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Micron Unveils World’s First Open-Source Storage Engine Designed for SSDs and Storage Class Memory

Winston28 April 2020

by Winston28 April 20200322

Micron Technology, today announced the first open-source, heterogeneous-memory storage engine (HSE), designed specifically for solid-state drives (SSDs) and storage-class memory (SCM). Legacy storage engines born...

Gadgets & Toys

Boston Dynamics Robot Dog – Developer SDK Now Available

Winston24 January 2020

by Winston24 January 20200351

Announcement: Boston Dynamics grows spot developer toolkit. We’re excited to announce two new efforts that will make our quadruped robotic platform, Spot, a flexible tool...

Gadgets & Toys

Stanford’s Doggo – Open-Source Four-Legged Robot

Winston21 May 2019

by Winston21 May 20190391

Looks pretty cute … much better and less scarier than Boston Dynamics cheetah. Students from Stanford University have welcomed a new addition to their campus:...

Gadgets & Toys

Build Your Own Smartwatch – This Guy Did

Winston2 May 2019

by Winston2 May 20190545

It’s not as hard as you think … really! DIY projects can be a lot of fun, and if Raspberry Pi has taught us anything...

Apps & Software News

NVIDIA Announces PhysX SDK 4.0, An Open-Source Physics Engine

Winston21 December 2018

by Winston21 December 20180925

PhysX SDK 4.0 will be available on December 20, 2018. The engine has been upgraded to provide industrial grade simulation quality at game simulation performance....

News PC & Computers

NVIDIA PhysX Now Open-Source

Winston4 December 2018

by Winston4 December 20180464

NVIDIA PhysX, the most popular physics simulation engine on the planet, is going open source. We’re doing this because physics simulation – long key to...

Miscellaneous News

Open Source Virtual Reality (OSVR) Announces $5 million Developer Fund

Winston14 June 2016

by Winston14 June 20160374

LOS ANGELES (E3 2016) – Organizers of Open Source Virtual Reality (OSVR), the largest open source virtual reality consortium in the world, today announced the...

Exhibitions Gadgets & Toys

HKEF 2016 – Makeblock Open Source Arduino Robot Building Platform

Winston22 April 201626 October 2017

by Winston22 April 201626 October 20170709

At this year’s HKEF 2016, there were tons of crowd-funded and Kickstarter projects on display. Among them is Makeblock, an Open Source Arduino Robot Building...

Gadgets & Toys

Open Source Virtual Reality “OSVR” Welcomes ACER

Winston22 April 201623 April 2016

by Winston22 April 201623 April 20160351

Acer, one of the world’s largest PC vendors, announces VR plans including OSVR-compatible devices and computer systems SAN FRANCISCO – Organizers of Open Source Virtual...