Raspberry Pi 14 Megapixel Camera Add-on Prototype Unveiled

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Over the weekend the Raspberry Pi Foundation has unveiled a new add-on for their $35 Raspberry Pi computer, in the form of a fantastic 14 megapixel camera add-on. However the megapixel’s might be reduced a little in the final version.

The prototype camera add-on board for the Raspberry Pi computer is currently under development and still being tested. View one o the first photos to be released on the Raspberry Pi website after the jump.

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CordLite Illuminated iPhone Charger Cable (video)

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If you find yourself fumbling around in the dark trying to connect your iPhone charger cable, to your smartphone. You might be interested in a new charging cable called CordLite which has been designed by Scrap Pile Labs, and incorporates an illuminated connection making it easy to connect it to your iPhone in low light conditions.

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Facebook Acquires Karma

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Following on from its recent acquisitions of Instagram for a cool $1 billion and the London based team from Lightbox, and of course its IPO on Friday. Facebook has now acquired the Karma App which has been designed to provide easier ways to gift friends and family.

No details of the deal have been revealed, but the full 16 strong team at Karma will be joining the Facebook fold. Helping it further expand on to mobile platforms.

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Royal 110DX Cash Register

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Amazon has started selling the Royal 110DX Cash Register. This cash register is equipped with a locking, removable cash drawer that consists of 4-slot bill and 4-slot coin trays. What’s more, the Royal 110DX Locking Cash Register also provides an automatic tax computation, which is programmable for any fixed percent tax, VAT, or tax table. Other features include a nine-digit operator display, a memory protection and an ink roll printer. If you are interested, you can buy the Royal 110DX Cash Register for only $82.03 a pop. [Amazon]

Hands-on with the Electric Imp at Maker Faire (video)

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Hands-on with the Electric Imp at Maker Faire (video)

Yesterday at Maker Faire Bay Area 2012 we visited the Electric Imp booth to chat with the startup's founders and get some hands-on time with the tiny wireless computer. What is the Electric Imp? It's a module containing an ARM Cortex M3 SoC with embedded WiFi that's built into an SD card form factor. While the device looks just like and SD card, it's not pin-compatible with the standard -- the idea is to leverage a reliable and affordable connector for the Electric Imp. The module is not very useful on its own -- it only comes to life when inserted into one of several boards, which provide the Electric Imp with power and access to the real world. In turn the device gives these boards a brain and an Internet connection. Eventually the company hopes that appliance manufacturers will incorporate Electric Imp slots into products to make them network aware.

We talked with CEO Hugo Fiennes (formerly with Apple) about the past, present and future of the Electric Imp so hit the break to read more and to watch our hands-on video.

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Hands-on with the Electric Imp at Maker Faire (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 21 May 2012 00:20:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Toyota converts exalted Nintendo DS into a navigational component for cars

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Nintendo DS easily holds the record for the world’s largest selling handheld console (and second largest selling gaming console, behind PS2) with over a whopping 150 million units being sold globally. However, this time its functionality has been preferred over its commercial value. The world’s largest automaker Toyota has released their latest Smart Navi car navigational system, which incorporates Nintendo DS as an accessory component for core navigation purposes.

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Yahoo to sell back half of its Alibaba stake for $7.1 billion, more in the latter’s future IPO

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Yahoo to sell back half of its Alibaba stake for $7.1 billion, more in the latter's future IPO

It's been a bit of a sour year for Yahoo -- it's seen the departure of one of its founding fathers, suffered through a patent dispute with Facebook and lost its new CEO in a sea of scandalous accusations. Yikes. At least former head honcho Scott Thompson's negotiations to sell the firm's stake in Alibaba seem to be going through -- the two firms just announced plans to redistribute about half of Yahoo's 40-percent stake in said Chinese tech giant. Under the current agreement, Alibaba will purchase 20-percent of its fully diluted shares back from the Silicon Valley company, netting Yahoo $7.1 billion in compensation. Yahoo will also be permitted to sell an additional 10-percent of its stake in a future IPO, or else require Alibaba to purchase it back at the IPO price.

Despite Yahoo's stake changing hands, the companies will still be working together -- Yahoo has cleared Alibaba to continue to operate Yahoo! China (which was acquired by the latter back in October 2005) under the Yahoo! brand for up to four years -- in exchange for royalty payments, of course. Finally, Alibaba will license various patents to Yahoo moving forward. What's next? Well, Alibaba CEO Jack Ma did let it slip at AsiaD that he's considered buying Yahoo as a whole, and repurchasing the firm's assets in Asia could be a step in that direction. Read on for the official press release in all its financial glory.

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How would you change Native Instruments’ Maschine Mikro?

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How would you change Native Instruments' Maschine Mikro?

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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Optoma DW339 DLP Projector

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Here we have another newly released DLP projector from Optoma, the DW339. Designed for home and office users, the DW339 provides 1280 x 800 native resolution, 2600 ANSI lumens brightness, 5000:1 contrast ratio and up to 4500 hours of lamp life (Normal mode). It also comes with a built-in 2W mono speaker and a number of connectivity ports including HDMI, 2x D-Sub, S-Video, Composite and Stereo Mini Jack. Pricing info is still unknown at the moment. [Optoma]