Pioneer MT-01 – Power Line Sound System
Pioneer ha presentat un sistema de fins a 6 altaveus que distribueixen el so a través de la línia elèctrica. O sigui, un complement ideal per l’invent del mpd que vaig explicar fa uns mesos. Els altaveus poden ser de dos tipus de 5W o 25W. Estèticament realment els trobo molt atractius.
A més disposa d’algunes funcionalitat força espectaculars com al d’un detector de moviment que activa l’altaveu quan entrem en una habitació. A més de disposar d’un comandament a distància que ens permet escollir en cada altaveu alguna de les dues possibles fonts d’audio seleccionables que té. Realment sembla molt ben acabat el producte.
El model és el MT-01
i incorpora de serie dos altaveus un de 25W i un de 5W, el comandament a distància i la unitat central. A part, com ja deia es podem comprar fins a 6 altaveus en total combinant indiferenment els de 5 o 25W. La unitat central diposa de 5 entrades diferents: USB (tipus A i B), entrada d’audio frontal i dues entrades analògiques, diferents entrades de memòries flash.
Sobre el tema del preu que és el més preocupant no en sé res, a més tampoc tinc dades de si mai s’arribarà a vendre al nostre país de moment només ho he vist a anglaterra.
Neuros OSD – free your media
Un altre producte a l’estil del Chumby:
The Neuros OSD was created to connect user’s computer and entertainment worlds. Among many other things, this would allow users to watch video downloads and digital photo slideshows on TVs and listen to MP3s through their stereos. Previously the choices for doing this have been restricted to two approaches: all-in-one PC-based media centers and limited, closed “embedded” devices in various forms: PVRs, digital media adapters and streaming devices.
The OSD also enables users to take their video on the go and watch video on any device with non-DRM, standard MPEG-4 files. The OSD supports virtually all devices with data conversion or requiring extensive set-up. There are no subscription fees associated with the use of the OSD.
The OSD enables all of the above by combining many of the attributes of PCs and embedded devices in a single device.
Like a PC, the OSD is open, expandable, flexible and standard and uses software that is upgradeable and relentlessly enhanced. By taking these attributes and applying them to an “embedded” consumer electronics device, the OSD can evolve and grow to meet all the expanding needs of the digital consumer in a device that, unlike a PC, is small, inexpensive, silent, and designed specifically for the job.
The Neuros OSD runs Linux with a USB host, built-in networking, and IR blaster. It has a dual core processor from TI that was designed specifically for multi-media applications and can encode and playback full DVD resolution MPEG-4 and play virtually all forms of digital audio and pictures. It connects directly to different accessories like iPods, USB webcameras, external DVD drives, and external hard drives. It also records onto memory cards for easy transfer to PSPs, smartphones, and other non-USB portables.
In short, the Neuros OSD contains the essence of what consumers want in a device to bridge their computer, home A/V systems, and portables without the baggage of a legacy PC system.
- MPEG4 encoding and decoding (as many formats and wrappers as possible) – D1 (720×480)resolution at 30 fps
- MPEG2 encoding and decoding
- Ethernet
- Linux (2.6 Kernel)
- Dual Core Processor ARM9/TI DSP
- SD/CF/MS card slots
- USB host
- IR Blaster
- IR remote
The front of the device has the following I/O:
- IR receiver
- USB Host
- Multi-card (SD/MS/MS PRO/MS DUO/MMC)
- Compact Flash (including microdrive)
- Dual color LED (green and Red)
The back of the device has the following I/O:
- Power
- Serial connector (to conrol tuner boxes and connection to PC for developer debugging)
- IR Blaster (for controlling tuner boxes)
- S-Video input
- Ethernet 10/100
- Composite Audio and Video input and output (RCA connector cables included)
NOTA aquest post esta escrit a basa de copy/paste del wiki de Neuros OSD.
A linuxdevices hi ha un bon review sobre el Nueros OSD, es pot ampliar detalls des d’allà.
Abeni – editor gràfic d’ebuils
Abeni és una IDE Per crear ebuilds (paquets de Gentoo). esta escrit en Python i usa wxPython per generar el seu aspecte GUI. Sembla una bona solució per tal de facilitar la vida als administrador o desenvolupadors que necessitin incorporar nous ebuils al portage.
Features
- repoman CVS commits for Gentoo devs
- Create patches with ease.
- Create syntactically correct ebuilds
- Access emerge and ebuild commands easily via Toolbar, Fkeys or menu.
- Converts Source Forge URI’s to mirror:// format automatically
- Scintilla editor with syntax highlighting of ebuild private portage functions or use your favortite external editor.
- Function templates for creating live CVS ebuilds, games etc.
- Toggle FEATURES=”noauto” with icon on toolbar
- Icon on toolbar to open an xterm in ${WORKDIR}, CVS or ${D}
- Shows which directories are unpacked – figure out ${S} automagically
- After you unpack, configure and Makefile are displayed
- View metadata.xml or edit it when committing to CVS with repoman.
- Project management, interfaces with Bugzilla, submit ebuilds from Abeni.
- Be lazy with DEPEND and let Abeni figure out the versions of packages installed
- Ebuild Quick Reference
- repoman scan
- View diff of your ebuild vs version in PORTDIR
- View eclasses or portage private functions with the built-in help system
Ara mateix encara esta marcat com a hard-masqued dintre del portage però espero que ben aviat pugui passar com a mínim a ~x86.
Gtalk-to-VoIP
GTalk2VoIP és un servei que permet connectar la nostre compte de Gtalk o de MSN a les xarxes PSTN, per fer i rebre trucades de VoIP, a telèfons fixes i mòbils convencionals.
Serveis disponibles:
- Outgoing calls from Google Talk or Windows Live Messenger to any telephone number (PSTN) around the world in a very cheap manner.
- Incoming calls from PSTN to Google Talk or Windows Live Messenger users (phone number lease service).
- Free voice mail service for Google Talk or Windows Live Messenger users.
- Free voice conference chat service for Google Talk or Windows Live Messenger users.
- Ranking (by voting and real-time ASR monitoring) of VoIP service providers used for your calls routing.
- Free off-line messaging for Google Talk users.
- Call from the Web service allows you to receive phone calls from your potencial customers right from your web site.
- Free outgoing calls to SIP phones.
- Free incoming calls from SIP phones.
- Free access to Google Talk and Windows Live Messenger from PSTN via SIPBroker (large number of PSTN gateway phone numbers).
El millor és que no hem d’instal·lar cap programa nou ni res de res, realment interessant sobretot per usar-ho des del nokia 770, tot i que encara no ho he fet però ja me’n moro de ganes de provar-ho.
Yunnan Cellphone (El Tibet – La Xina)
NOTA: el detall del telèfon mòbil amb la indumentaria de la ètnia de la noia és un xoc cultural impressionant.