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Developing: Near A Quarter Million Taiwanese Gathered to Protest for Human Rights Violation in Its Military
By TofBrownCoat | Posted 2013/8/3 上午 9:50 | Taipei, Taiwan
Near a quarter million Taiwanese gathered in front of the Presidential Office Building on the night of August 3rd (local time) demanding justice for the tragic death of young Corporal Hung Chung-Chu (洪仲丘) and the improvement of Human Rights issues in the country’s military, Republic of China Army (RCA). Due to the success of this protest and massive crowd showed up for the event, the government has promised to hold a press conference later today to respond to the issues.
The mysterious death of Corporal Hung has been the center of this island’s attention for a month since its reporting in early July. Though the government and its military police have vowed to investigate thoroughly, many have not yet been satisfied with the results. Corrupted key evidences and many statements with either incomplete or suspicious information released by the military police investigation unit only fueled people’s anger and frustration toward the government.
The protest on August 3rd was aimed to pressure the government for more detailed and open investigation into Hung’s tragedy and improvements for soldiers’ rights in RCA
The Raspberry Pi is showing up in all kinds of places. Last time we brought you 15 accessories for the Raspberry Pi, and now we’re going to show you some of the cool projects these things are being used for. Keep reading for examples of the Raspberry Pi in the kitchen, at the bank, in your phone, feeding your dog, giving brains to R2D2, and more!
Click on through to the next page to begin!
Raspberry Pi LED display board
Jeroen Domburg, known online as “Sprite," was given a very interesting piece of hardware to bring back to life: a dual-color 224×48 LED display board that had previously been used to display information for some kind of transportation system. In a rare occurrence, he was also given all the necessary power supplies and the industrial computer to drive it.
Right in the middle of Jeroen’s project documentation you’ll get a glimpse into the art of computer hacking. The computer boots up, gives him the hardware specs, then goes to a blank screen. His task was to find out how to get access to this computer and gain full control over the network in a few minutes using publicly available tools.
Once he had the display working like it was originally intended, he had to take it a step further. This is where the Raspberry Pi comes in. With its power, network access, and gpio pins, it was a perfect fit to drive the display. Jeroen loaded a linux distrubution and video client on the board and got the results you see above. Note that the flickering is due to the refresh rate of the screen and the refresh rate of the camera overlapping — it doesn’t have this issue with the naked eye.
Audio player remote embedded in a retro phone
Kees Van Weert had a really cool idea to use one of those retro phones that many of us have lying around as an interface for his audio system. He’s got a Raspberry Pi in there interpreting his commands and serving out the proper results. You can see in the video above that he can control playback and volume as well as change stations, all from the keypad.
You can see how he constructed the whole thing on his personal site.
Raspberry Pi bitcoin miner
Everyone puts their Raspberry Pi to work controlling various things, but what about having it earn money for you? In this tutorial, Collin Cunningham shares how to use a Raspberry Pi to “mine" bitcoins. If you’re unfamiliar, bitcoin is an open-source digital currency that has been making quite a bit of a stir lately, and “mining" is one way you can earn currency. Not only will this setup mine bitcoins for you, it will show you a real-time breakdown of the rate you are earning, the real-world currency exchange rate, as well as other diagnostics that will be very helpfull.
The Atari emulator
The small form factor of the Raspberry Pi allows for some unique cases. In this instance, it is being housed inside an Atari game console cartridge. Considering that this Raspberry Pi is acting as an Atari emulator, the shell is quite appropriate. Aside from that unique shell, this project goes a step further to make an entire portable gaming system out of the Atari itself. At first glance, it appears like a normal Atari, but when you lift the hinged top of the case, an LCD is revealed allowing you to play the games from the classic machine right there.
Raspberry Pi for automated gardens
Another interesting use of the Raspberry Pi might be to actually help grow raspberries. In this case, it happens to be growing tomatoes, but the concept is the same. The Raspberry Pi is tracking temperature, moisture, and lighting for this grow box. It makes adjustments as needed, including watering the tomatoes and controlling the lights. Results and stats are tracked and displayed via Flickr and Twitter.
Raspberry Pi-Powered Ultimate Microwave
The typical application for the Raspberry Pi around the kitchen is usually tweeting status updates of some sort. But Nathan Broadbent has gone so far beyond that, we wonder why his brainchild isn’t a commercial product. He has integrated a Raspberry Pi into his microwave and incorporated a long list of additional features. Just check out what this Raspberry Pi-controlled microwave offers, including:
A re-designed touchpad
Nicer sounds
Automatic clock updates from the Internet
Voice-command controls
Can use a barcode scanner to look up cooking instructions from an online database
The microwave has a webpage so you can control it from your phone (why not?), and set up cooking instructions for products
Note the part above where the microwave can read a barcode and consult a webpage. There was no webpage with a database of cooking instructions, so Nathan built that too.
Making coffee with a phone call
The team at The Developer Garden, together with help from people at Oracle, made this fun little project. It is a coffee machine that is controlled via a phone call. As you can see in the video above, it is functional at least as far as a prototype. You could, in theory, give it a call on your way to work and have a nice, fresh cup waiting upon your arrival. Adding cream and sugar will be in the next system upgrade.
Raspberry Pi is a dog’s best friend
Dog may be man’s best friend, but in this case, Raspberry Pi is easily a dog’s best friend forever. Judd’s owner took on this project as a learning exercise as well as a chance to do a project centered around his dog. He’s using a Raspberry Pi to check an email address. When there’s a new message, the machine dispenses a treat and snaps a picture. Judd takes care of the rest.
The code and plans are available on the project page if you would like to make a new best friend for your dog. The new exercise program for your dog that will be required if email traffic is heavy is not included.
Raspberry Pi arcade table
Pong never looked this good! The tiny footprint and decent power of the Raspberry Pi makes it perfect for emulating classic arcade machines. Here we can see a nicely constructed coffee table arcade which would look good in any lounge or dorm room. Not only can this table support a variety of arcade games, but also it can browse the web using a wireless mouse and keyboard.
All the materials for this were low-cost, reused, or recycled. Considering that, the final product looks really great.
R2D2 brought back to life
What should an industrious engineer get for a girlfriend’s (or boyfriend’s) birthday? A fully functional R2D2 of course!
A Raspberry Pi was the last hope for this broken R2 unit. Luckily, that Raspberry Pi did a fantastic job of taking over operations. The new and improved brain of this R2 brings voice control, facial recognition, WiFi control, motion sensors, and ultrasonic distance detection. You can see it in action in the video above, as commands are issued that R2 follows.
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When you see the Zhaga logo on a product, in a product advertisement, or in a product catalogue, you know that this product is Zhaga-certified. Correct usage of the logo can be confirmed by reference to the Certified Products database.
Zhaga-certified products have all been tested by an independent test lab, listed below, which verifies that the product complies with one of the Zhaga specifications (or “Books").
Certification is managed by the Zhaga Logo License Administrator (Zhaga-LLA). The Zhaga-LLA issues product certificates, authorizes test labs, monitors compliance, and acts against inappropriate use of the Zhaga logo.
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Zhaga authorizes test labs by location and by specification. Test labs that operate testing facilities at different locations need a separate authorization for each location. Also, Zhaga has created a family of specifications – known as “Books" – and test labs need separate authorization for each Book.
Authorizing test labs by location and by specification makes it possible for the Zhaga-LLA to verify that the location is capable of testing compliance with a specification.
The Zhaga-LLA has authorized test labs at the following locations:
Book 2:
DEKRA Certification B.V., Utrechtseweg 310, 6812 AR ARNHEM, The Netherlands
VDE Testing and Certification Institute, Merianstrasse 28, 63069 Offenbach, Germany
UL LLC. 7036 Snowdrift Road, Allentown, PA 18106
Book 3:
DEKRA Certification B.V., Utrechtseweg 310, 6812 AR ARNHEM, The Netherlands
VDE Testing and Certification Institute, Merianstrasse 28, 63069 Offenbach, Germany
UL LLC. 7036 Snowdrift Road, Allentown, PA 18106
Book 4:
DEKRA Certification B.V., Utrechtseweg 310, 6812 AR ARNHEM, The Netherlands
UL LLC. Via XXV Aprile, 3/B, 20875 Burago di Molgora (MB) Italy
VDE Testing and Certification Institute, Merianstrasse 28, 63069 Offenbach, Germany
Book 5:
No test lab authorized yet.
Book 6:
No test lab authorized yet.
Book 7:
DEKRA Certification B.V., Utrechtseweg 310, 6812 AR ARNHEM, The Netherlands
UL LLC. Via XXV Aprile, 3/B, 20875 Burago di Molgora (MB) Italy
VDE Testing and Certification Institute, Merianstrasse 28, 63069 Offenbach, Germany
Book 8:
DEKRA Certification B.V., Utrechtseweg 310, 6812 AR ARNHEM, The Netherlands
UL LLC. 7036 Snowdrift Road, Allentown, PA 18106
VDE Testing and Certification Institute, Merianstrasse 28, 63069 Offenbach, Germany
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Authorized Test Labs are governed by the rules in the Zhaga Testing Center Agreement between the Zhaga-LLA and companies that operate one or more test labs. A reference copy of this agreement is available as a public download: 20111213 Interim Zhaga Test Center Agreement – reference copy.pdf
The Zhaga-LLA will sign this Testing Center Agreement with any company that meets the following criteria:
the company is a member of Zhaga
the company owns and/or controls one or more testing facilities that are accredited by an accreditor that is a full member of ILAC MRA.
The Zhaga-LLA has concluded Testing Center Agreements with the following companies:
Test labs owned by companies that signed the Zhaga Testing Center Agreement do not automatically become an Authorized Test Lab. Each test lab must be authorized separately, in accordance with the procedure set out in article 3.1 and Annex C of the Zhaga Testing Center Agreement.
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