Open Hardware Definition 1.0 Released

It’s finally here, a document that will help us to define what Open Hardware is, and to spread the idea. Open Software have been around for a long time, Open Hardware is still beginning, but already have a really big community out there, including me. I will add the logo to my next projects for sure!

Now, to move forward, please HELP:

• Endorse the definition, post your feedback on version 1.0 on the forum and the mailing list as we work towards a 1.1 update in the next few weeks / months.
• Take a look at the logos we are considering for “open source hardware”, give feedback or submit your own logo on the forum, in the thread LOGO.
• Show your support of the OSHW Definition by applying the definition to your work/project/website

This is a very important step in propelling our movement forward. PLEASE FORWARD FAR AND WIDE.

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Working with LEDs and Resistors

The objective of this text is to help you to understand how Resistors work and use it in it’s most simple use, as a current limiter. If you want to know more about resistors and leds, check Here and Here.

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Another cool AVR Dev Board

Kyle Stewart built another cool Dev Board for the ATmega168/8 (same microcontroller used in arduino).
The news thing about this board, is that it have a “vertical approach”, leaving more space on the breadboard for other components, a excellent idea!

Some features:

• Works with ATmega168 (and probably others)
• 16MHz crystal
• 5V and 3V regulators can supply power to breadboard
• Plugs vertically into breadboard taking minimal space
• ISP programmable
• 1-wire debug can be used
• Simple to build, no surface mount components

On kyle’s website you will find the schematic, eagle files and more.

Take a look at: http://binaryideas.blogspot.com

How I built My HTPC

I’ve built my HTPC like one year ago, don’t know why I have never written about it on this website. Well, for today, I will be presenting the place I spend many hours of my life, my Home Theater PC, my Media/File/Gaming/BackUp Server. The idea came many years ago, but without $, it was not possible. Fist my main computer was near the tv, so I used to connect to my old tv using a S-Video Cable and a P2 to a RCA Cable, and as a Tube Tv, the quality wasn’t that good, and I couldn’t almost read any text on the screen, just big texts like subtitles.

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Great Speach by Steve Jobs, at Stanford University at 2005

This is a great speach by Steve Jobs to all Stanford’s University graduates in 2005.Watch it, and remember: �Stay hungry, stay foolish.�

Is all this really worth it?

Here goes some pictures of people who make a crazy computer setup just to play World of Warcraft with more then one character a simultaneously. I wounder, is all this money spent worth it?

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Mexican takes Bill Gates place of richest man on earth

Bill Gates, the Almighty from Microsoft is not the richest man on earth. Now the Mexican magnate Carlos Slim, who has a richness esteem in US$67,8 billion took Bill’s place. This information is from a mexican money magazine called “Sentido Comun”, and was divulged on Monday.

According to a online publication, the actions from the American M�vil company, who is the biggest mobile company in Latin America (It’s the company I use), is the biggest and most valuable business of Slim, getting 27% bigger from March to June, leaving the Mexican US$8,6 billion richer than Gates. Mr Bill still have a small quantity of U$59,2 Bi. And remember that he gave a great part of his money to charity, otherwise he would be way richer then Carlos.

Pictures of PSP and Ipod Fake

Yesterday after school, I decided to take a look at some gadgets at the public market to see what stuff would I find there. And that’s what I found, a ugly Ipod and PSP fakes. Didn’t take note on the ipod fake, but the “PSP” plays some games (not PSP games), comes with a 512mb SDcard where all the files, mp3 and movies goes. The screen quality isn’t good if comparing with the real PSP.
Well, there goes the pictures.
What do you say?

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Soon, your iPod Nano could play 300,000 years of music without repetition

Washington: Scientists are working to create a ultra-dense storage systems for computers and electronics. If the system works, it would enable storage of density of more than 100,000 terabits per cubic centimetre i.e. a device the size of an iPod nano could hold enough MP3 music to play for 300,000 years without repeating a song or enough DVD quality video to play movies for 10,000 years without repetition.

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Revoltec’s Fan Shows the Temperature

When it seems that the possibilities are depleted when talking about new features and variations, the manufacturers try to invent something different and it is what Revoltec made with the Fan LightWriter. Kinda innovative, this Fan shows the temperature using Led’s that when the fan is working, it makes texts and effects. Very cool!!
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