MorpHex is a hexapod robot that can transform into a sphere shape and back, created by Norwegian engineer Kåre Halvorsen. Still under construction… Featuring 25 servos.
Tech pundits and consultants agree; Amazon's Kindle Fire is a huge disaster (New York Times), good for almost nothing (Marco Arment, creator of Instapaper) and a disappointingly poor user experience (Dr. Jakob Nielsen, usability expert). It's the Apple Newton, the Edsel, New Coke and McDonald’s Arch Deluxe in tablet form. By all accounts it should be doomed. So why is it selling so well? And why are user reviews so high?
This month, Python won "Best Programming Language" in the Linux Journal's Reader's Choice Awards 2011. If you're not convinced, Python Facts explains little simple things that make Python great. Python is relatively easy to learn although if you wish you can learn it the hard way (videos). If you already have experience in programming, basically all you need to know is that Python is essentially pseudocode as a programming language. Of course, Python is way more than that. You can dive right into the documentation and browse through the thousands of packages written in Python.
News:
Games were the largest share of Android's first 10 billion downloads. Yes, this is from the department of 'duh', but it's a reminder of the power and size of that market share.
Microsoft can change/remove apps on Windows 8, at least that's the current plan. That should go over well (anyone remember the infamous Kindle glitch?)
Washington, DC, is funding a 100-gigabit network to be made available to universities, businesses, and anyone willing to resell the service
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