technocrat

7.February.2010

I miss this show

5.February.2010

RPI to close its business incubation center

7.PM

Citrus, square crop (original was a composite 30 megapixel image)

11.AM

“NJ TRANSIT full systemwide cross honoring (rail, bus, light rail) in effect starting 6 p.m. Friday and all day Saturday.” NJ Transit Alerts, always a good sign of weather to come….

4.February.2010

http://snowpocalypsedc.com/

30.January.2010

iPad Camera

I just realized that if there’s an accessory to allow the iPad to read SD cards, then they’ve exposed a SPI bus to the 30-pin connector. I’m pretty sure you can find a image sensor that runs off of SPI. This all means that the hardware could be in place to allow for a camera accessory. Unfortunately, I have a feeling writing the software wouldn’t following the terms you have to agree to for the SDK, so we’re still SOL unless Apple decides to do this themselves.

Or maybe someone will hack the thing early on, then SPI access can be exposed to any developer.

I’m also hoping that their USB accessory to access cameras will provide a low enough level of access that you can have at least PTP access to the camera (hopefully, not just limited to that protocol).

29.January.2010