Pyxis ‘Operating Environment’ hits .NET, leaves no embedded chip unturned (video)
February 7, 2011 No Comment
Almost exactly one year ago we got a little demo of Pyxis courtesy of Thomas Holtquist. It was basically a micro-OS, bringing simple application launching and other functionality to the very limited hardware of Arduino . It didn’t have anything on Windows 3.1, never mind XP, but it certainly made interacting with DIY hardware a lot easier. Now Pyxis 2 is here, the so-called “Operating Environment” has been ported to the .NET Micro Framework. .NET MF is basically a version of Microsoft ‘s .NET platform but stripped down and optimized for embedded circuits and the like, and Pyxis 2 makes app development and execution on that platform much easier. It’s all demonstrated in the video below, and all the source code is ready and waiting to satisfy the needs of your development environment. Continue reading Pyxis ‘Operating Environment’ hits .NET, leaves no embedded chip unturned (video) Pyxis ‘Operating Environment’ hits .NET, leaves no embedded chip unturned (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 07 Feb 2011 09:54:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Man, isn’t the plight of the Tibetan people hilarious ? Groupon hit a real nerve last night with a Super Bowl commercial that seemed to exploit said plight for yucks. “The people of Tibet are in trouble. Their culture is in jeopardy,” says narrator Timothy Hutton. “But they still whip…
Continue reading …Thai and Cambodian troops faced off for the fourth consecutive day today, trading shells and gunfire in a border dispute. At least two Thais and three Cambodians have died in the clashes, as “yellow shirt” nationalist protesters in Bangkok call for the government’s resignation. The 2-square-mile area in question surrounds…
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Photo: Kelly Rossiter This tofu salad sandwich is a bit of a twist on the traditional tuna salad. I’ve made chickpea salad sandwiches , which I like very much, but this is the first time I’ve ever tried it with tofu. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …The New Yorker ’s massive, 26-page takedown of Scientology is here, and it discloses—among other things—that the FBI has been investigating the church on suspicion of human trafficking for more than a year. Staff writer Lawrence Wright offers an extensive profile of ex-Scientologist Paul Haggis, the writer-director whose…
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Image Credit TD Bank It’s the first net zero energy bank branch in the USA, and one of 17 branches of the bank with LEED certification; this one is going platinum, with all kinds of green gizmos. will be rated DOE Class B, meaning that it will generate sufficient energy for its own needs on site from its ground and roof mounted solar panels: about 100,000 kWh, while projected to use 97,000. So what’s wrong with this picture? … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Rock guitarist Gary Moore found dead in Spain aged 58; Christina Aguilera flubs line of national anthem; ‘Roommate’ earns top box-office bunk with $15.6M. (Feb. 7)
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Clashes resumed briefly Monday at a disputed temple along the Thai-Cambodian border. Cambodia’s prime minister has called for the intervention of UN peacekeepers to end the fighting. (Feb. 7)
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Images Credit Matteo Thun We’re all for getting back to basics and cooking like grandma used to do, but Matteo Thun, Maurizio Riva and friends go back a few more generations yet to come up with La Cuchina, shown at IMM Cologne’s Living Kitchens. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …Cisco looking to acquire Inlet Technologies, get even hipper with streaming
February 7, 2011 No Comment
We haven’t heard a lot about Inlet Technologies over the years, a company that works mostly behind the scenes on advanced encoding technology, but it was right there on the cutting-edge of the Blu-ray bandwagon back in 2008 . Now it’s looking set to become the latest addition to Cisco , with that company announcing intent to drop $95 million and see the acquisition through. It’s not entirely clear what Cisco will do if it picks up this toy, but it certainly sounds like mobility is on the mind of Enrique Rodriguez, Cisco’s Service Provider Video Technology Group General Manager: Cisco’s Videoscape platform will play a key role in reinventing the TV experience, and the acquisition of Inlet will enable our customers to leverage the network as a platform to deliver innovative video experiences to consumers on any device. If that name sounds familiar, until recently Enrique worked at Microsoft on, among other things, the Zune and Media Center. That might also give another clue to where Cisco is going. Continue reading Cisco looking to acquire Inlet Technologies, get even hipper with streaming Cisco looking to acquire Inlet Technologies, get even hipper with streaming originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 07 Feb 2011 09:24:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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