Crowdfunding an ESP32-Based Phone

Last time we took a look at the WiPhone, back in the middle of last year, the ESP32-based Voice over IP (VoIP) phone was closing in on full funding on Kickstarter. Since then it’s been a bumpy ride for the project towards shipping to its backers. That’s to be expected, as scaling from a single prototype to a full scale production run isn’t easy. Everyone runs into problems with manufacturing, and how you handle that as a startup that is going to decide whether you succeed or fail, not the problems themselves.

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You Can Now Get An Insert Coin Arcade Key-Chain Or Belt Buckle That Actually Lights Up

There are two types of geeks in this world, those of which that are old enough to remember actually playing arcade games, and those that are not. For those people in the former group, this awesome Insert Coin Arcade key-chain will certainly hit some nostalgia cords! Not only is it an exact replica of the device you’d pop quarters into all day to keep playing your favorite arcade game, but it also lights up to make it even more realistic.

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Rare-earth element material could produce world’s smallest transistors

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. — A material from a rare earth element, tellurium, could produce the world’s smallest transistor, thanks to an Army-funded project.
Computer chips use billions of tiny switches called transistors to process information. The more transistors on a chip, the faster the computer.

A project at Purdue University in collaboration with Michigan Technological University, Washington University in St. Louis, and the University of Texas at Dallas, found that the material, shaped like a one-dimensional DNA helix, encapsulated in a nanotube made of boron nitride, could build a field-effect transistor with a diameter of two nanometers. Transistors on the market are made of bulkier silicon and range between 10 and 20 nanometers in scale.

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The Mini Street Arcade Console – Pandora Treasure Box

In this video we take a look at the Mini Street Arcade also know as the pandoras treasure, Its basically a pandora’s box clone with no arcade stick attached it uses Use or wireless controller. Its supports Sega genesis,FBA,NeoGeo,MAME,CPS1,CPS2,CPs3 and PS1. Unfortunately, it’s overpriced for what you get and I just can’t recommend it to anyone. Powered by the Allwinner H3 quad-core CPU with 1GB of ram.