Facebook is opening up their Infer static analyzer to developers! Happy to see the continued trend of large companies pursuing collaborative, open code. Read more about the open source announcement… Get started using Infer here.
Yearly Archives: 2015
After playing with the BananaPi recently, the CHIP computer made by Next Thing Co. is pretty tempting at $9 for a computer that can surf the web and run basic programs. Best of all, it’s totally open-source, so you can view the PCB schematics and Bill of Materials if you […]
CHIP $9 computer board
Got this servo motor running on the Banana Pro today! It’s running in a C++ Qt device library I added servo functionality to, using WiringX so it’s cross-compatible with other embedded boards (Raspberry Pi, Hummingboard, BeagleBone, etc).
Banana Pro Servo Motor Working!
Want to be inspired? Here is a collection of stories of women in STEM – some I knew, and some I didn’t. Pretty interesting look into the history of several contributors to math and science! https://www.whitehouse.gov/women-in-stem A sampling of my favorites: As part of a secret World War Two project, […]
Short Stories about Women in Science and Tech
The Inside 3D Printing Expo had some pretty neat tech this year, including a full-body scanner and medical devices. I’m excited to see this technology continue to progress past the rough-surface-finish prototyping parts of a few years ago. https://www.quirky.com/blog/post/2015/04/field-trip-inside-3d-printing/
3D Printing Expo: Full-Body Scanner and Model Maker
Visual Studio is moving towards being cross-platform (Windows / OS X / Linux). This is a welcome addition to their support for Sublime Text. This is a good move on Microsoft’s part to keep developers happy. http://techcrunch.com/2015/04/29/microsoft-shocks-the-world-with-visual-studio-code-a-free-code-editor-for-os-x-linux-and-windows/
Microsoft Moving Towards Cross-Platform Visual Studio
Tor is sponsoring a few student projects to improve its services for their Tor Summer of Privacy event. I keep skirting around using their communication methods, but it’s still pretty inaccessible for people to set up, and communication tools are only as good as their coverage of the user base. […]
Tor Summer of Privacy projects
Ever wanted to hack a DeLorean? You can do that soon in a bunch of cities at this hackathon! This looks cool, if you have a spare weekend to devote. http://www.hackster.io/hardwareweekend