Sunday, September 27, 2009
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
How Ink-free Mobile Photo Printers Work
How many cherished pictures do you have saved in your phone or digital camera right now? If you're like most people, probably quite a few -- just sitting there, taking up digital space. As much as we enjoy digital picture taking, we miss old-fashioned, hard copy photos. And, despite the availability of high-quality photo printers, laziness and inconvenience often lie in the path of printing those pictures out.
Lucky for us, new mobile photo printers are making it easier and faster for us to free our trapped images from their digital prisons -- all without using a drop of ink.
Polaroid/Zink ImagingWe go together: Polaroid is teaming with its spinoff company to make an instant, ink-free mobile photo printer.
Without ink, photo printers can be dramatically smaller than their predecessors, making them more convenient and even portable. Some stationary photo printers are advertised as "mobile" because they receive wireless signals to print. However, with inkless printing technology, printers can be mobile in a more radical way -- you can carry it around in a pocket or a purse, just like a cell phone. And best of all, because it doesn't need any kind of traditional ink, the maintenance is as easy as refilling photo paper.
So what's the technology behind this photo-cranking machine? And is it really small enough to fit in your pocket? Learn more on the next page.
Lucky for us, new mobile photo printers are making it easier and faster for us to free our trapped images from their digital prisons -- all without using a drop of ink.
Polaroid/Zink ImagingWe go together: Polaroid is teaming with its spinoff company to make an instant, ink-free mobile photo printer.
Without ink, photo printers can be dramatically smaller than their predecessors, making them more convenient and even portable. Some stationary photo printers are advertised as "mobile" because they receive wireless signals to print. However, with inkless printing technology, printers can be mobile in a more radical way -- you can carry it around in a pocket or a purse, just like a cell phone. And best of all, because it doesn't need any kind of traditional ink, the maintenance is as easy as refilling photo paper.
So what's the technology behind this photo-cranking machine? And is it really small enough to fit in your pocket? Learn more on the next page.
How C Programming Works
The C programming language is a popular and widely used programming language for creating computer programs. Programmers around the world embrace C because it gives maximum control and efficiency to the programmer.
If you are a programmer, or if you are interested in becoming a programmer, there are a couple of benefits you gain from learning C:
You will be able to read and write code for a large number of platforms -- everything from microcontrollers to the most advanced scientific systems can be written in C, and many modern operating systems are written in C.
The jump to the object oriented C++ language becomes much easier. C++ is an extension of C, and it is nearly impossible to learn C++ without learning C first.
If you are a programmer, or if you are interested in becoming a programmer, there are a couple of benefits you gain from learning C:
You will be able to read and write code for a large number of platforms -- everything from microcontrollers to the most advanced scientific systems can be written in C, and many modern operating systems are written in C.
The jump to the object oriented C++ language becomes much easier. C++ is an extension of C, and it is nearly impossible to learn C++ without learning C first.
Sunday, July 13, 2008
Opera Releases Online Web Development Course
Opera Releases Online Web Development Course 
Opera, the company behind the browser of the same name, is trying out a new way to help drive web standards: teaching.
The browser is known for rendering web pages under strict adherence to established web standards. Now the company is releasing an online course, or Opera Web Standards Curriculum, to help teach budding website developers those standards right from the start.
The site and curriculum, released in association with the Yahoo! Developer Network, covers basic subjects such as HTML, CSS and design theory. The course authors are all established web developing professionals within industry, and their course material helps guide students on programming websites using the latest approved web standards. Opera’s hope is to teach good web development practices to the next generation of web developers.
The tutorials are all released under the Creative Commons license, meaning you can share the work all you want for non-commercial purposes as long as you use attribution.
Using web standards is a good thing. Typically web developers have to modify code to ensure the web page appears correctly on the most popular browsers, such as Internet Explorer and Firefox. The more developers adhere to web standards, the more likely browsers will too — and vice versa.
If web standards are adopted by all browsers and developers, it will make everyone’s job easier. These days, most web programs need to detect browser types and work around browser incompatibilities to ensure the page displays correctly.
Opera is headed in a good direction by teaching people to code correctly from the start, hopefully reducing the probability of poor site code in the future.
Opera, the company behind the browser of the same name, is trying out a new way to help drive web standards: teaching.
The browser is known for rendering web pages under strict adherence to established web standards. Now the company is releasing an online course, or Opera Web Standards Curriculum, to help teach budding website developers those standards right from the start.
The site and curriculum, released in association with the Yahoo! Developer Network, covers basic subjects such as HTML, CSS and design theory. The course authors are all established web developing professionals within industry, and their course material helps guide students on programming websites using the latest approved web standards. Opera’s hope is to teach good web development practices to the next generation of web developers.
The tutorials are all released under the Creative Commons license, meaning you can share the work all you want for non-commercial purposes as long as you use attribution.
Using web standards is a good thing. Typically web developers have to modify code to ensure the web page appears correctly on the most popular browsers, such as Internet Explorer and Firefox. The more developers adhere to web standards, the more likely browsers will too — and vice versa.
If web standards are adopted by all browsers and developers, it will make everyone’s job easier. These days, most web programs need to detect browser types and work around browser incompatibilities to ensure the page displays correctly.
Opera is headed in a good direction by teaching people to code correctly from the start, hopefully reducing the probability of poor site code in the future.
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