Day: October 12, 2019

Dealing with Missing Pin Allocations

Blindsided by missing pin allocations? Perhaps you’re working on a piece of hardware and you notice that the documentation is entirely wrong. How can you get your device to work? [Dani Eichhorn]’s troubles began when running an IoT workshop using a camera module. Prior to the work, no one had through to check if all…


Twisted Elastic Fibers Could Cool Your Food, Study Finds

sciencehabit shares a report from Science Magazine: It sounds crazy: a refrigerator made from a rubber band. But if you stretch one and hold it against your lips, it will be noticeably warmer. Release it, and it cools. This simple “elastocaloric” effect can transfer heat in much the same way as compressing and expanding a…


From Gangnam Style to Pizza Rat, here are the decade’s 17 top viral videos – CNET

We’ve got double rainbows, water-bottle flipping, a rainbow-farting cat and those songs you’ll never get out of your head, especially on Friday, Friday. …read more Source:: CNet


9 great reads from CNET this week – CNET

Why life’s still a blur for the Cambridge Analytica whistleblower, what makes the iPhone 11 and Pixel 4 cameras so damn good and who made our list of the decade’s 30 most influential personalities. …read more Source:: CNet


2020 Hyundai Sonata, BMW M8 and more: Roadshow’s week in review – Roadshow

Here’s a look at our most important stories of the week ending Oct. 12, 2019. …read more Source:: CNet


Throwing away an old cable ended up being an expensive mistake

In my attempts to declutter, I tossed away my old USB-A-to-Lightning cables – a big, and quite expensive mistake. …read more Source:: ZDNet


The artificial intelligence factory, coming to an enterprise near you

The four essential ingredients to building an AI factory. …read more Source:: ZDNet


Make Your Own Plasma Cutter

Of all the tools that exist, there aren’t many more futuristic than the plasma cutter, if a modern Star Wars cosplay if your idea of futuristic. That being said, plasma cutters are a powerful tool capable of making neat cuts through practically any material, and there are certainly worst ways to play with high voltage….


Noise-canceling AirPods 3 and Apple’s AR glasses could be here sooner than we thought – CNET

AirPods 3 rumors abound after clues spotted in iOS 13.2 beta point to a new in-ear design, plus Apple’s AR glasses might get a 2020 release date. …read more Source:: CNet


Dear Google: We expect these Pixel 4 upgrades if you want to compete with Apple and Samsung – CNET

These six things are on pretty much on everyone’s phone wish list, so Google better step up to the plate. …read more Source:: CNet