Now we’ve all heard the myth that talking to your plants help them to thrive, but this is the first time I’ve heard of a way to find out what they’re saying back to us. This gadget lets you keep tabs on your house plants via the Internet, letting them reach out to the world using the popular micro-blogging website Twitter.
Adafruit’s Botanicalls Twitter Kit lets your plants communicate over the web, letting you know when they need water, or if they’re feeling happy that they’ve been recently cared for. And since Twitter can notify your mobile device of new posts, you can receive a text message when your plant is feeling blue.
The easy-to-assemble electronic kit uses wired moisture sensors to detect your plant’s state of mind and send information out to the Internet via an on-board Ethernet jack. Connect the board to your PC using a USB cable, and the Arduino-based circuit can be programmed to send custom messages to Twitter.
The kit is available from Adafruit for $160 USD. All I need now is for my dogs and cat to start Twittering too and I can finally take a nice long vacation.
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Back in its day, the design of the classic iMac was pretty groundbreaking. Sure, by today’s standards, the original iMac was a little bulbous, but did it really deserve this punishment?
The mutant offspring of an old G3 iMac and a VHS deck, Cory Baker’s iVHS casemod is one of the ugliest Mac designs I’ve ever seen. Heck, even the original iBook toilet seat design was more attractive.
I guess the only good news here is that this bastard child didn’t get its start as an actual iMac. Cory actually purchased an a la carte iMac motherboard off of eBay (for about 20 bucks) and modded it to fit into the case of his old VHS deck. With the addition of an ATX power supply, a few cables, a VGA connector and some electrical tape, this Frankenstein’s monster of a Macintosh was born.
At least he could have used a Betamax deck, couldn’t he?
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Samsung U940 Glyde has finally arrived at Verizon wireless after a long wait. We told you what's happening and now we are going to take a closer look. One of the most discussed events of the week was the release of the new HTC Touch Diamond in London, so Samsung's Glyde might have missed all the attention. So I was telling you how this phone is a possible competitor to current smart phones. Let's see some of its most important features and compare them to the
iPhone. We won't be going through all the specs we gave you yesterday; you don't have all day to read right?
Do we like the design? It's slick and slim, resembling the iPhone. Well, the U940 is based on the former F700 which came out before the iPhone. Did Apple get inspired by Samsung?
Glyde combines the cool touch screen with the very useful slide-in full QWERTY keyboard for those text messengers/internet surfers out there. But the screen is only 2.75 inch which might not be enough for all our needs. As for the keyboard, although a definite plus compared to other touch-only phones, this one doesn't have any numeric keys so you won't be able to call by using it. Whenever the keyboard is opened the screen goes to landscape which will improve your browsing experience. We'll call it a tie. iPhone's screen size with the full keyboard of the Glyde.
With the Glyde you can check your e-mail whether it's Yahoo Mail, Windows Live, Gmail, or AOL Mail by logging through the Web. Unfortunately there's no attachment reading/seeing for now. The Web is explored through a full HTML browser but the screen size will make you move your fingers like crazy when going through pages. Again there seems not to be enough screen space, is there?
There's full 3G services support (EV-DO connectivity where available) for the Samsung. The iPhone will get the 3G soon but until then, U940 wins at this category. You would need some space to fully enjoy all that 3G data coming in and out right? The Glyde has an internal memory of 45MB which is upgradeable to 8GB. This is pretty good but less that the iPhone starting from 8GB and going to a presumed 32GB.
From all the info available on the Internet you can easily make up your mind. Is the Samsung U940 Glyde a good Verizon deal or you should wait?
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Written by Chris on May 9th, 2008 with no comments.
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What is the twist you ask Quite simple yahoo is releasing the Yahoo Go 3.0 Beta for Windows mobile I wonder how all this cooperation with Microsoft is working out after the break up. And the break up was all the more tougher as they were never together. Ironic right Think of the times Yahoo Go was available only for Symbian phones and Microsoft wasnt in their future?
No matter if Yahoo becomes a part of Microsoft or not they have released this beta and you can try it if you a
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Written by MobileTopSoft news board on May 9th, 2008 with no comments.
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Thats right Skype is expanding their horizon. We have been using this cool app for years for talking free of charge with friends and family. Skype have been developing more and more tools to ease itself into our communication based life and we cant say we hate it.
Its no surprise ATT and other carriers are thinking according to rumors about developing a similar VoIP product to compete against Skype and offer it to their cell phone plans subscribers. In the mean time Skype beta
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Verizon Wireless has just announced a new member to their mobile lineup, the MOTO Q 9c. The phone will be available in the company's online store on May 9.
The MOTO Q 9c is the perfect smartphone for business professionals and offers powerful capabilities, including access to more than 14 million points of interest with Verizon Wireless' popular VZ Navigator(SM) service.
MOTO Q 9c will be available for $249.99 after a $50 mail-in rebate and a new two-year customer agreement.
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Written by Mobilewhack.com on May 9th, 2008 with no comments.
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Equinux USA recently introduced a new hybrid USB television tuner hybrid for use in the U.S. market. It is called the TubeStick hybrid and you’ll find it pricing for around $130.
The Equinux TubeStick hybrid houses “two TV receivers - one for digital TV reception and the other for analog. The digital tuner is designed to decode free over-the-air ATSC signals (HDTV and SDTV) and unencrypted cable (Clear QAM) signals. The analog tuner can tune free over-the-air analog signals and with the included breakout cable, users can capture analog signals from a variety of sources including video cameras and game consoles via either S-Video or composite video connections.”
An included application known as The Tube lets users pause live TV and play back missed moments. One can also view via an online Web gallery uploaded video via an Internet-enabled iPhone or iPod touch. The TubeStick hybrid is available now.
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Written by Nino Marchetti on May 9th, 2008 with no comments.
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If you are looking for a mobile phone for a great price, look no further than the Motorola RAZR MAXX Ve.
The Ve weighs in at a mere 4 ounces and is only 0.6-inches thick. Considered as being the second CDMA RAZR, with the original RAZR V3c being replaced with the RAZR V3m. This mobile builds on the V3m in a few particular ways, but with many major differences as well.
The Motorola RAZR MAXX Ve specs include:
- Futuristic touch sensitive music keys with elegant lighting
- 2.0 megapixel auto-focus camera with 4x digital zoom
- Video capture/playback and video sharing using H.263 and MPEG 4
- Version 1.2 Bluetooth wireless technology with stereo headset profile
- EV-DO for downloading data with extreme speed
- Over 60 MB user available memory and 2 GB optional removable microSD memory
Verizon Wireless, who exclusively released the RAZR MAXX Ve just last year, is now clearancing the phone for only $19.99 with a new two-year agreement.
If you are interested in getting in on this deal, you will need to call 1-800-2-JOIN-IN and speak to a representative. Ask them to refresh their stock status for the phone, keeping in mind that not all markets have stock but many appear to. Remember that the deal only applies to 2-year contracts, the no-contract price being $215.
Via: PhoneNews
Written by michellef on May 9th, 2008 with no comments.
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