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A Real Computer in a Plug – The Sheevaplug From Marvell

by Jay Garrett on July 6, 2009

plug-sized-pc-designed-marvell-0This is Sheevaplug.

No, it’s not some hippy power-sipping appliance lover but a computer in a plug!

Dreamed up by Californian-based Marvell and it has  everything you need in a computer – cpu, memory, network connectivity and USB ports.

More specifically, it’s packing a 1.2GHz CPU, 512MB of flash memory and 512MB of RAM, along with a gigbit ethernet port, USB and mini-USB ports, and an SD card slot.

Alright – it does fall down once you notice that it lacks any kind of video output – but that’s solved by shoving in some kind of USB video adaptor!

It should be able to tackle a cut-down Linux distro and work as a web server and add into the equation that it does actually just sip at 5W of power it starts looking good again.

It wont hurt your pocket to purchase either at $99 for a developer kit, which includes the plug, as well as all of the software tools needed to develop applications for the platform.

If you want one that comes with all the stuff you need pre-installed though, then might need to hang for a while longer.

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SOBear – The Fluffy Bartender That Witholds Your Booze!

by Jay G on May 9, 2009

sobearFed up of surly bar-staff telling you that you’ve already had waaaaaaay too much to drink?

Would it ease the pain any if a cute little stuffed panda witheald your booze?

Nah – thought not.

That doesn’t stop the  SOBEaR, a DIY teddy bear with a built-in breathalyzer, from being totally cool.

All you have to do is press the “breathe + pour” button on his foot, which will then prompt the user to blow into the cuddly panda’s face.

Using LED lights as a visual scale, SOBEaR will then determine how wasted—or sober—you are, and will then proceed to pour your drink in accordance to your current level of sobriety.

If you’re completely smashed, SOBEaR will know to only pour you a drink from the bottle of cranberry juice in his right hand.

I’d be tempted to swap the bottles of mixer and spirit after 4 drinks or so… but that would kinda defeat the objective.

Watch the panda barman in action below!

Thanks to jmsaavedtra for this madness!

SOBEaR v02 :: the responsible robot bartender from j saavedra on Vimeo.

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The Pirate Bay Is History – Official!

April 17, 2009 Click to read more →
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After this morning’s news it seems that The Pirate Bay is officially history!
Don’t panic though – by history I am referring to the fact that TPB is going to be part of a museum display.
A museum in Sweden will display one of the site’s servers as part of an exhibit.
The National Museum of Science and Technology [...]