With PoE (Power over Ethernet) technology, an Ethernet cable can carry power in addition to data. PoE can supply operating voltage to PoE compatible networked devices, such as a WLAN base station, an IP camera, a VOIP phone or IoT device. The original IEEE 802.3af-2003 PoE standard provides up to 15.4 W of DC power →
Julia Reda (from European Parliament) writes at EU censorship machines and link tax laws are nearing the finish line page that EU governments agree on copyright reform, that needs EU parliament approval, to let news sites charge aggregators for snippets, force upload filters on websites. This sound to me like a pretty bad idea based →
https://matadornetwork.com/read/15-fascinating-untranslatable-finnish-words-need-english/ Here are just 15 examples of untranslatable Finnish words you can use to pepper into sentences and impress Finns or add to your English vocabulary. →
I wrote a few years ago about Teleduino project for making IoT using Arduino at Teleduino IoT API for Arduino article. This article described connecting Arduino to Internet and controlling it with web browser URLs. The article also mentioned that there is an Android App Teleduino Controller. Then got an comment that said: I invite →
https://playground.arduino.cc/Main/ShieldPinUsage There is a large number of shields available for the Arduino. When debugging Arduino projects it would be nice to know which Arduino pins are utilized by each shield. This page is intended to provide that information. →
https://www.zdnet.com/article/cell-phone-tracking-firm-exposed-millions-of-americans-real-time-locations/ Another week and another privacy disaster. Now a company that collects the real-time location data on millions of cell phone customers across North America had a bug in its website that may have exposed nearly every cell phone customer in the US and Canada, some 200 million customers. The LocationSmart page required explicit consent →
I visited today Product Development Project Gala at Aalto University in Espoo Finland. I tasted pizza made by robots. Ready →
https://opensource.com/article/18/5/termux This looks interesting: Termux is an Android terminal emulator and Linux environment. Termux is Linux, but it is based on Android and runs in a container. That means you can install it with no root access required. What that means in practice is that you can install Termux on most Android devices and do →
https://opensource.com/article/17/5/30-best-practices-software-development-and-testing These software engineering rules and testing best practices might help save you time and headaches. →
https://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=1333283 There are a lot of people that are changing the world by building anything and everything. Arduino is enjoying success in the IoT wave because its easy to use, relatively inexpensive, and supported by a large ecosystem. Intel’s decision to stop supporting its Arduino products, including Joule, Galileo, Edison and Arduino 101, has left →