Introduced to the public by none other than Bill Gates at CES in 2007, the $1,500 OQO Model 02 was the world’s smallest computer to run the latest full version of Windows! Too bad that was Windows Vista.
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Adding PCI Express to the Raspberry Pi 4
When I sat down with Eben Upton ahead of the launch of the Raspberry Pi 4, Model B last month, the first question I asked when he told me that the new Raspberry Pi had PCI Express was, “…are you exposing the pins for that?”
The answer was of course, “No.”
Despite that, I went ahead and made a private bet with myself that someone, somewhere, would hack something together to get access to the PCI Express bus on the Raspberry Pi within the first month after the launch.
Tiny 10-Gram Tribots Slide, Jump, and Work as a Team
When you think of advanced robotics, you may envision a roughly human-sized system with a powerful processor or processors, an array of sensors, and multiple physical manipulators. Such robots are impressive, and are used in a wide range of applications, but when you’re putting all of your eggs in one basket — whether its an industrial assembly cell or a rescue operation — if it breaks, you’ve got a big problem.
Raspberry Pi 4 Cooling
Raspberry Pi 4B cooling solutions and sysbench stress tests, including running the Pi 4 in its official case, in a Pimoroni Coupe case with a heat sink, and with a 40mm Noctua fan in a custom, 3D printed mount.
The Last (and First) Folding Phone!
Second impressions of the last folding phone standing! BUT AT WHAT COST?
First programmable memristor computer aims to bring AI processing down from the cloud
ANN ARBOR—The first programmable memristor computer—not just a memristor array operated through an external computer—has been developed at the University of Michigan.
It could lead to the processing of artificial intelligence directly on small, energy-constrained devices such as smartphones and sensors. A smartphone AI processor would mean that voice commands would no longer have to be sent to the cloud for interpretation, speeding up response time.
Automatic Smartphone 3D Scanner
Tired of walking around the object you want to3D scan and taking dozens of photos manually? The OpenScan is here to help!
OpenScan files and more info https://www.openscan.eu/scanner
Raspberry Pi Cyberdeck Inspired by Rare MSX
When we see these cyberdeck builds, the goal is usually to just make something retro-futuristic enough to do William Gibson proud. There’s really no set formula, but offset screens coupled with large keyboards and a vague adherence to 1980s design language seem to be the most important tenets.
Granted the recent build by [lewisb42] still leans heavily on those common tropes, but at least there’s a clear lineage: his Raspberry Pi retro all-in-one is styled after a particularly rare bright red variant of the MSXthat Sony released in Japan. Known as the HIT-BIT HB-101, some aficionados consider the circa-1984 machine to be the peak of MSX styling. Since getting his hands on a real one to retrofit wasn’t really an option, he had no choice but to attempt recreating some of the computer’s unique design elements from scratch.
Nvidia 2080 ‘Super’ Has The Fastest Memory on the Market
With the release of the Nvidia 2060 and 2070 graphics card, we have seen a notable improvement on the base releases from the 20XX range. There is, however, the small matter of the upcoming release of the 2080 Super to look forward to.
Based on the naming alone, it would be safe to assume that this would represent the most powerful card in the range, it seems, however, that we can expect something particularly special from it. In a report via TechPowerUp, the graphics card will feature the fastest memory speed (VRAM) currently available on the market.
The Best Raspberry Pi 4 Cooler! The Ice Tower Also works on the Pi 3 & Pi 3B+
This is the Best cooler I’ve ever tested for the Raspberry Pi 4 3 or 3b+ its called the Ice Tower and it lives up to its name! An insane Tower cooler for the Raspberry Pi 4 is something we really didn’t need but always wanted. In this video, I test out the thermal performance on the Ice Tower cooler for the Raspberry Pi 4 Raspberry 3 and The Raspberry Pi 3 plus. Sorry for the quick re-upload, The last chart was a little messed up in the original.
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