http://www.jcmartin.org/categories/tech/hack/ en Jean-Christophe Martin Thu, 06 Dec 2007 17:18:00 GMT Pebble (http://pebble.sourceforge.net) http://backend.userland.com/rss http://www.jcmartin.org/2006/07/13/1152804747387.html <p> You might have seen this show in UK, or in the <a href="http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=brainiac">Google videos</a> , like this one : </p> <embed style="width:400px; height:326px;" id="VideoPlayback" align="middle" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=-2134266654801392897" quality="best" bgcolor="#ffffff" scale="noScale" salign="TL" FlashVars="playerMode=embedded"> </embed> <p> I found recently that the <a href="http://www.g4tv.com/"> G4 channel</a> Cool ... explosions, and silly experiments ... </p> <!-- technorati tags start --><p style="text-align:right;font-size:10px;">Technorati Tags: <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/hacks" rel="tag">hacks</a>, <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/TV" rel="tag">TV</a></p><!-- technorati tags end --> Hack http://www.jcmartin.org/2006/07/13/1152804747387.html#comments http://www.jcmartin.org/2006/07/13/1152804747387.html Thu, 13 Jul 2006 15:32:27 GMT http://www.jcmartin.org/2006/05/05/1146878038758.html <div class="photo right"> <img src="http://www.ambientdevices.com/cat/images/greenorb_onblack.jpg" HEIGHT="120", WIDTH="120"> </div> <p> You might have seen ads for the <a href="http://www.ambientdevices.com/cat/products.html" align=right> Ambient Orbs </a>. They are basically a pager on the FLEX protocol with a bunch of leds attached, changing colours with the weather forecast, the phase of the moon, the traffic or the NASDAQ. </p> <p> The interesting thing is that on the company's web site, there is a <a href="http://www.ambientdevices.com/developer/DIYOrbNotes.html"> page </a> on how to build your own. This is where I found that there are some data only FLEX pager, certainly with a serial port. </p> <p> On the same web site, there is a mention of the <a href=http://www.ambientdevices.com/cat/Ambient_energyPIF.pdf">Ambient Energy Orb </a> developed for DemandResponse (this one is not wireless though....) Potentially interesting combination ... </p> Hack http://www.jcmartin.org/2006/05/05/1146878038758.html#comments http://www.jcmartin.org/2006/05/05/1146878038758.html Sat, 06 May 2006 01:13:58 GMT