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The RaspberryPi based server that could transform edge computing

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Cloud servers, you might think, are big expensive pieces of kit. But you’d be wrong, at least where the Turing Pi project is concerned.

This mini ITX format board costing under $200 allows seven Raspberry Pi systems to be combined into a desktop Kubernetes cluster that’s smaller than a sheet of A4 paper.

The board has 1 Gbps network capability, multiple I/O options including HDMI, and features like nodes power management via a I2C bus. Turing Pi is a platform for developing and hosting cloud-native apps locally or at the edge. Turing Machines, the company behind the project, believes that this hardware architecture could lay a new foundation for edge computing hardware principles.

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Nintendo plans to produce 22 million Switch devices to address supply shortages

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Nintendo’s Switch has sold more than 52 million units in just over three years, but the console remains a hot commodity. Right now, it’s nearly impossible to buy a Nintendo Switch without paying nearly two times the usual list price.

On Amazon, the only available option is resellers charging nearly double the standard $300 pricetag. The digital storefronts of Target, GameStop, Best Buy, and Walmart are simply out of stock with no refresh date in sight. 

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Terraonion Is Releasing An Optical Disc Emulator For The Sega Saturn And Dreamcast

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We all live with the knowledge that everything put together eventually falls apart, but in the case of consoles based around optical media, the issue is pretty grave. Optical drives are prone to all kinds of problems – especially when they’re over 20 years old – and as a result, many of the CD-based systems out there will develop difficulties which can lead to them becoming totally useless.

That’s where the guys over at Terraonion come in. The company has already solved this issue on the PC Engine and Mega Drive / Genesis, but its next project is on a whole new level – it’s an optical disc emulator which effectively replaces the disc drive inside your Sega Saturn or Dreamcast, giving your machine a whole new lease of life.

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How RollerCoaster Tycoon’s Shuttle Loop encouraged murder (lol)

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By Alex Alusheff

I remember three things about playing RollerCoaster Tycoon as a kid: Leafy Lake, the carousel music and sending people to their deaths on the Shuttle Loop. 

Come on, we’ve all done it. Just shorten the track, add some boosters and watch the show unfold. 

I played RollerCoaster Tycoon a lot as a kid when it released in 1999. Who didn’t play this game back then? Aside from Legos, it was the closest thing to Minecraft for 90s kids. 

I was 7 years old at the time and still very innocent. My mind didn’t automatically go into slaughter mode. RollerCoaster Tycoon presents you with the opportunity. But after a few hours, the game basically forces you to commit premeditated murder.

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Fully 3D Printed TANK – Brushless Gear Drive

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(almost) Fully 3D printed tank! This design is easy to print on any hobby-grade 3D printer with no support material needed.

Additional hardware needed:
– 5010 360kV Brushless motors
– 8mm shafts 400mm (I recommend using hardened steel bearing rods)
– M3X12mm Hex Socket Cap Head Self-tapping Screw
– M3X20mm Hex Socket Cap Head Self-tapping Screw
– 503 Steel music wire 0.055″
– 608-ZZ Ball Bearing 8x22x7mm
– 4mm Steel Shafts for gearbox
– F694zz Flanged Ball Bearings 4*11*4mm for gearbox
– 1/2″ or 3/4″ wood screws – Wood

Building a rude talking trashcan robot for TEDx Copenhagen // Omnirobot E1

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I’m building a rude robot trashcan for the breaks at TEDx Copenhagen 2019. They asked us to build a rude moving trashcan with a voice and drive it with an “in your face” attitude at TEDx Copenhagen in Tivolisalen… so we did.
The robot is built around an Arduino Uno used as the main controller and an Arduino Nano for the motor control. Commucation is via an USB Host Shield and a Bluetooth dongle. 2 MDD10A 2.0 motorcontrollers were used to control the 4 JGB37-550 motors.
The mp3 player is a Serial mp3 player v1.0 and the amplifier and speakers come from a set of Z150 Logitech computer speakers. Battery is a Tattu 22000 mAh, 14.8V 4 cells LiPo battery. A DC-DC converter was used to deliver 5V for the controllers.

Introducing Windows 20 (Concept by Avdan)

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Introducing Windows 20. The future of Windows. Designed by Kamer Kaan Avdan.
This video is a concept created for the purposes of visualising how Windows 10 could be changed in a future update.

This is NOT an actual software.
I am not affiliated with Microsoft.

Microsoft confirms there will be no Windows 20.
The name for this concept has been chosen as Windows 20 to emphasize the idea of ”The Future of Windows 10”. For those who are curious ”20” stands for the year 2020.

Call of Duty cheaters on PC are pushing console players away from crossplay

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Last week, Infinity Ward said they’d “issued over 70,000 bans worldwide” to cheaters in Call of Duty: Warzone. And yet, as Eurogamer reports, players are still encountering aimbots and wallhacks in both Warzone and Modern Warfare. Here’s just one blatant example of cheating.

Obviously, mouse-and-keyboard players have an advantage over those using controllers, even with aim assist. But as the clip linked above shows, killcams expose players getting strings of kills via perfect headshots without ever aiming

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