Return of the floppies: The floppy drives are back with multiplied force. Floppy drives,hard disk and optical scanners make music. Cover of Imperial March by computer hardware orchestra. How does it work? The principle is simple. Every device with an electric motor is able to generate a sound.The sound generated by a motor depends on →
https://m.mic.com/articles/147377/the-new-i-phone-might-shut-off-next-time-you-try-to-film-the-police-in-public#.I89HZtMUb So one more reason to use other brand of smart phone for recording unless this becomes widely supported by many manufacturers… →
http://pitchfork.com/news/66471-apple-patents-technology-that-could-prevent-you-from-filming-taking-photos-at-concerts/ Apple thinks that sending IR signal that tells iPhone camera to disable recording from concert stage is a good idea. Would that be a good feature to add to the future smartphones? →
http://www.geek.com/science/triple-lens-camera-no-larger-than-a-grain-of-salt-can-be-injected-1659926/ This is really tiny camera. When those will be available at reasonable price? And what other applications this optics technology might have… Really interesting. →
I have written several earlier on audio over Ethernet technologies. Audio over Ethernet (AoE) is the use of an Ethernet-based network to distribute real-time digital audio. It is designed to replace bulky snake cables and fixed wiring with standard network structured cabling. Most AoE systems use proprietary protocols (at the higher OSI layers) which create →
This is main electrical distribution panel in modern house in Finland. Notice the networking patch panel and cable TV signal distribution taking the bottom half of panel. Here is closer look to part where cable TV, Internet (cat6 copper) and untermimated fiber optic cable comes into house. →
http://arstechnica.com/security/2016/06/chrome-drm-download-netflix-piracy/ Downloading Netflix videos is possible according to researchers. →
http://www.open-electronics.org/axiom-beta-uhd-raw-workflow-explained-apertus-open-source-cinema/?utm_content=buffer3fe16&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer Interesting article on open source 4K camera. →
http://www.open-electronics.org/lets-transform-raspberry-pi-into-a-performing-and-inexpensive-media-center/?utm_content=bufferd650d&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer I have successfully used Kodi/XBMC with Raspberry Pi to view online multimedia. This article also introduces interesting OSMC alternative that was new to me. →
https://juliareda.eu/2016/06/last-call-freedom-of-panorama/ There are serious restrictions how you can use your own photos taken at public locations in many EU countries. Hopefully the EU harmonisation will not become too restrictive – just few days to react to it. →