Self Made External Display For Nexus One

Do you wish sometimes that your smartphone could display certain information while running full screen apps i.e. viewing the time, signal or battery strength, notifications from SMS, e-mail or missed calls. Well if you don't mind carrying a bit of extra bulk out with you in your pockets, perhaps follower's self-made 2-line external display kit that he made for his Nexus One is something you could potentially make for yourself. It makes use of Arduino with a USB Host Shield, and the Android Open Accessory Protocol along with some software.

Ubergizmo, Self Made External Display For Nexus One

Panasonic thermoelectric tubes efficiently turn waste heat into electricity

Heat energy is one of the most wasted forms of energy sources around, and for many years researchers have been trying to solve this problem. While the technology to convert heat energy into useful energy is there (thermoelectric energy), it is highly inefficient at the moment; with only a fraction of the heat energy being converted into something useful. Well it looks like the folks over at Panasonic have come up with a solution. Using thermoelectric tubes, they have managed to create a simple, compact and efficient system to capture wasted heat from hot springs and factories.

Ubergizmo, Panasonic thermoelectric tubes efficiently turn waste heat into electricity

Symantec: Some Android Apps Could Potentially Exploit Other Apps

Think that your smartphone is safe from the threats of the internet. Well, truth be told, nothing is safe out in the world wide web and recently, the Symantec research team has uncovered how some Android applications could potentially exploit other installed applications to steal private information or even to execute malicious code. This is not exactly Google Android's fault exactly, but more towards the applications and the recent find was something that resembles Windows DLL Hijacking.

2DayBlog.com, Symantec: Some Android Apps Could Potentially Exploit Other Apps

Lego Star Destroyer: 50-Inches Long, 3,000 Pieces

C-3PO: The odds of successfully surviving an attack on an Imperial Star Destroyer are approximately. Leia: Shut up. Ever wanted to re-make the opening shot of Star Wars Episode IV in Lego, but could never find a Star Destroyer big enough? If you'd really wanted to do it, you probably would have just bought a whole lot of gray Legos and gotten on with it. But for the lazier film makers, we have just the thing: The Lego Star Wars Super Star Destroyer.

This thing is huge.

Gadget Lab, Lego Star Destroyer: 50-Inches Long, 3,000 Pieces

Samsung launches super Fast Memory Card for fourth generation Smartphones

Samsung Announced yesterday that it has launches a new series of Super Fast Class 10 32GB MicroSD Cards for fourth generation Smartphones. Incorporating 3-Bit NAND Flash, these MicroSD Cards offers a 12MB/s writing speed and 24MB/s maximum reading speed. While there are not exact date available on these cards will be available on the market and at what cost, Samsung however announced that they will launch a 64GB version of these microSD cards as early as next year.


Akihabara News, Samsung launches super Fast Memory Card for fourth generation Smartphones

T-Mobile “truly unlimited” mobile data plan launches – Galaxy S II and Desire S highlighted

T-Mobile UK has launched that “unlimited” mobile data plan it announced earlier this week, with a selection of smartphones now showing on its pay monthly deals page with the new “truly unlimited internet” package bundled in. Leading the CHARGE are a couple of Android phones, with the super-hot Galaxy S II and HTC Desire S being used by the company to tempt new users to sign up to its enhanced data plan tariffs. Like this:.
The Desire S also comes with 300 talk minutes, the S II with 900. If you are a serious mobile data user, they're decent enough plans.

Eurodroid, T-Mobile “truly unlimited” mobile data plan launches â€" Galaxy S II and Desire S highlighted

MacBook in short supply, you know what to expect!

We've already seen the MacBook Pro sporting new Sandy Bridge and Thunderbolt, and heard rumblings of a MacBook Air refresh coming soon, and now reports of dwindling supplies of Apple's great white hope have the internet abuzz over a possible MacBook upgrade. AppleInsider did a little digging earlier today, and found that major online retailers, including Amazon, and at least one brick and mortar store were either running low or completely out of the last of the MacBooks. A similar fate has befallen stock of the Mac mini, inviting speculation that both machines will likely pop up post-Lion.

2DayBlog.com, MacBook in short supply, you know what to expect!