sound and technology from the student artists and innovators at ITP. An oversized Greenwich Village loft … Continue reading

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An interesting looking live video mixing instrument

Anyone tried it? How does this compare with Max/MSP/Jitter with custom controllers?

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Hillary support’s The INDUCE Act

I was dismayed to learn that Senator Hillary Clinton has come out and in fact co-sponsored Senator Hatch’s Induce Act. What follows is a draft of a letter that I am writing to Sen. Clinton to express my concern. I … Continue reading

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