dimanche 3 juillet 2016
samedi 2 juillet 2016
Tesla Model S Crashes in Autopilot Mode
from Electronic Design http://bit.ly/29ksLFI
vendredi 1 juillet 2016
Disruptive Technology Doesn’t Have to be Disruptive
from Electronic Design http://bit.ly/295X3q6
Governments in Middle East and North Africa to Spend $11.5 Billion on IT in 2016
Governments in the Middle East and North Africa will spend US11.5 billion on IT products and services in 2016, according to Gartner. Click here for more.
from Cellular News http://bit.ly/29gpWnB
Enterprise Spending on Mobile App Development Remains Low
Forty-two percent of organizations expect to increase spending on mobile app development by an average of 31 percent in 2016, according to a recent survey by Gartner. Click here for more.
from Cellular News http://bit.ly/29wOGWD
A Corporate \"No-Cloud\" Policy Will Be as Rare in 2020 as a \"No-Internet\" Policy Is Today
By 2020, a corporate \"no-cloud\" policy will be as rare as a \"no-internet\" policy is today, according to Gartner. Click here for more.
from Cellular News http://bit.ly/29akdAk
Wearables Shipments to Reach 2.5 Million in Central and Eastern Europe by 2020
Wearables shipments in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) have increased 78.7% year on year in the first quarter of 2016 to reach 328,000 units, Click here for more.
from Cellular News http://bit.ly/299iBWd
Partnership with Facebook to expand advertising measurement
Kantar Worldpanel has formed a global partnership with Facebook that brings Facebook mobile ad exposure data into Kantar Worldpanel's Consumer Mix Model (CMM) service. Click here for more.
from Cellular News http://bit.ly/297dG9N
Thousands of Job-Seeking Women to Receive Free Wi-Fi Access
Unemployed women in New York, USA are to be offered free access to Wi-Fi services in order to improve their access to the internet while job hunting. Click here for more.
from Cellular News http://bit.ly/29fxFn4
Only 23% of Canadians Feel They Need to Be Always Reachable - 19 Points Below Global Average
New research shows that Canadians strongly value their ability to disconnect. Click here for more.
from Cellular News http://bit.ly/299KlsZ
jeudi 30 juin 2016
Hacking a rotary phone with an Arduino and a GSM shield
While cleaning out his closet, Instructables user “Acmecorporation” discovered an old rotary telephone. Instead of tossing it away, the Maker decided to give the old-school device some modern-day technology using an Arduino Pro Mini and a SIM900 GSM shield.
Acmecorporation is able to use the aptly named TOWA Phone (There Once Was A Telephone) to make and receive calls, send single DMTF tones, and even program numbers on speed dial. Aside from its classic bell ringer, there’s an RGB LED that indicates GSM status: red for offline, green for online, and blue for an incoming call.
The Maker briefly explains how it works:
To make a phone call you have to pick up the handset and dial the number, that’s all. Terminate call hanging up the handset.
When phone is ringing, pick up the handset to answer. Terminate it hanging up.
If you call to a support center or an office, usually you have to dial numbers to connect a specific department. You can do this because TOWA sends single DMTF tones.
Inside the Arduino script, you can add your favorite telephone numbers and combine it with a specific integer number. For example, I’ve stored my favorites combined with numbers from 1 to 8. So when I pick up the handset and dial 1, it starts a call to my wife. When I dial 2 or 3, it calls one of my sons, and so on.
Although Acmecorporation didn’t design TOWA for everyday use, it has become a permanent fixture on his desk. Do you have a rotary phone lying around? Time to brush off the dust and rig your own!
from Arduino Blog http://bit.ly/29c7lss
