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October 20, 2022
syn2cat
Projects 2023
July 09, 2020
syn2cat
Reopening Level2
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April 18, 2018
World of a Geek
Winter 2018 Faves
March 06, 2018
World of a Geek
London Trip & Hamilton Musical
July 12, 2016
Muling
HaxoGreen 2016
HaxoGreen is just around the corner, taking place july 28th to july 31st. This years edition is already the fifth of this small but very cozy and nice hacker camp, and unfortunately there are no tickets left.
More info can be found on the Wiki, also there's @HaxoGreen and #haxogreen on Twitter as well as #haxogreen on IRC on Freenode. If you're an attendee and want to give a talk or hold a workshop there's still time! There are some slots just waiting for you. Contact Orga at hello[_at_]haxogreen.lu and go for it :)
February 26, 2016
Muling
Beurer BM58
Some years ago I bought a Beurer BM58 blood pressure meter to occasionally, well, measure blood pressure. (Though I can think of a lot of neat things to build out of it shall it break...) It came with a USB connection, has two users and can save up to 60 records (per user?). It also came with a Windows only software.
Being a Linux person I've asked the Internet if anybody else maybe has published something to read out data from it. I've come across two projects, none of which are compatible unfortunately. There are at least two versions of the Beurer BM58 out there:
- Connected via some USB-Serial bridge (ttyUSB)
- Connected as HID device, lsusb: "0c45:7406 Microdia"
I've got the latter one. The projects I've found are:
- BPM can work with the usb-serial Beurer BM58
- Atbrask has written something for another meter (Beurer BM65 via usb/serial)
Atbrask also has written up some information about the USB protocol that device uses, some parts are similar to what my device does.
So I needed to reverse the protocol and throw together some python. I've fired up a VirtualBox with M.S. Windows as well as Wireshark with the usbmon module. Never having done much lower level USB stuff this was all new for me, but it was fun and I learned something on the way yay!
You can find the code on GitHub. It uses PyUSB, you'll need a 1.x version. Debian Jessie comes with 0.4.3, but 1.0.0 is available in the backports.
What it does:
- Read out all records of user 1 (U1), accessible as nested dict.
- If run directly print out the records
What it currently does not:
- Read out user 2 (U2) data. I've forgot this when making the USB dumps and didn't need it. I'll add it eventually.
- Put the data into any kind of (csv maybe) file, database or anything like that.
- Everything else. Actually, it doesn't do much at all.
Protocol and stuff
The protocol is straight forward. First the device wants to be initialized some bytes and send you its identifier. Every USB request is 8 bytes long, and usually only the first byte in the request changes while the rest is padded with 0xf4. For example to initialize you'd send:
0xaa 0xf4 0xf4 0xf4 0xf4 0xf4 0xf4 0xf4
0xa4 0xf4 0xf4 0xf4 0xf4 0xf4 0xf4 0xf4
0xa5 0xf4 0xf4 0xf4 0xf4 0xf4 0xf4 0xf4
0xa6 0xf4 0xf4 0xf4 0xf4 0xf4 0xf4 0xf4
0xa7 0xf4 0xf4 0xf4 0xf4 0xf4 0xf4 0xf4
The device will respond with the identifier "Andon Blood Pressure Meter KD"
You can then ask it for the number of records in storage:
0xa2 0xf4 0xf4 0xf4 0xf4 0xf4 0xf4 0xf4
Which it will answer with, well, the number. Then you can download the records by incrementing the second byte, starting at 0x01. For example first three records:
0xa3 0x01 0xf4 0xf4 0xf4 0xf4 0xf4 0xf4
0xa3 0x02 0xf4 0xf4 0xf4 0xf4 0xf4 0xf4
0xa3 0x03 0xf4 0xf4 0xf4 0xf4 0xf4 0xf4
It'll answer with something like this, converted to decimal:
100 55 60 2 3 26 38 8
For some reason the systolic and diastolic values need to be incremented by 25. They are the first two, so incremented the record looks like this:
125 80 60 2 3 16 38 8
Nr. | Example | Meaning |
---|---|---|
1 | 125 | Diastolic |
2 | 80 | Systolic |
3 | 60 | Pulse |
4 | 2 | Month |
5 | 3 | Day |
6 | 16 | Hour |
7 | 38 | Minute |
8 | 8 | No Idea ;) |
I don't know yet what the 8. byte is, the value was always 8. Maybe the year? I don't even know if you can set a year on the device, but most probably yes. My clock wasn't correct and I didn't bother to much so I can't correlate.
Then you can close the device cleanly:
0xf7 0xf4 0xf4 0xf4 0xf4 0xf4 0xf4 0xf4
0xf6 0xf4 0xf4 0xf4 0xf4 0xf4 0xf4 0xf4
What's important is that de device only stays active for like 30 seconds after it's plugged in. I didn't realize this and it took me much time debugging why my USB connection wouldn't work. Always times out, but it also times out if you send the wrong stuff to it. Also if you don't terminate cleanly you can't requery the device without replugging.
Keep that in mind.
So, what's left to do?
- Add user 2 support
- Write records to some file. CSV probably
- Write records to DB? SQLite comes to mind
- For me most important: Throw records at Graphite
Graph ALL the things!
November 26, 2015
Slopjongs weblog
Create a font stroke in Gimp
September 03, 2015
Slopjongs weblog
Convert accent characters to standard ASCII
February 15, 2014
adamas.AI
Der FOSDEM Report
Ich glaube es ist mal an der Zeit was �ber FOSDEM zu schreiben. Hab sie dieses Jahr auch wieder zusammen mit ein Paar Kollegen aus dem C3L besucht.
Was f�llt einem zur FOSDEM ein? Ich assoziere diese Konferenz mit Open Source, Software, Beer Event und ner menge Merchandize. Und genau das hab ich bekommen.
Doch erst mal von Anfang an! Von Luxemburg bis nach Br�ssel braucht man zirka 3 Stunden mit dem Zug. Ein Zug der meistens schon �berf�llt ist und man als Gruppe nur noch schwerlich ne Sitzreihe bekommt. Freundlicherweise trafen wir auf eine Landesgenossin die uns freundlicherweise den Platz r�umte. Klasse. Somit standen 3 Stunden Zugfahrt vor uns in nem passablen Zug f�r Belgische Verh�tlnisse.
Angekommen auf dem Bahnhof wurden wir Pennern begr�sst. Keine Jahreszeit in der Ich auf der Strasse leben m�chte. Es ging weiter zum Hotel das nur 3 Minuten entfernt liegt. 4 Sterne. Irgendwo muss man sein Geld ja ausgeben ;)
Kingsize Bett wurde sofort unter der Gruppe eingeteilt. Soviel sei gesagt, ich hatte einen Teil vom Bett.
Was macht man also nun am Vortag der FOSDEM? Genau, Beer Event! Eines der wenigen Dinge auf die man sich freuen kann wenn FOSDEM ist. Nach einigem herumirren in Br�ssel fanden wir die v�llig �berlaufene Gasse zur Wirtschaft. Dank unseres Dresscodes kamen wir jedoch schnell da rein :D
War ne bunte Truppe da. Jedoch auch ziemlich �berf�llt. Wenigstens das Bier schmeckte. Ein zwei Pints sp�ter waren wir dann auch wieder aufm Weg Richtung Hotel. Denn aus irgendeinem Grund fangen auf der FOSDEM Vortr�ge manchmal echt brutal fr�h morgens an. Nicht so Hackerfreundlich.
Morgens. 10 Uhr. Mein Bettnachbar dachte es sei eine gute Idee jetzt mal duschen zu gehen. Scheiss Fr�haufsteher. Doch ich wurde durch ein grandioses Fr�hst�ck getr�stet. Omelette, Bohnen, Speck und W�rste. Da lacht der Magen doch morgens fr�h :)
Nun gings mit der Tram zur ULB. Einem ranzigen Unigeb�ude das mal dringend saniert werden m�sste. Aufm Weg dahin sind wir wohl auch unwissentlich schwarz gefahren. Tja, fuck the Police halt!
Angekommen gabs dann erstmals einen Rundgang da einer mitging der noch nie auffer FOSDEM war. Wir passierten also die St�nde von Mozilla, Debian, Summer Code, Perl usw. Doch zuerst blieben wir nat�rlich an dem Oreilly Buchstand stehen. Dieser zieht einen quasi magisch an! Hab mir auch dort das Buch �ber NFC geholt. Dieses Buch hat mich dann auch durch die ersten Vortr�ge gebracht. Habs komplett durchgelesen gehabt. Da es in den S�len eh meistens (bis auf einige Ausnahmen) recht leer ist, st�rt sich auch keiner dran, wenn man sich dort lautstark �ber Bugs aufregt. Viel mehr blieb mir vom ersten Tag nicht mehr in Erinnerung. Achja doch, hier ist ein Foto von nem Bitcoin Automaten. Der Typ der das dort pr�sentiert hat, tat dies auch auf der hack.lu letztes Jahr!
Am zweiten Tag gabs wieder keine gescheiten Vortr�ge und so hab ich weiter an meinem FTP server gebastelt. (Passive Mode ist echt ne scheisse). Abends gings dann wenigstens sch�n Essen. Reserviert war f�r halb 8. Dort angekommen sind wir glaub ich um halb 9. Und warum? Weil wir wieder mal kein kack Taxi bekamen an dieser verfluchten UNI -.-" So gingen wir drei Vagabunden also durch Br�ssel. Es war scheisse kalt und meine Schuhe hatten auch schon den Zenit �berschritten. Ertragen konnten wir den Weg nur durch einige Volkslieder . Irgendwann konnten wir dann doch noch ein Taxi herbeirufen. Wurde auch Zeit sonst w�re die Moral der Truppe auch abrupt gefallen ;)
Nach dem leckeren Essen gings dann auf die Afterparty in den Br�sseler Hackerspace! Der Space dort ist echt klasse. Gut eingeteilt. Unten war die Bar mit der Werkbank und nem mini Garten (inklusive nem selfmade Pool). Aufm ersten Stock gabs die K�che und das Hackcenter. Dann auf dem zweiten Stock gabs den Chillroom. Mit Beamer und Couches. Leider total �berf�llt. Doch ich hatte dort meine erste 1337 MATE! Endlich!!!111
Schmeckte dann doch leider nicht so gut wie erhofft. Hatte nen komische s�sslichen Abgang. Klarer Favorit unter den Mate Getr�nken bleibt also Florapower :)
Jooo... da der Hackerspace total �berf�llt war konnte wir unsere Laptops auch nicht auspacken. Deshalb fanden wir uns schnell vor der T�r wieder. (Wo es dann sozialer herging). Man konnte mal mit den Typen dort quatschen. Wir trafen auf 2 Deutsche die jedoch ihre Sprache nicht m�gen und lieber Englisch mit uns reden wollte. Naja mir egal. Einer von den zwei war auch schon gut dabei mit dem Alk. Wollte zuerst nen Faustkampf (ja der sagte Fistfight^^) mit jemanden und p�belte dann die Einheimische an die gerade vor der T�r parken wollten. Der gute Br�sseler verstand aber kein Englisch. Also musste unsere Gruppe mit breitem Luxemburgischen Akzent den Typen auf Franz�sisch bequatschen. Ist echt keine so clevere Idee vor nem Haus voller Hacker zu parken ;) Der Typ verstand dies auch und machte sich weg. Wir sprachen als noch das ein oder andere mit den zwei Deutschen und machten uns dann gegen Mitternacht auf den Heimweg ins Hotel.
Der letzte Tag war echt kurz. Morgens kurz vor 12 kamen wir glaub ich auf der FOSDEM an. Blieben dann bis zirka 5 oder so um dann wieder mit dem Taxi zur�ck zu fahren um den Zug zu erwischen. Ach da war noch diese #NoHomo Demo oder so. (kleine Insider hier *gnihi*).
Im Zug kam es dann wie es kamen musste. Kein Platz f�r 3 Hacker. Wir standen also da dumm im Flur herum als die Durchsage kam, dass man auf sein Gep�ck aufpassen soll, weil Taschendiebe im Zug unterwegs seien. Tolle Info. Sowas will man in nem �berf�llten Zug h�ren. Beim ersten Halt ging es dann Leeroy-Jenkins Style nach vorne um wenigstens die letzten Stationen sitzend zu verbringen.
Tja dies war die FOSDEM 2014.
TL;DR
War eigentlich wie ich es mir erwartet habe. Schn�de Vortr�ge doch ne Menge Zeit zum coden, Server fixxen und so weiter.MfG
virii
January 22, 2014
July 29, 2013
GRL
GRL @ Esch/Alzette
Blinkybugs was the topic of today’s workshop at Esch/Alzette.
Together with youngsters, GRL Luxembourg helped them create their own bug.
We’ll be back tomorrow for some more LEDArt…
February 15, 2013
GRL
ASBL founding meeting
February 8, 2013
Following members attended the meeting :
- GUTH Jan
- HOFFMANN Michel
- KESSELER Georges
- TEUSCH Marc
All members were elected unanimously to be part of the organizational committee. Charges within the committee were distributed as follows :
- TEUSCH Marc: president
- HOFFMANN Michel : vice-president
- KESSELER Georges : secretary
- GUTH Jan : treasurer
The member fee was unanimously decided to be 120,00€ per whole year, payable on a yearly base. The committee withholds itself a certain flexibility to request the yearly fees from their members.
Next projects will include the commune of Esch/Alzette, where we will be featuring a lazortag workshop on “Vokanz doheem” during Summer 2013. More details will follow.
January 20, 2013
Prometheus
locale.py fails
January 16, 2013
the_metalgamer
Favorite musical scale
Nearly every musician has a favorite musical scale. Yngwie Malmsteen has the harmonic minor scale and Steve Vai has the lydian scale. Even I have a favorite musical scale, which is the bebop dominant scale, especially the D-BeBop dominant scale.
First of all, here is a table with all the notes, which are in the bebop dominant scale:
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | b7 | 7 |
A | B | C# | D | E | F# | G | G# |
A# | C | D | D# | F | G | G# | A |
B | C# | D# | E | F# | G# | A | A# |
C | D | E | F | G | A | A# | B |
C# | D# | F | F# | G# | A# | B | C |
D | E | F# | G | A | B | C | C# |
D# | F | G | G# | A# | C | C# | D |
E | F# | G# | A | B | C# | D | D# |
F | G | A | A# | C | D | D# | E |
F# | G# | A# | B | C# | D# | E | F |
G | A | B | C | D | E | F | F# |
G# | A# | C | C# | D# | F | F# | G |
So as you see, the bebop dominant scale is a octatonic, so with 8 notes, scale. It is basically a major scale with an minor seventh added. But you could also look at it like a mixolydian scale with an major seventh added.
As I play the guitar, the D bebop dominant scale is quite handy. I like it as I can play the wonderful powerchord progression G5 F#5 E5, but I also can play a C5. This is why I like the D bebop dominant scale. If you look at it, you see that you have two tritones in it. From 3 - b7 and from 4 - 7. So in the D bebop dominant scale: F# - C and G - C#, which is also quite handy for metal guitar players.
January 15, 2013
the_metalgamer
Communication made complex
Communication is something, that everybody needs. But I don’t want to talk about the absurdity of language but about the complexity of the setup of my communication network. This is so, because I want to ensure my privacy. Also I want to use this on every machine I own, so I don’t have to go through the configuration process every time.
I’ve made an network diagram to explain it:
As you see, in this diagram I use 3 machines. First my desktop pc, named Evolution. Secondly, Darwin, my laptop, and Tortuga my raspberry pi, which is the server.
On the raspberry, I have ZNC, an IRC bouncer, and BitlBee, an XMPP to IRC gateway, running.
First of all, I configured BitlBee, to connect to my 4 XMPP servers. All these connection use SSL, to ensure my privacy, but I also use OTR on them to encrypt my messages. BitlBee also connect to Twitter and identi.ca via OAuth, but I don’t use them.
Then I’ve configured ZNC, to connect to 5 IRC servers, also via SSL. Even if the SSL connection to BitlBee is useless, but I thought why not?
Last but not least, I’ve configured Weechat to connect to my ZNC, also via SSL. I could optimize this by installing Weechat on my raspberry pi and then connect via SSH.
Well, there maybe some negative points in this setup. One is mainly, that I don’t have tested if file transfer over XMPP works. I know that BitlBee supports it, but I see the problem in this specific setup, as all of this is running on my server.
Another problem is, that I’m marked as online in XMPP, even if I’m not there, but I’ve used here a simple solution. ZNC is sending a automessage, if I’m not connected to it. Some people don’t like this behaviour, but I don’t bother.
See you soon, the_metalgamer
November 04, 2012
Prometheus
An idea can live forever.
September 13, 2010
Geek @ Cooking
Das ist nenn ich ne Schüssel voll Ananas creme :)
Das ist nenn ich ne Schüssel voll Ananas creme :)
September 11, 2010
Geek @ Cooking
Rindfleisch Nudelwok
Heute gibs mal was vom Chinesen! Warum? Irgendwie mag jeder den ich kenne Chinesisches Essen. Ist auch nicht verwerflich, denn es ist eine fantastische Küche mit richtig geilen Gewürzen und Saucen. Und da dachte ich mir, ich poste euch mal ein einfaches Rezept das ich zum Beispiel heute noch gemacht habe.
Was brauche ich?
- Eiernudeln ( 250g )
- Reisessig
- Dunkle Sojasauce
- Hoisin Sauce
- Sambal Oelek
- Nasi Goreng
- Salz
- Pfeffer
- Rindfleisch ( 300g )
- Zwiebel
- Knoblauchzehe
- Kokosmilch
- Zucker ( brauner am besten )
- Öl ( Maiskeimöl oder Rapsöl )
Wer es wagt dieses Rezept in einer herkömmlichen Pfanne zu kochen, der gehört gekreuzigt! Ihr nehmt nen Wok dafür!!!
Wir fangen damit an, dass wir unsere Zwiebel und die Knoblauchzehe klein hacken und erstmal bei Seite legen.
Dann erhitzen wir den Wok auf höchster Stufe und geben das Öl hinzu. Folgend werden die Zwiebeln und der Knoblauch in den Wok getan und glasig gebraten.
Währendem schneiden wir das Rindfleisch in kleine, mundgerechte Happen und würzen es nochmal mit Pfeffer und Salz. Nun stellen wir das erstmal bei Seite. Jetzt wird ein Topf mit Wasser erhitzt und die Eiernudeln kommen hinein, wenn das Wasser kocht. Vergesst nicht etwas Salz ins Wasser zu tun!
Wenn jetzt Zwiebel und Co glasig sind, kommt das Fleisch hinzu. Vergesst nicht immer gut zu rühren.
Nun haben wir Zeit für das Herzsstück des Gerichts! Wir nehmen eine kleine Schüssel und bereiten die Sosse vor. Dazu vermischen wir 4 EL Kokosmilch, 1 EL Reisessig, 1 EL Sojasauce, 1 TL Zucker sowie 1 TL Sambal Oelek und 1 EL Hoisin Sauce. Wenn nun das Fleisch angebräunt ist, geben wir die Sosse hinzu. Jetzt heisst es ständig umrühren!
Herkömmliche Eiernudeln müssten nach 4 Minuten fertig gekocht sein. Wenn dies der Fall ist, dann geben wir die Nudeln mit in den Wok und vermengen alles gut. Auf die Nudeln kommt je nach Geschmack etwas Nasi Goreng. Nun das Ganze noch 2-3 Minuten köcheln lassen. Danach vom Herd nehmen und servieren!
Guten Appetit!
Tipp:
Das hier ist die absolute Basis version. Viel besser schmeckt es wenn man Frühlingszwiebeln nimmt und noch etwa 200 g Bohnensprossen. Wer mag kann sich noch ne Paprika klein schneiden und dazu geben!
July 24, 2010
Dem Pit säi Blog
De-Anonymization
June 07, 2010
Dem Pit säi Blog
Offiziell unerkannt Iwwersetzung vum WordPress K2
March 27, 2010
Tschew
An illustration depicting the state of affairs in our current understanding o...
An illustration depicting the state of affairs in our current understanding of particle physics. Time to explore the exotic lands!
March 06, 2010
Kwisatz
HaxoGreen 2010 - A hacker's summercamp
After last year's initial success, the Luxembourgian Hackerspace syn2cat and the Chaos Computer Club Lëtzebuerg, once again organize a summer-camp for hackers and technology enthusiasts from Luxembourg and its surroundings.
HaxoGreen 2010, a pun on the leetspeak term 'h4x0r3d' will take place from July 22nd till July 25th in the southern town Dudelange in Luxembourg.
Whether you want to attend lectures and workshops, hack on your projects or just share 3 midsummer nights outdoors, socializing with other hackers, artists and geeks, HaxoGreen is the place to be. No need to be a 1337 H4X0r, we welcome all inquisitive people from around the globe.
Registration for HaxoGreen is open since February 23rd and early registration is highly recommended as there's only a limited number of tickets available. The camp is a comparatively small and cosy event that lives from its visitors participation. You may submit your lecture or workshop idea on the following or other topics at the camp's Participate! page:
- Green IT and Green Hacks
- Virtualized Environments
- Cloud Computing
- Darknets and Hackerspaces
- Computer Security Incident Response and Mitigation
- Do-it-yourself Science
- Molecular Gastronomy
- Wilderness Survival Tactics
- Amateur Robotics
- Radio and Mobile Communications (GNURadio, etc.)
- Electronic Art (vj, dj, installations etc.)
- Net Neutrality, Intellectual Property and Privacy Aspects
- Active/Liquid Democracy and Political Activism
- Sustainable Housing and eco-friendly Living
December 21, 2009
Tschew
A zoom from the Himalayas to the microwave background and back compiled by th...
Thanks to http://backreaction.blogspot.com/2009/12/from-distance.html for the tip.
September 08, 2009
Kwisatz
What Inspiration can ArsElectronica09 be to a Hackerspace?
The 5:16pm train brought me back from Linz/Upper-Austria yesterday. It also brought some blisters, exhausted legs and an innumerable array of impressions from Ars Electronica 2009, some of which I'll try to relay in this blogpost.
I bought a daypass on Sunday, which might or might not have paid off, I'm not quite sure.. 33€ is quite a lot of money, especially when the train ticket already cost you a hundred bucks. To anyone going to Ars in 2010 I suggest to buy a festival pass, spend at least 3 days on the various exhibitions and talks and prepare yourself a schedule (because theirs clearly sucked).
Ars Electronica Center (AEC)
The labs
The Ars electronica center clearly has an abundant array of interesting stuff sitting around. With their Fab-, Brain-, and Bio-labs on the -3 floor, they touch a broad variety of subjects, from cyborgs via sensor-enhanced art to 3D printers and lasercutters. This is actually somewhat like MIT's Medialab in Boston, only that this is clearly more exhibition-focused and less a working space. And clearly a lot smaller.
The picture above is a web made of wire straps.
The sculpture in the above picture does actually sense when you go near it and it reacts by moving its various "body"-parts.
Knock! Music Program (by Novmichi Tosa)
The second floor actually has some cool hands-on stuff that you can't actually touch, which is sad. But anyway, the Knock music machine is a pretty cool concept of an semi-electric music instrument. There were several components to it, the picture below is just one of them.
I actually found a couple of youtube videos of the machine in action. I just hope you understand some japanese ;) (Another resource I found is Novmichi's sketchblog.)
loopScape (by Ryota Kuwakubo)
Another great thing on the second floor was obviously loopScape. In contrast to ordinary computer games, this is one where you actually have to move around the "screen", which is made out of leds. Steering your fighter-jet with a wireless controller, your goal is to shoot down the enemy's fighter. To get all of the action, you can't stand still but have to move around to actually see everything that is happening in this fast-paced game.
Quartet
Quartet is a huge machine that produces sounds from resonating wine-glasses and golf-balls being projected onto wooden xylophone bars. I hope I managed to capture some of that motion in my still.
Höhenrausch
Höhenrausch was an exhibition above the roofs of Linz. Walking on a wooden structure, you get from exhibit to exhibit while having a grandiose view over the city. You could even take a ride in a Ferris wheel.
One exhibit was really awesome! If you stood below the sprinklers with an umbrella, you'd hear 8-bit music as produced by the frequency of the water being released. The umbrella's tissue serves as a simple membrane and produces astonishingly clear sounds.
Cyberarts Festival
Tantalum Memorial - Residue (website)
Relay station for a social phone network used by the congolese diaspora in London.
And yes, though this thing is not your most recent asterisk pbx, it actually worked and was relaying calls for people on that network. From the project's website:
"'Tantalum Memorial' is a series of telephony-based memorials by the artists group Harwood, Wright, Yokokoji, to the people who have died as a result of the “coltan wars” in the Congo. The installation is constructed out of electromagnetic Strowger switches – the basis of the first automatic telephone exchange invented in 1888. The title of the work refers to the metal tantalum, an essential component of mobile phones"
Pursuit of the unheard
One of the things that kept me awake on Sunday evening was the "Höllenmaschine", one of the first, if not THE first synthesizer ever. Built by Bob Moog for Max Brand. As it says in the brochure: "The first wiring diagrams for the Max Brand synthesizer by Bob Moog are dated 1957."
On Monday morning, I decided to check out the MIT Impetus exhibition nonetheless, even though I thought I had already seen most of it in the Medialab itself.
And oh and I was so wrong!
littleBits (website)
Again, a little excerpt from their website:
"littleBits is an opensource library of discrete electronic components pre-assembled in tiny circuit boards. Just as Legos allow you to create complex structures with very little engineering knowledge, littleBits are simple, intuitive, space-sensitive blocks that make prototyping with sophisticated electronics a matter of snapping small magnets together. With a growing number of available modules, littleBits aims to move electronics from late stages of the design process to its earliest ones, and from the hands of experts, to those of artists, makers and designers."
Various impressions from Linz
One thing that I noticed already on Sunday were these "stencils". Only, it only came to me on Monday though that these weren't your ordinary stencils. What is so uncommon here is that the stencils are actually areas that are cleaner than the area around it. So what you see here is kind of a 'cleaner's graffiti'. (No, I'm in no way affiliated to Mazda or any other automobile manufacturer)
Finally, a last picture of the "Fassadenfestival":
A couple more pictures will be made available on my soup.
(All images contained herein are subject to the CC-BY-SA license.)
by Kwisatz (noreply@blogger.com) at September 08, 2009 10:39 AM
April 01, 2009
NYCResistor & U.S. Hackerspaces Featured on Wired.com
Dylan Tweney wrote a fantastic article on Wired.com about hackerspaces in the US. NYCResistor was profiled along with Hack DC and Noisebridge. A fun and interesting read…
While many movements begin in obscurity, hackers are unanimous about the birth of U.S. hacker spaces: August, 2007 when U.S. hackers Bre Pettis, Nicholas Farr, Mitch Altman and others visited Germany on a geeky field trip called Hackers on a Plane.
“It’s almost a Fight Club for nerds,” says Nick Bilton of his hacker space, NYC Resistor in Brooklyn, New York…
DIY Freaks Flock to ‘Hacker Spaces’ Worldwide, by Dylan Tweney
[Reposted from hackerspaces]