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Multiple people have recently shared this exciting demonstration (nitter) with us – visualizing airflow using a smartphone, called ‘background-oriented schlieren’. On a hot summer day, you might see waves in the …read more Continue reading Observe Airflow Using Smartphone And Background-Oriented Schlieren
[Konrad Dybcio] tells about his journey booting Linux on A7/8/8X processors, playing around with an old iPhone 5 he’s got in a drawer. It’s been a two-year “revisit every now …read more Continue reading Boot Mainline Linux On Apple A7, A8 and A8X devices
Photogrammetry is a great way to produce accurate 3D models of real objects. A turntable is often a common tool used in this work as it helps image an object …read more Continue reading Automatic Turntable Makes Photogrammetry a Cinch
Above our heads, the atmosphere is a complex and unpredictable soup of gasses and charged particles subject to the influence of whatever the Sun throws at it. Attempting to understand …read more Continue reading Monitor Space Weather And The Atmosphere With your Cellphone!
A lot of Samsung Galaxy users think that Samsung has been throttling smartphone performance, so much so that they don’t live up to their published specifications. At issue is the …read more Continue reading Galaxy Users Accuse Samsung of Throttling Performance and Benchmark Rigging
Aside from being the focus of a series of bizarre conspiracy theories, 5G cellular networks offer the promise of ultra-fast Internet access anywhere within their range. To that end there …read more Continue reading First Hacks: The Brand New Nokia 5G Gateway Router
The modern smartphone is a marvel of sensors, radios, inputs, outputs, and processing power. In particular, some of those radios, such as WiFi and cellular, have grown fiendishly complex over …read more Continue reading Diving the Depths of Ma Bell
In what is now a three-year long search, I’ve finally found the perfect use for an old cellphone. And with it, the answer to a burning question: Why aren’t we …read more Continue reading Finally, A Use for Old Cellphones
A trope in open source commentary over the last decades has been the phrase “Is this the year of Linux on the desktop?”, as though the open source OS will …read more Continue reading The PinePhone Pro Is Here. But it’s Still Probably Not The Year Of Open-Source Linux On The Smartphone
Apple iPhones ship with the company’s Lightning cable, a capable and robust connector, but one that’s not cheap and is only useful for the company’s products. When the competition had …read more Continue reading Why Wait For Apple? Upgrade your iPhone With USB-C Today!