The Mission RS isn’t notable because it’s electric or because it’s designed and made in America. Or even because it’s really, really fast. Why you’re going to sit down and read every single word of this world-first review is simply because it’s a superior performance motorcycle to any yet made. Period. Read more…
Ever stood at an intersection and prodded at, leaned on, elbowed and otherwise palm-slapped the ever-living hell out of a crosswalk button and wondered to yourself if the thing actually does anything at all, really? Well – chances are, it doesn’t. Read more…
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Placebo buttons do absolutely nothing, and they are everywhere
SparqEE A new Kickstarter project aims to give Raspberry Pi and Arduino boards Internet access throughout the world with an add-on that allows integration with a SIM card. SparqEE Cellv1.0 would need to raise $70, 000 to get the technology to backers, with donors pledging at least $69 to get the device. SparqEE CEO Christopher Higgins, an engineer, said he plans to take the Kickstarter page live on August 20. For now, it’s viewable in a draft form so that people can provide feedback. Cellv1.0 consists of a board with a cellular chip, a power supply, and a SIM holder, as well as a “jumper board” that “includes level shifters for whatever voltage levels you’re using (ex. 3.3V, 5V, or other).” Read 5 remaining paragraphs | Comments
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Raspberry Pi and Arduino to get cellular access with SIM card add-on
The GameBoy is a classic piece of equipment, and if you want to live those glory days with a bit more power, blogger Max Thrun shows off how to turn a BeagleBone Black into a handheld device that can play a wide range of games. Read more…
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Build Your Own GameBoy-Sized Handheld with a BeagleBone
This may not come as a huge surprise, but life is different for the rich and the poor. Rich people relax by eating oysters. Poor people relax by smoking cigarettes. At least that’s what we’re led to believe based on a new study about how the presence of certain chemicals can indicate how rich or poor a person is. Read more…
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Rich People Are Full of Different Chemicals Than Poor People
The USB 3.0 Promoter Group teased us with the prospect of a 10Gbps USB standard back in January, and it now has something to show for its work: the alliance has finalized its specification under the USB 3.1 name. While little has changed with the port format in half a year’s time, its completion lets AMD, Intel and others start work on chipsets that offer twice the bandwidth of USB 3.0 while preserving support for USB 2.0. There’s no public roadmap for the first USB 3.1 devices, although the first related developer sessions will begin on August 21st. Not that the Promoter Group is necessarily in a rush — while Intel’s Thunderbolt 2 will hit an even quicker 20Gbps this year, the new USB format is more likely to receive broad support. Filed under: Peripherals , AMD , Intel Comments Via: The Register Source: USB Implementers Forum (PDF)
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USB alliance finalizes 10Gbps specification as USB 3.1
Netflix is finally ready to deliver individual profiles for its streaming service, meant to satisfy households with shared accounts by providing everyone their own settings, viewing history and (where available) queue. Profiles are coming to all Netflix regions starting today, but may take a couple of weeks to appear on every account as they roll out gradually. Device support will also take some time to hit everywhere even though most clients (the PS3 is shown above) are ready for profiles today. Two platforms not yet sorted are Android and the Nintendo Wii , where support will arrive “later in the fall” and in mid-August, respectively. Once the new feature is available however, it should be easy for users to access and setup, as we learned from Chief Produce Officer Neil Hunt that focusing on ease of use was the company’s main priority. We’ve also had a chance to check it out ourselves, check after the break for a few more details and quick video preview. Gallery: Netflix Individual Profiles Filed under: Home Entertainment , HD Comments Source: Netflix (YouTube) , Netflix
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Netflix individual profile rollout brings up to five unique experiences per account
“How’s SkyDrive?” “Oh, SkyDrive… won’t see him no more.” Microsoft One month after a British court ruled that Microsoft’s SkyDrive infringed on a British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB) Group trademark, Microsoft has decided not to appeal and will find a new name for its cloud storage service. A press release Microsoft provided to Ars today states that BSkyB and Microsoft have agreed to a “settlement of trade mark infringement proceedings in the European Union brought by Sky against Microsoft in the English High Court… According to the settlement, Microsoft will not pursue its planned appeal of this decision and Sky will allow Microsoft to continue using the SkyDrive name for a reasonable period of time to allow for an orderly transition to a new brand. The agreement also contains financial and other terms, the details of which are confidential.” Microsoft said it would not provide any details beyond what’s in the press release, which also makes a vague reference to “joint projects” to benefit Microsoft and BSkyB customers. A new name for SkyDrive was not announced. The release does not specify whether the name change would occur in Europe only or worldwide, but it seems likely that Microsoft would want to have one name for the service in every region. Read 3 remaining paragraphs | Comments
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SkyDrive follows Metro into oblivion as Microsoft abandons trademark case
The Mactans charger uses a BeagleBoard for its computational power. Billy Lau, Yeongjin Jang, and Chengyu Song Plugging your phone into a charger should be pretty safe to do. It should fill your phone with electricity, not malware. But researchers from Georgia Institute of Technology have produced fake chargers they’ve named Mactans that do more than just charge your phone: they install custom, malicious applications onto iPhones. Their bogus chargers—which do, incidentally, charge the phone—contain small computers instead of mere transformers. The iPhone treats these computers just as it does any other computer; instead of just charging, it responds to USB commands. It turns out that the iPhone is very trusting of USB-attached computers; as long as the iPhone is unlocked (if only for a split second) while attached to a USB host, then the host has considerable control over the iPhone. The researchers used their USB host to install an app package onto any iPhone that gets plugged in. iOS guards against installation of arbitrary applications with a strict sandboxing system, a feature that has led to the widespread practice of jailbreaking. This attack doesn’t need to jailbreak, however. Read 6 remaining paragraphs | Comments
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Trusting iPhones plugged into bogus chargers get a dose of malware
The Macbook Air is a far cry from a gaming computer, but that didn’t stop Tech Inferno forum member kloper from hacking together a system to play high end games on a nice graphics card on an Macbook Air. Read more…
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Hack a High End Graphics Card Into a Macbook Air