[Mike] picked up a cheap USB hub for four pounds (about $6) including delivery. He wanted to know how it’s possible to get quality electronics for that price, and as you may have guessed it’s not possible. He cracked open the power supply that shipped with the hub and hooked it up for some testing. …
Running the numbers on a cheap PSU
So you wanna learn FPGAs…
FPGAs are the bee’s knees. Instead of programming a chip by telling it what to do, FPGAs allow you to tell a chip what to be. Like everything though, a new skill set is needed to fully exploit the power of FPGAs. [Mike Field] decided to give back to the internet community at large and put up a …
Much of the human race made up of thieves, says BSA
You wouldn’t nick stuff out of shops, would you? Er…
Almost a half of all PCs in operation worldwide use pirated software, according to the Business Software Alliance (BSA).…
Go ahead, let the kids play with your digital camera… after some additions
Would you throw this camera around on pavement and trust that it wouldn’t get broken? We have a hard time believing it too, but that’s exactly what happens in the video after the break. The colorful add-ons are pieces of Sugru creatively positioned to help protect the camera. From what we’ve seen this adds quite a …
Malware hidden on NZ MetService website
The MetService has confirmed visitors to its website in the past few days may have contracted a computer virus from malware hidden in online advertisements on the site.
The state-owned enterprise said it became aware of the issue at 8pm last night and …
Basic Animatronics Tutorial: PIC Based Servo Eyebrows
[Chris] writes in to let us know about his latest animatronics tutorial, this time on robotic eyebrows! The tutorial takes us through the process of using a fairly simple PIC circuit to display various facial expressions. Since a wide array of facial expressions have unique and well understood eyebrow positions this simple hack can make …
11 Analytics Metrics That Are Actionable
Posted by Paddy_MooganLast month I spoke at SAScon in the UK on the topic of getting actions from analytics. It’s something that I feel quite strongly about so I wanted to write a post on here to talk about it a little and expand upon what I talked abo…
The greatest IT stories never told
IT can be hilarious.
Every once in a while, a bizarre set of circumstances will produce a situation that you might not believe unless you were there to see it. The stories of these events are the stuff of IT folklore and get retold over beer and peanu…
