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Got an existing Blackberry handset and a hankering for the goodies promised with Blackberry 10? Tough cheddar; you’ll have to buy a new handset. Got a Blackberry Playbook? You’ll be able to upgrade.
The news comes via n4bb.com, where they’re stating that the Playbook should see Blackberry 10 OS “shortly” after the launch of the first BB10 smartphone.
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A new Oregon law that goes into effect on June 4th is set to provide handsome tax breaks to data centers within the state, offering significant savings to Amazon, Google, and other companies that have have already created facilities there. Under the law, Oregon’s data centers will be taxed only on their local value, and not on intangible assets such as their national brand value. This exemption would therefore offer major breaks to tech companies with a large national presence, and, as the New York Times speculates, may even encourage Facebook to build a second complex within the state. Governor John Kitzhaber lauded the bill during a ceremonial signing at Facebook’s Prineville, Oregon data center on Friday, just hours after the…
Native Instruments‘ gear is a must-have for those in the beat making world. We put the cheaper, dinkier Maschine Mikro through its paces and found that while we loved the portability, we weren’t so hot on the lack of MIDI ports and absence of knobs for twiddlin’. That said, we weren’t able to hate on the compromises that were made to bring it in under $600 and small enough to stow in a backpack, but how about you guys out there? When you’ve used this gear day in, day out, can you forgive its flaws in exchange for that extra cash in your hand, or do you wish you’d saved up a little more? If you were in NI’s position, what would you have done differently?
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Superkül Inc Architect have been given a 2012 Design Excellence award by the Ontario Association of Architects for their work on the +HOUSE in Mulmur, Ontario, Canada.
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Description from the architects:
Designed for a client with environmental sensitivities, +HOUSE is a manifestation of a sustainable and healthy approach to building that does not sacrifice design.
Sited facing the bank of a stream-fed pond, this four-season house is nestled into a natural slope. Extensive 14-ft high glazing offers expansive views of the landscape and access to a full-length deck. Bedrooms are located on opposite ends of the rectangular plan, book-ending the open living spaces.
+ HOUSE is embedded with a wealth of complex, health sensitive materials and methods. Built of inert cementitious blocks that inhibit the growth of fungi and molds, the walls are finished with a natural clay plaster that requires no paint finish. A soy-based sealer was used for the concrete floors and counters, and untreated silk and hemp fabric was used for the curtains.
The client was equally interested in environmentally responsible design. Achieving a healthy house for both client and environment meant extensive research into a wide range of products and locally produced materials suited to the climate. A green roof, heat-mirror triple glazing, solar shading, passive ventilation and daylighting, and a geothermal system are just some of the features of this LEED Gold-targeted project.
Visit the Superkül website – here.
Photography by Shai Gil
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(TrendHunter.com) Residents who have always dreamed of having an entire floor of a building to themselves can now rejoice with the Opus Hong Kong residential building designed by Frank Gehry.
The Los Angeles-based…
DIY drones are the rage! Chris flew a quadcopter off the stage, and entertained droves of questions from how much weight the copters can carry, to FAA regulations, and announced that they would have a new ARM-based APM (Ardu Pilot Mega) by Maker Faire New York.
While there are certainly worse problems you can encounter in life than fidgeting with your iPhone plug in the dark before calling it a night, it definitely is annoying for those of us that like to keep our iOS device properly charged while we snooze. Thanks to Scrap Pile Labs – the minds behind the latest Kickstarter, “CordLite,” that issue will soon be done away with. As the title implies, the CordLite infuses the iPhone’s charging adapter with two touch sensitive LED lights that illuminate to help you easily plug in your phone when lighting is lacking. Upon connecting with the device, the CordLite bulbs promptly shut off providing both a convenient and easy-to-use function.
Source: TechCrunch
They say the first time never lasts as long as you’d want. Yesterday’s failed SpaceX Falcon 9 launch is no exception.
Watch the rocket tremble with anticipation and light its load, only to have its performance cut short at the last second. It’s OK, Falcon, we’ve all been there. [AP YouTube via The Atlantic] …
Last year’s beautiful Makey Awards, designed by MakerBot artist-in-residence Jonathan Monaghan
We are thrilled to announce the 2nd Annual MAKE Magazine Industry Maker Awards (aka the “Makeys”)
Over the next 16 weeks, leading up to swanky award ceremonies at Maker Faire New York 2012 (Sept 28, 29), we’ll be profiling, here on MAKE, 12 companies that have shown outstanding support for independent maker/hacker culture over the past year. Four companies/products will be nominated in four categories, and a public poll will determine one winner in each category.
In 2011, we gave 3D-printed Makey statues to the follow recipients:
Microsoft Kinect – Most Hackable Gadget
PanaVise – Most Repair Friendly
Parallax, Inc. – Best Education/Outreach program
Lego – Best Product Documentation
As part of the program, a “Maker Hero” award will also be presented to an individual in the DIY/DIWO community who has made an outstanding contribution to the cause of maker-related education and/or open access to technology. The first award was presented last year to Mitch Altman, for his tireless work in building collaborative “hackerspaces” around the world and in teaching people the joys of hobby electronics and collaborative technologies.
The Makeys are being announced today at Maker Faire Bay Area. As this movement grows, mainstream companies are starting to take makers more seriously as a market segment. MAKE hopes that profiling and celebrating companies that are “getting it,” and giving four of them awards of appreciation, will help fuel their adoption of more open, accessible, user-friendly, and modifiable products.
Stay tuned for the announcement of the first 2012 Makey nominee, Monday, May 28, here on makezine.com. And you can nominate companies and track The Makeys process leading up to Maker Faire New York on The Makeys landing page. Feel free to also nominate companies and worthy maker heroes in the comments below.
After winning last year’s Most Repair Friendly category, for their indispensable electronics vises/circuit board holders, PanaVise added a Makeys “seal of approval” to their product boxes. SO cool!
Last year’s Makey award was designed by MakerBot artist-in-residence Jonathan Monaghan. We want to render the award in a different maker-friendly medium every year. We already have a good idea of what we’d like to do, but we’d love to take suggestions, too. What form would you like to see a Makey take?
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