Month: January 2021

I started good with a 512GB HDD and a Dell Studio with a 512GB HDD in 2009. I was never out of space until 2013 when I bought my new MacBook Air with 256GD HDD. I would describe it as a glorious decision but totally not happy with the 46GB free space! Since then I m trying to find out a best way to create more storage space and I am going away from the idea of using a physical device since I like to go mobile and light. I want it to be accessible all the time i.e. even without carrying my storage device. So i turned my backup hard drive into a time machine backup device after splitting the partition. Just being extra careful with the highly reliable MacBook. Now I turned to cloud storage. I wish I had backed them in Kickstarter with 69$ now I don’t have to pay 169$ for the awesome device that could make your own cloud storage with plug-n-play. Just hoping to find one somewhere for the same backing price. Lima: Brain for your devices. Lima: Brain for your devices The next one I started surfing that equals the retail price of Lima and does more. Is it really necessary? All those extra features or just some extra backup space?  http://wedg.co/ wedg Which one do your vote for to buy and test it! Answer in comments to make decision.

If you haven’t heard of ambiLight™ (probably trademarked) by Philips. It was in their Televisions that somehow figure out the colours on the scene and light up the LEDs behind the TVs to create a more immersive experience. It was some how the thing of 2010 according to a friend of mine. SensyLight is a DIY project which also tries to create a immersive movie experience with your TVs. But, can only be used with a PC that streams content to the TV on screen mirroring. There are two components for this to work, one is the java program that runs on the PC and the other is the arduino C program that acquires the signals of the lighting information from the PC and creates an ambient lighting. This is expected to create an immersive experience. At least its fast enough for the frame rates of HD HDMI streaming. Checkout the youtube video that gives a outlook on the project. Getting on to the hardware requirements for this setup: Adafruit Industries – Neopixel 30 LED meter long Black Arduino Mega 2650 to control the lights. They are communicating with the LEDs in a pulse modulate signal from the GPIOs A PC with linux, windows or osX (then the serial interface setup might change) Linux       –        /dev/ttyACM0 OSX         –        /dev/usbmodem14121 windwos –        COM6 Here is the best Über guide to help you get started with the Arduino and… Read more