https://predictabledesigns.com/product-development-strategies/ There are multiple ways for you to develop a new physical product and bring it to market. However, the strategy that is best for you depends on your specific experience, your product, your team, and your finances. Keep in mind that there is no strategy to develop a product that is best for everyone →
https://blog.toggl.com/lightbulb-cartoon-developers/ Are you a developer? Do you know what “frontend” really does? Or “ops”? →
I saw this morning an interesting quantum demostration display at Aalto University campus in Espoo Finland. There are springs you are allowed to touch to control this display. Here is closeup of description on the display More details on the project page http://quantum.garden/ It looks like the large number of LEDs in this display could →
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/11/the-next-version-of-http-wont-be-using-tcp/ HTTP is switching to a protocol layered on top of UDP. Today’s HTTP (versions 1.0, 1.1, and 2) are all layered on top of TCP (Transmission Control Protocol). TCP isn’t particularly tuned for the kinds of scenarios that HTTP is used for. TCP requires a number of round trips between client and server to →
Christmas lights can be a beautiful sight to behold. Stringing lights around your home can be a real safety hazard if you’re not careful. For outdoors use the lights you need to have lights that are designed to be used outdoors. The lights made for outdoors used can withstand the outdoors conditions – meaning possibly →
Here is tear-down of cheap USB 2.0 to CAT5E CAT6E RJ45 LAN Modem Extension Extender Adaptor for Webcam XBOX adapter. This adaptor is designed to allow your USB cameras, printers, webcams, keyboard, or any other USB device to be situated some longer than normal USB cable (few meters) distance away from PC. This converts USB →
https://inktank.fi/rake-news-how-social-media-trolled-trump-about-raking-finnish-forests/ This weekend Donald Trump visited wildfire-devastated California and said that California should do more ‘raking like Finland.’ Nobody rakes forests in Finland. Needless to say, Finns on social media had a field day with Trump’s “rake news. →
I ordered this cheap (around $10-15) 5.1 channel USB sound card from China few years ago. The device does not have markings on the box so hard to day which exact model it it was. It seems that there are several similar looking cards available at dx.com and banggood.com even today. CM6206-LX based USB Sound →
https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/xwjd4w/im-possibly-alive-because-it-exists-why-sleep-apnea-patients-rely-on-a-cpap-machine-hacker?utm_campaign=sharebutton An Australian hacker has spent thousands of hours hacking the DRM that medical device manufacturers put on CPAP machines to create a free tool that lets patients modify their treatment. →
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-46143399 Soon kilogram might not be exactly what it used to be. Scientists plan to change the way the kilogram is defined. Currently, it is defined by the weight of an aging platinum-based ingot called “Le Grand K” located in Paris. Many scientists favour of defining a kilogram in terms of an electric current, but →