Get Phone Calls Answered with the Moshi Moshi

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Have a significant other that isn't the best at picking up the phone? [Aaron] was having a hard time reaching his wife, so he hacked up a solution. The Moshi Moshi detects calls from [Aaron], and plays music to get her attention. A remote server running Asterisk picks up the call and uses a Ruby script to log the call. Every ten seconds, an Arduino Due with an Ethernet shield polls a Sinatra … [Read more...]

Gizmodo’s guide to smartphone OSes

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Gizmodo's in-depth look at smartphone OSes provides you with the pros and cons of each, allowing you to make an educated decision, if you're in the market for a phone that also has email, a web browser, a calendar, and a decent contacts manager. If you're attracted to the open source Linux-based Android by Google, you'll also have to keep in mind that there aren't that many business features. … [Read more...]