Cell phones as diagnostic tools in areas without ultrasound & X-Ray machines via Book of Joe. A professor of bioengineering at the University of California, Berkeley and his colleagues have developed a cheaper way to perform medical imaging using a cellular phone.
Via Makezine | Posted on 2008.07.08 at 12:10
The open source Linux phone - the Neo FreeRunner fromopenmoko is now on sale. . . It's open source software (not hardware) to be specific, but they *do* have the CAD files which is a great first step!.
Via Makezine | Posted on 2008.07.05 at 02:50
[muts] went through some trials, but managed to get metasploit running on his iPhone. Later he found out that it comes with the Cyida installer that he used on his journal to manually install it.
Via Hack a Day | Posted on 2008.07.02 at 06:23
[Barry] needed some way to get serial output to help debug his efforts to port Linux to the HTC TytnII (Windows mobile Pocket PC phone). He wrote some code to send serial output via one of the LEDs on the phone and rigged up an AVR to pic up the output and provide a USB interface to the computer.
Via Hack a Day | Posted on 2008.06.28 at 08:03
Openmoko began selling Neo 1973 phones direct to developers last July. The phone is an open source project designed to ease development on mobile platforms.
Via Hack a Day | Posted on 2008.06.25 at 19:31
AppleInsider is reporting that iPhone Software v2. 0 will add a secure wipe feature. The screenshot above shows the text "This will take about an hour.
Via Hack a Day | Posted on 2008.06.25 at 16:11
Nokia recently announced its plans to purchase Symbian and formed the Symbian Foundation with the intention opening the software platform over the next two years.
Via Hack a Day | Posted on 2008.06.24 at 15:42
No matter who you suspect is plotting your doom, you'll need need to know the way wiretapping works in order to learn their plans and shield yourself from their surveillance.
Via Hack a Day | Posted on 2008.06.19 at 15:30
This incredible video shows an example of "tele-surgery" techniques with the example of a surgeon remotely controlling robotic arms to fold a penny-size origami crane.
Via Makezine | Posted on 2008.06.19 at 07:48
Building UAVs is only half the work involved in making them fly; the other half is a control system. The Center for Collaborative Control of Unmanned Vehicles (C3UV) from the University of Califorina, Berkeley has devised a way to control a squad of RC airplanes with an iPhone.
Via Hack a Day | Posted on 2008.06.17 at 14:16