Autor: Quad Oner
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Is Trump serious about legalizing weed?
Reading Time: 6 minutesNo matter how many handy gadgets we recommend, the 4/20 holiday is legally No matter how many handy gadgets we recommend, the 4/20 holiday is legally tenuous for tokers in the 21 (mostly-red) states that don’t allow for recreational or medical marijuana use. But that could change with a word from the…
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Amazon CTO: Why more companies are moving to the cloud
Reading Time: 3 minutesAmazon is unfazed by President Donald Trump’s recent criticism of Amazon (AMZN), which is vying for a lucrative government contract, Amazon CTO Werner Vogels told Yahoo Finance. “We’ve had a long and great relationship with the White House and with the DoD [Department of Defense], and as such, I think this is…
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Our democracy is broken. Why can't technology fix it?
Reading Time: 28 minutesSomething is rotten in the state of America. For a nation that has for so long promoted itself as a global champion of democratic ideals, we have a rather difficult time practicing what we preach. Outdated election mechanisms like the Electoral College and potential interference from hostile foreign powers aside, Americans have…
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Chevy will soon let you pay for gas from inside your car
Reading Time: 3 minutesRefueling your Chevy car or truck is about to get a little easier with the launch of Chevy’s new in-dash payment system. The service, which is being beta tested in Detroit, Seattle and Houston, is part of General Motors’ (GM) Marketplace commerce platform and will allow drivers to pay for their gas…
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Nintendo Labo review: Fun and games with cardboard
Reading Time: 6 minutesNintendo’s Labo is a quirky, fun and educational toy that only the company behind Mario could make More Nintendo (NTDOY) is riding a hot hand thanks to the wild success of its Switch console and games like “The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild,” “Super Mario Odyssey,” and “Splatoon 2.” But…
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The real story behind MoviePass's location-tracking controversy
Reading Time: 3 minutesMoviePass seems to be on fire these days. It’s like Netflix (NFLX), but for movie theaters: You pay $10 a month, and go out to see all the movies you want. (3D and Imax not included.) That deal is so good, they’ve already signed up close to 2.5 million subscribers, who already…
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Netflix CEO takes jab at Facebook over data privacy controversy
Reading Time: 2 minutesNetflix CEO Reed Hastings briefly addressed the data privacy concerns raised over the last month regarding the tech industry. More Don’t call Netflix (NFLX) a tech company. That was one of the takeaways from Netflix’s first-quarter 2018 “earnings interview” — a pre-recorded video equivalent of the traditional company earnings call — in…
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Facebook to combat pornography and hate speech with more content reviewers
Reading Time: 3 minutesFacebook is hiring thousands more content reviewers this year to combat inappropriate content on the social network. More Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg wants to hire thousands of content reviewers to pore over flagged content this year, a move he reiterated during his hearings last week on Capitol Hill. “By the end of…
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PID temperature control with Arduino
Reading Time: 2 minutesPID temperature control with Arduino Arduino Team — April 16th, 2018 If you want to keep something at a certain temperature, say a block of aluminum, you’ll need a thermocouple and some sort of heating element. While you could turn a heater on and off abruptly in a sequence appropriately known as…
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Move over, MoviePass: There's a new movie pass deal in town
Reading Time: 2 minutesBy now, almost everyone’s heard of MoviePass, which is a “Netflix for movie theaters.” Over 2 million people are already paying $10 a month for the right to see as many movies as they like (well, one a day) — in theaters. There are, however, some restrictions. 3D and IMAX movies aren’t included, for example. And you…
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The ethically murky marriage of technology and beauty
Reading Time: 7 minutesThe last time I bought foundation, I couldn’t decide if I was a „Fair“ or a „Light.“ Confusing names aside, shades of cosmetics are particularly tricky for me — a relatively pale Asian woman with yellow undertones in my skin. Colors designed for Asian complexions tend to be a bit dark or…
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Thursday Night Live(cast) with your host David Cuartielles
Reading Time: 7 minutesWhy livecasting from Arduino Education About a month ago we started livecasting from Arduino’s YouTube channel. This is something I had been willing to do for quite some time, but I never figured out the way to make room in my agenda to fit the planning required to make it happen. Technology…
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MoviePass CEO on how the company will finally break even
Reading Time: 11 minutesMoviePass is the “Netflix of cinema”: For $10 a month, you can go see all the movies you can stand — in theaters. It’s a screaming, outrageous deal for movie fans. In cities where movie tickets are $15 each, you come out ahead when you see only one movie. During December, my…
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‘God of War’ review: The first must-have game of 2018
Reading Time: 8 minutesKratos makes his triumphant return in ‘God of War.’ More “God of War” is a triumph. I thought I’d get that part out of the way right from the jump. This is a title that fans of the series, and video games in general should and will dive into the moment it’s…
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MP3 player “reads” CDs like a vintage Victrola
Reading Time: 2 minutesMP3 player “reads” CDs like a vintage Victrola Arduino Team — April 10th, 2018 Digital music—which gives us access to a virtually unlimited amount of media at our fingertips—is an amazing innovation. On the other hand, if you get nostalgic for something a bit more tangible, this “Victrola for the 21st century” may…
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A 3D-printed personal weather station
Reading Time: 2 minutesA 3D-printed personal weather station Arduino Team — April 9th, 2018 If you need to know the forecast, generally you can look outside, listen to a weather report, or take advantage of the wide range of online services available. For something local to your dwelling place, however, this 3D-printed weather measurement device…
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Give new life to an old electron microscope with Arduino
Reading Time: 2 minutesGive new life to an old electron microscope with Arduino Arduino Team — April 9th, 2018 As seen here, although you might consider your oscilloscope and other test equipment to be pretty neat, you most likely don’t have anything nearly as cool as the scanning electron microscope that was dragged out of…
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Build a light painting device with Arduino and LEDs
Reading Time: 2 minutesBuild a light painting device with Arduino and LEDs Arduino Team — April 9th, 2018 Graffiti with spray paint is generally impolite and illegal, but as hacker “Reven” shows in his write-up, you can get a very similar effect with long exposure photography and carefully-timed LEDs. Instead of blindly moving a light…
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Designing a fake dynamic price tag
Reading Time: 2 minutesDesigning a fake dynamic price tag Arduino Team — April 5th, 2018 Wile we know on some level that prices adjust to market conditions, with Amazon now owning Whole Foods, one could perhaps see a day when this happens electronically and instantaneously. To get a preview of what this might look like,…
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Meet Eve, the Arduino chatterbot
Reading Time: < 1 minuteMeet Eve, the Arduino chatterbot Arduino Team — April 5th, 2018 If you ever find yourself needing someone to talk to and can’t find a confidant—or perhaps even a pet—then the Eve chatbot by Debashish Buragohain will happily fill in. This little robot uses Google Voice Recognition on an Android phone…
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We need a federal law protecting consumers from data leaks
Reading Time: 4 minutesPanera Bread is the latest company to wait months to inform customers that their data was stolen. More Panera Bread can make you a sandwich in a few minutes, but it will need a little more time to tell you that it leaked your data to the entire internet. How long? Try,…
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Quadruped robot made entirely out of cardboard
Reading Time: < 1 minuteQuadruped robot made entirely out of cardboard Arduino Team — April 4th, 2018 Walking robots can be a lot of fun, but many people would logically think that they need CNC equipment or a 3D printer to make this sort of bot. Creator “Raz85,” however, shows that this isn’t actually required,…
