DIYer constructs 4.3-inch Open SciCal graphing calculator, puts your TI-83+ to shame

August 7, 2010 · Posted in Technology · Comment

What’s 4.3-inches diagonally, costs $200 to build and has absolutely no reception issues when held as shown in the image above? Why, the Open SciCal! Matt Stack, the genius who pieced this gem together, relied on a 1GHz ARM Cortex A8 CPU, 8GB SD card, WiFi module and a spartan web browser in order to concoct what’s likely the most desirable graphing calculator this side of Pluto. The handheld device weighs about 1.6 pounds, runs Linux as well as the statistically inclined R, and is reportedly capable of doing roughly twice as much crunching as Texas Instruments’ Nspire. Skeptical? Considering that this bad boy sucked down stock data from Yahoo! Finance and ran auto-correlation on the numbers in order to near-instantly report current trends, we’re guessing TI (or any other graphing calculator company, really) has no room to argue. Hit the source for more details, and don’t worry — that feeling of insignificance wanes with time.

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Anybots QB telepresence robot: nag employees remotely for $15,000

July 29, 2010 · Posted in Technology · Comment

Anybots has a new telepresence robot, the QB — and while it certainly seems to be an advance on the QA, which we saw at CES 2009, we gotta admit that it’s not nearly as cute as its predecessor. Marketed towards CEO-types, this bad boy can be controlled via your PC (or eventually your Mac), and it features WiFi b/g connectivity, 5 megapixel camera, speaker, microphone, and a max speed of 3.5 MPH. To be honest, having your boss follow you around the office with a webcam-on-wheels sounds more like a NewsRadio plot than effective office management, but certainly there’s someone rich and crazy enough to drop $15,000 on one of these. The first hundred to put down ten percent get membership in the prestigious 100 Club! For reals! Which reminds us, it’s been awhile since we’ve listened to our Sex Pistols Live At The 100 Club CD. PR, video after the break.

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Chipophone is the chiptune organ that you’ve always wanted

July 24, 2010 · Posted in Technology · Comment

This is no ordinary electric organ, my friend. Swedish software engineer Linus Åkesson loves chiptune so much (don’t we all?) that he felt the urge to convert this old-school instrument into an 8-bit synthesizer. By rewiring the keys, pedals and buttons to a couple of microcontrollers (which isn’t quite our usual weekend projects in the garage), the reborn organ — dubbed the Chipophone — can now reproduce classic hits like Super Mario Bros’ theme tune on the fly. Oh, and you can even record loops and change their tempo on this bad boy. We’re not sure if Linus is planning on publishing the full details of his fabulous mod, but he’ll be performing here all week anyway. Well, on YouTube at least — check him out after the break.

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Chipophone is the chiptune organ that you’ve always wanted originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 23 Jul 2010 20:09:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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