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Sparkfun Free Day Over
Free Day is over at SparkFun.com. Over $100k was given away in just under 1 hour and 45 minutes. According to their site they had over 1,000 orders and nearly…
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Pownce.com will be Shutting Down
Pownce.com will be shut down by December 15, 2008. If you would like to keep your content, we have created an export tool to assist you under Settings > Export.…
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Thomas Edison: How to Electricute an Elephant
See here for a video of an experiment Thomas Edision conducted in 1903 in an attempt to prove AC current is more powerful than DC current. The video after the…
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USB 3.0 Released
USB 3.0 spec has been released! Varying reports, but it looks like USB 3.0 will have 10x higher data rates (4.8Gb/s vs 480Mb/s), higher current (900mA vs 500mA), and a…
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Lethal Electricity Explained
While searching for information on the lethal potential of electrical shock I came across an article by Zach Eveland that provides a clear and simple explanation. Play safe kiddies. "…it’s…