Justine Haupt prepared an open cell phone equipped with a rotary dialer. PCB diagrams for KiCad CAD, STL models for 3D printing of the case, specifications of the components used and firmware code are available for download, allowing any enthusiast to assemble the device themselves. To control the device, an ATmega2560V microcontroller with firmware prepared in the Arduino IDE is used. To interact with cellular networks it is used [...]
Hello, Khabrovsk residents. As usual, we continue to share interesting material ahead of the start of new courses. Today, especially for you, we have published an article about Google Cloud Spanner to coincide with the launch of the AWS for Developers course. Originally published on the Lightspeed HQ blog. As a company that offers a variety of cloud-based POS solutions to retailers, restaurateurs and online sellers around the world, Lightspeed uses […]
Hello, I work in the team of the DRD KP project (distributed data registry for monitoring the life cycle of wheel sets). Here I want to share our team’s experience in developing an enterprise blockchain for this project under the constraints of technology. I'll mostly be talking about Hyperledger Fabric, but the approach described here can be extrapolated to any permissioned […]
We meet on February 26 at our office on Staro-Petergofsky, 19. Kirill Kazarin from DINS will tell you what infrastructure is for us, how we manage it, and how we deliver artifacts to 1000+ servers in 50+ environments. Alexander Kaloshin from Last.Backend will share his experience of building a fault-tolerant in-house infrastructure on containers using bare-metal and kubernetes. During the break we will talk with [...]
The 86th JPEG meeting took place in Sydney. Among other activities, the JPEG Committee issued a Call for Evidence (CfE), which is aimed at developers. The fact is that a year ago, the committee’s specialists began research on the use of AI for image encoding. In particular, they had to prove the advantages of neural networks over traditional methods. The JPEG AI initiative aims to improve […]
Google plans to remove the accounts of its British users from the control of EU privacy regulators, placing them under US jurisdiction. This was reported by the Reuters news agency, citing its own sources. The report states that Google wants to force users to accept new terms due to the UK's exit from the European Union. This will make the sensitive user data of tens of millions of people less […]
The Yandex development team announced the expansion of the functionality of the Alice voice assistant. Now, with its help, parents can correct or correct speech defects in children. The new Yandex.Alice skill is called “Easy to Say” and is a children's simulator for speech development, created with the participation of experienced speech therapists. With its help, children 5–7 years old can practice the correct pronunciation of six […]
Publisher Devolver Digital continues to delight/torment fans of the Serious Sam series with bits of gameplay from the fourth part. The new demonstration turned out to be the longest - a full 13 seconds. “Our agent deep in the rear [studio] Croteam secretly published another fragment of Serious Sam 4. This one gives a look at a new enemy called Brute Zealot,” Devolver Digital described the situation. Brute Zealot […]
The official microblog of the Devil May Cry series announced the release of Devil May Cry 3 on Nintendo Switch. The announcement of the release was supported by a 30-second trailer for the edition for the hybrid console. In addition to the necessary information about the premiere, only a few frames of the game and a demonstration of the main features of the Switch version fit into such a modest timing. Capcom previously confirmed that Devil May Cry […]
Intel's revenue last year was 28% dependent on the Chinese market, so the drop in demand due to the coronavirus outbreak poses more threats than opportunities for the company. And yet, if demand for processors of this brand from Chinese consumers decreases, on a global scale this will help Intel cope more easily with the shortage. Companies in the technology sector are already having to voice updated forecasts […]
Back in early January, the German brand be quiet! demonstrated the Shadow Rock 3 processor cooler, capable of dissipating up to 190 W of thermal energy. Now the new product is preparing to go on sale at a price of about $50, and the manufacturer is sharing detailed images of it. The company emphasizes that it has significantly revised the layout solutions compared to the Shadow Rock 2 cooler. At least from […]
The Japanese National Institute of Information and Communications Technology NICT has long been engaged in improving communication systems and has repeatedly set records. For the first time, Japanese scientists managed to achieve a data transfer rate of 1 Pbit/s back in 2015. Four years passed from the creation of the first prototype to testing a working system with all the necessary hardware, and still […]
