Posts by Ibrar Ayyub:
Babuino: Connecting smartphones to digital devices
Posted on: 02 Oct 2013
What is babuino? Babuino allows you to control your digital devices with your smatphone, in an easy way. You just have to connect your babuino to a USB port of the device you want to control, and start our program on your phone Connecting with babuino is trouble free and it does not need any […]
What is a speaker tweeter?
Posted on: 01 Oct 2013
Traditional speakers produce sound by using an electromagnet to move a flexible cone back and forth. They use drivers to help translate electrical signals into physical vibrations so that you can hear recorded sounds. A tweeter is the type of speaker driver that produces the highest range frequency. The other two main drivers are woofers […]
e-Gnosis chip
Posted on: 01 Oct 2013
The bottom line: We’re looking for a large enough market to justify manufacturing setup and regulatory costs where consumers would be prepared to pay $15+ per test. The unique features to exploit are multiplexing of dozens of quantitive tests combined with rapid & simple point-of-care use with minimal sample prep – carefully check out the full […]
5 Restaurant Apps for Serious Foodies
Posted on: 30 Sep 2013
Price: free Device: Android, iPhone Food lovers and serious foodies alike can find quick, delicious, and unusual foods at local food trucks, and the Eat St. app. helps you track down the best of the best. A spin-off from the Food Network program of the same name, the app uses your current location to find […]
A Really Flexible X-ray Sensor
Posted on: 30 Sep 2013
At this week’s International Image Sensor Workshop (IISW 2013, Snowbird, Utah, June 12-16 2013), imec and Holst Centre presented a large-area fully-organic photodetector array fabricated on a flexible substrate. The imager is sensitive in the wavelength range suitable for x-ray imaging applications. Because of their very high absorption coefficient, organic semiconductors allow extremely thin active […]
What can the HowStuffWorks.com iPhone app do?
Posted on: 29 Sep 2013
Over the years, HowStuffWorks.com has evolved. The Web site remains the core of what we do. But we also have thousands of videos, more than 10 popular podcasts (audio and video) and blogs. Our podcasters and bloggers have Facebook and Twitter accounts. More than ever before, HowStuffWorks.com is an interactive experience. But the Web site […]
Arduino Waveform Generator
Posted on: 29 Sep 2013
If you follow our PyroElectro articles, then you likely read about our construction and review of Club Jameco’s 8x8x8 LED Cube kit. Well we’re at it again, taking a look through a different kit, the Arduino Waveform Generator Shield. This shield provides an all-in-one DIY style function generator for low frequencies and the best part […]
TV Signals Roundup
Posted on: 28 Sep 2013
How Television Works Television has been around long enough to seem entirely ordinary, but the box that brings TV shows into your home is an amazing device. What kinds of signals are being transmitted? How is the picture formed? Where does the color come from? Find out what’s going on inside a TV set. Learn […]
Getting Started With NFC
Posted on: 28 Sep 2013
Near-Field Communication (NFC) is an evolution of radio frequency identification (RFID) tag technology that allows objects to respond to the tap of a mobile device. Although the tags are being used for making payments from a wireless bank card or a mobile phone, there are many more applications. NFC takes the identification and low cost […]
Earbuds vs. Headphones
Posted on: 27 Sep 2013
Monster-sized headphones became all the rage back in the 1970s. Portable music players began to emerge in the 1980s, and headphones began to shrink. Then Apple debuted the iPod in 2001, and included a pair of sleek, white earbuds in every package [source: Hormby]. Suddenly, earbuds were all the rage for listening to music on […]
