Open source software

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The Free Software Foundation: 30 Years In Slashdot posting tells that the Free Software Foundation was founded in 1985. Things have changed a lot in 30 years, but nowdays open source software is even more important. In The Free Software Foundation: 30 years in interview article, FSF executive director John Sullivan discusses the most prominent →

One annoying thing on micro USB charger is that you need to plug it right way. Now there are solutions to this coming in form of revesible USB type C connector and reversible versions of older USB connector models and wireless charging. The reversible Micro USB would be nice to have for charging current smart →

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http://www.cnx-software.com/2015/07/27/new-fcc-rules-may-prevent-installing-openwrt-on-wifi-routers/ Posted from WordPress for Android →

Just like the garage computer explosion of the 70’s through the 80’s, which brought us such things as Apple, pong, Bill Gate’s hair, and the proliferation of personal computers, the maker movement is the new garage hardware explosion. Today, 135 million adults in the United States alone are involved in the maker movement. Enthusiasts who →

https://blog.l0cal.com/2015/06/02/what-happened-to-sourceforge/ SourceForge used to be a good place to download software, but now many open source projects are leaving it for good reasons. It seems that it has degraded to state that you should stop using it – it is potentially harmful as you can get malware. Posted from WordPress for Android →

When building IoT (Internet of Things) applications, the cloud part where all information from sensors is important. There are many cloud services that can collect IoT data, but the fundamental issue here is that the Internet of Things does not have a standard set of open APIs for consumers. Well, there’s ThingSpeak, but it’s not →

If you are a long time hacker, you might remember all resistor color codes so well that you have no problem in reading them without thinking to much. For other there are those resistor color code tables and calculators. But could this task be automated? Maybe with mobile phone? Reading Resistors With OpenCV posting mentions →

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