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RedHerring.com
Hackers heard a call on Thursday to challenge governments and corporations about the collection, use, and protection of private information. Simon Davies, a professor at the London School of Economics and director of Privacy International, told security researchers they would have to demand more transparency from organizations that deal in private information. “Governments and businesses are saying ‘surrender your privacy and we’ll give you benefits and make a safer society.’ We have to push for greater accountability.
[ continue ]Servo Magazine
You already have learned how to give your robot the ability to communicate with you by using a text-based LCD display and by generating sounds of its own. This column will raise the bar a little higher yet by showing how you can give your robot a voice so that it can simply tell you something instead of requiring you to read a display or interpret a set of tones. This might sound like it would be a difficult task, but — in reality — it is quite easy.
[ continue ]San Diego Union-Tribune
Joe Grand is president of Grand Idea Studio, a San Diego consumer electronics design firm. Grand is a fan of “hardware hacking,” the practice of taking electronics apart and changing the way they work. In 1998, he wrote a freelance article about hacking toys such as Tamagotchis, Playskool Talking Barneys and Texas Instruments Speak & Spells.
[ continue ]Cosmos Gaming
A little while back, I looked at another game hacking themed book. While that particular title offered a wealth of information and resources on a huge variety of topics, Game Console Hacking takes a different route and decides to focus on specific systems and what you can do with them. Basically, this book tells you how to make modifications and do some interesting things to many of your favorite systems. The book includes a good mix of modern and retro consoles. From the Atari 7800, to the Game Boy Advance and Xbox, budding modders will find plenty of useful and …
[ continue ]G4 Tech TV
Hardware hacker extraordinaire Joe Grand brought in some of his favorite (and portable) mods for a show and tell session. From the simple pleasures of a universal garage door opener (“I invented this 10 years ago, and it still works!”) to the more complex POCSAG decoder and RFID reader module, Grand’s inventions are derived from his curiosity to see firsthand how things work.
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