August, 2014
Windows ™ versus Linux on intel Galileo
Here is a really quick and dirty, non scientific comparison of a Galileo GEN1 board running Windows ™ against the same board running linux. SPI Flash version is 1.0.2. Login to windows is via telnet. Login to linux is via ssh. Time taken from power-on to login: Linux 48 Seconds Windows 68 Seconds Time taken […]
How To spot a fake or phishing email.
Here is our cut-out-and-keep guide on how to spot a fake or “phising” email. A ‘phishing’ email is one that purports to be from someone you do business with, like your bank, Apple, a high-street store or online store, but is in fact a fake email trying to get you to hand over your identity, […]
BT HomeHub 5 has issues with mDNS/Bonjour
I recently upgraded from the BT HomeHub 3 to their latest offering, the BT Home Hub 5. However immediately on replacing the old router with the new one I started having problems with my networked printers. I have a pair of HP OfficeJet 7500A printers, attached to my home network. Once I had upgraded to […]
Galileo GPIO Timing & why it doesn’t work for some.
The Intel Galileo is has Arduino UNO compatibility, yet often I see queries from someone asking why their favourite Arduino Shield won’t work, or why an interface they have made which works on other Arduino boards, doesn’t work with Galileo. Often they say Galileo is no use, or Galileo doesn’t do what it claims, or Galileo is […]
BBC News – Robots inspired by origami fold themselves into action
Self unfolding robots. Just add heat… BBC News – Robots inspired by origami fold themselves into action.
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