Category Archives: Computer

India creates world’s cheapest computer

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At the low price of , the world’s cheapest computer tablet, made in India, is targeted mostly at students. In a country where laptops range from anywhere between 0 and 00, and where the average income is much lower, the hope is that more people, particularly the country’s youth, will have greater access to technology. In the next few months over 100000 such computers will be available in select universities. If successful, India may even sell it commercially, but experts say the design still has a long way to go. Al Jazeera’s Prerna Suri reports from New Delhi, India.
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USB Stick Contains Dual-Core Computer, Turns Any Screen Into an Android Station

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Norwegian company FXI technologies showed off a USB stick-sized portable computer prototype, complete with a dual-core 1.2-GHz Samsung Exynos ARM CPU (same as in the Galaxy S II), 802.11n Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, HDMI-out and a microSD card slot for memory. Codenamed Cotton Candy because its 21 gram weight is the same as a bag of the confection, the tiny PC enables what its inventor calls “Any Screen Computing,” the ability to turn any TV, laptop, phone, tablet, or set-top box into a dumb terminal for its Android operating system
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Off Book | Generative Art – Computers, Data, and Humanity | PBS Arts

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An intriguing combination of programmers, artists, and philosophers, these creators embrace a process that delegates essential decisions to computers, data sets, or even random variables. This allows important metaphors to arise in their work, calling attention to the relationship between humans and the computers that surround us, the mountains of information we generate, and the powerful impact that technology has on our relationships with each other. Featuring: Luke Dubois, Generative Composer Scott Draves, Generative Artist Will Wright, Game Designer Music by: Codex Machine, soundcloud.com Luke Dubois, lukedubois.com Revolution Void, http Tryad, tryad.org Reno Project, http Follow Off Book: Twitter: @pbsoffbook Tumblr: pbsarts.tumblr.com Produced by Kornhaber Brown: www.kornhaberbrown.com
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Computer Science 162 – Lecture 26

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Operating Systems and System Programming

The Animals House of the Rising Sun Old School Computer Remix

My last couple of videos I built a couple of robot bands (yeah! machines that play actual instruments). These videos didn’t fair as well so i decided to go back to the basics and create a video staring my trustly old HP Scanner and a scrappy old hard drive which was converted into a robotic drum machine. For this video i recorded the audio separately so i could mix it down because the HP scanner isn’t very loud. No effects such as delay and reverb have been used. i was very pleased how the hard-drive drums turned out and they sound great. i will definitely use it in my next video. i would like to give a shoutout to James Houston who (i think) was the first person to use multiple legacy computer equipment in conjunction to make a song. Be sure to take the time to view his YouTube video “Big ideas: Don’t get any – Radiohead cover by James Houston”.
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