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developer site for iGoogle, Google's personalized homepage. Gadgets on iGoogle now support canvas view and OpenSocial, a common set of APIs, HTML, and JavaScript designed to let you easily build social applications. Build and test your gadget in the new sandbox for iGoogle.

iGoogle gadget dashboard to manage gadgets created by you and browse gadgets developed by others.

Accelerometers: ADXL345 Library and Netduino Tutorial

What is an accelerometer? An accelerometer is part of a family of motion sensors consisting of accelerometers, gyroscopes and compasses.

paper that's stronger than steel

University of Technology, Sydney scientists have reported remarkable results in developing a composite material based on graphite that is a thin as paper and ten times stronger than steel.

Graphene paper (GP) is a material that can be processed, reshaped and reformed from its original raw material state - graphite.

Socket Communications CompactFlash RFID Reader Card 6E ( RF5400-542 )

Product Details Integrated Type II CF card plugs into the Type II CompactFlash slot of Windows Powered Pocket PCs Reads and writes to ICode 1, Tag-It HF and PicoTag proprietary HF tags Reads and writes to the most popular HF ISO 15693 tags, including ICode SLI/SL2, LRI512, my-d and Tag-It HF-I High frequency, 13.56MHz reader/writer Add plug-in RFID capabilities to Pocket PC applications

$186.60

What is Scrapy? Scrapy is a fast high-level screen scraping and web crawling framework, used to crawl websites and extract structured data from their pages. It can be used for a wide range of purposes, from data mining to monitoring and automated testing.

The BG-BL01 is a combination device, both solar battery charger and emergency LED Light. The solar power come courtesy of a HIT Solar panel, the same type of current generation panels that are found on homes. The BG-BL01 also comes equipped with a USB port, two AA Battery Charger slots and three LED lights.

Xerox was founded in 1906 in Rochester as The Haloid Photographic Company,[8] which originally manufactured photographic paper and equipment. The company subsequently changed its name to Haloid Xerox in 1958 and then simply Xerox in 1961.[9] Xerography, a modern word meaning "dry writing" developed from two Greek roots, is the name of the process invented in 1938 and developed by the Haloid Company. The company came to prominence in 1959 with the introduction of the Xerox 914,[10] the first plain paper photocopier using the process of Electro-photography, (later changed to xerography) discovered by Chester Carlson, which he developed with John H. Dessauer.

Grundig G2 Reporter

AM-FM-SW-Radio/Recorder Features Digital AM/FM/SW radio with Signal Strength Indicator 248-station Memory Storage 5 Tuning Methods: Jog Tuning, Manual, Auto Tuning, Memory, ATS (Auto Tuning Storage) MP3 and WMA Decode and Recording, E-Book TXT Support Dual Stereo Speakers with Digital Volume Control Record Functions: MIC Record, Line-in Record, Record Radio (able to record while playing) Sleep Timer and Alarm Clock Functions Multiple Language Selection Built-in Flash Memory (4GB) Built-in micro-SD Card Reader (supports up to 16GB) Upgradable Firmware Ports: 3.5mm headphone output, Line-In, MIC, MINI-USB 2.0 Jack (High Speed) Rechargeable Lithium Battery (1250mAh), Charge Through USB Dimensions: 7½" W x 3½" H x 0.8" D (190 x 90 x 21 mm) Weight: 9.6 oz. (272 g)

Z-Wave is a wireless communications protocol designed for home automation, specifically to remotely control applications in residential and light commercial environments. The technology uses a low-power RF radio embedded or retrofitted into home electronics devices and systems, such as lighting, home access control, entertainment systems and household appliances.

Ampere

The ampere (SI unit symbol: A), often shortened to amp, is the SI unit of electric current[1] (quantity symbol: I,i)[2] and is one of the seven[3] SI base units. It is named after André-Marie Ampère (1775–1836), French mathematician and physicist, considered the father of electrodynamics. Note that SI supports only the use of symbols and deprecates the use of any abbreviations for units.[4]

by Philip J. Corso

Contents Forward Introduction Chapter 01 - The Roswell Desert Chapter 02 - Convoy to Fort Riley Chapter 03 - The Roswell Artifacts Chapter 04 - Inside the Pentagon at the Foreign Technology Desk Chapter 05 - The Cover-up Chapter 06 - The Strategy Chapter 07 - The EBE Chapter 08 - The Project Gets Under Way Chapter 09 - The Project Had Officially Begun Chapter 10 - The U2 Program and Project Corona - Spies in Space Chapter 11 - Project Moon Base Chapter 12 - The Integrated Circuit Chip - From the Roswell Crash Site to Silicon Valley Chapter 13 - The Laser Chapter 14 - The Antimissile Missile Project Chapter 15 - My Last Year in R&D - The Hoover Files, Fiber Optics, Supertenacity, and Other Artifacts Chapter 16 - 'Tesla’s Death Ray' and the Accelerated Particle Beam Weapon Chapter 17 - Star Wars Afterword

$49.99

BELKIN Belkin WeMo Home Automation

Turn electronics on or off — from anywhere. Operates over Wi-Fi and mobile internet, at home and away. You’ve already got everything you need: WeMo works with your existing Wi-Fi router and any iPod touch, iPhone, iPad - iOS 5 or higher. Put your electronic devices on a schedule. Modular system. You can add additional WeMo Switches easily, any time. Control as much or as little of your home as you want to.

Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol

Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (qu'on peut traduire par « protocole extensible de présence et de messagerie »), souvent abrégé en XMPP, est un ensemble de protocoles standards ouverts de l’Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) pour la messagerie instantanée, et plus généralement une architecture décentralisée d’échange de données. XMPP est également un système de collaboration en quasi-temps-réel et d’échange multimédia via le protocole Jingle, dont la Voix sur réseau IP (téléphonie sur Internet), la visioconférence et l’échange de fichiers sont des exemples d’applications.

ikiLeaks says you can find them through wikileaks.ch, which redirects to a dotted ID. People exchange this information on Twitter. So in a weird sneaker-net sort of way we have implemented a human DNS.

All the while there's a huge glaring 800-pound-gorilla elephant-in-the-room size contradiction. The pols say that businesses can't support WikiLeaks, but the Guardian and the NY Times and the newspapers in Pakistan, Indonesia, Israel -- all over the world -- they're businesses too. So if they're really serious about this, we're in First Amendment territory. They ought to be careful, because the politicians depend on these businesses to sell their product. Without them, they have no way to lie to us.   See the problem isn't that WikiLeaks is lying, the problem is that they're telling the truth. This is not business as usual. 

It seems to me that at the end of this chain is BitTorrent. That when WikiLeaks wants to publish the next archive, they can get their best practice from eztv.it, and have 20 people scattered around the globe at the ends of various big pipes ready to seed it. Once the distribution is underway the only way to shut it down will be to shut down the Internet itself.

OpenLeaks

OpenLeaks is a project that aims at making whistleblowing safer and more widespread. This will be done by providing dedicated and generally free services to whistleblowers and organizations interested in transparency. We will also create a Knowledge Base aiming to provide a comprehensive reference to all areas surrounding whistleblowing.

Arduino and GSM Cellular – Part One

This is chapter twenty-six of a series originally titled “Getting Started/Moving Forward with Arduino!” by John Boxall – A tutorial on the Arduino universe.

D2Plug is a Developer Kit for the Marvell PXA510 Highly Integrated SoC with PC-like performance.

The D2plug can be used by software developers, Independent Software Vendors (ISV), and System Integrators (SI); for evaluation, Application development, Rapid Prototyping, and interoperability testing for a “cloud” based service deployment. The complete solution in an attractive, innovative and “fan-less” enclosure will also be available for bundling solutions for product release with custom branding.

Plug computer

A plug computer is a small form factor server for use in the home or office. Compared to their PC-based counterparts, plug computers are lower cost, consume less power, often do not have a video card, and are intended to be powered up at all times

Suitable for running a media server, back-up services, file sharing and remote access functions such devices can be used as a bridge between in home protocols such as Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) & Server Message Block (SMB) and cloud based services.