Want a tiny Linux-capable, ARM powered board for right around $25? Throw in on-board Ethernet, 802.11n, one full-size USB port, and Micro-USB power, and the TPLink TL-WR703N is hard to resist. (Although it’s important to note that there’s no video out.)

Want a tiny Linux-capable, ARM powered board for right around $25? Throw in on-board Ethernet, 802.11n, one full-size USB port, and Micro-USB power, and the TPLink TL-WR703N is hard to resist. (Although it’s important to note that there’s no video out.)

Really slick looking little LiPo charger, powered via USB, and, as you can see, barely bigger than a USB plug.

Really slick looking little LiPo charger, powered via USB, and, as you can see, barely bigger than a USB plug.

The price of reliability is simplicity, and for many engineers that is too high a price to pay.

“An unexpected side effect of the 2010 flooding in parts of Sindh, Pakistan, was that millions of spiders climbed up into the trees to escape the rising flood waters…”

“An unexpected side effect of the 2010 flooding in parts of Sindh, Pakistan, was that millions of spiders climbed up into the trees to escape the rising flood waters…”

Into the wild with the real-life heroes of Search and Rescue

Excellent article on the Las Vegas Metro Police Department Search and Rescue squad. Yes, visitors to Las Vegas occasionally have to be rescued from a lot more than just than their own stupidity at the slot machines.

Into the wild with the real-life heroes of Search and Rescue

Excellent article on the Las Vegas Metro Police Department Search and Rescue squad. Yes, visitors to Las Vegas occasionally have to be rescued from a lot more than just than their own stupidity at the slot machines.