Neuros OSD - ushering in fresh air to the term Open Source Hardware
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| Simply put Neuros OSD is a device which allows you to digitize and playback
| all your media - be they audio or video from a variety of sources such as VHS
| tapes, DVDs, home movies or TV shows. What is noteworthy about this product
| is that the full documentation of the hardware specifications for this
| product has been released by the company (Neuros Technology International) as
| open source. This opens up avenues for skilled users to customize the device
| and pass on the improvements to other users. What is more, OSD is powered
| using Linux.
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http://linuxhelp.blogspot.com/2008/01/neuros-osd-ushering-in-fresh-air-to.html
Bug Labs Sets Pricing: $349 For Open-Source Mobile Gadget
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| The "Bug" base unit will cost $349 and is set to ship this quarter -- QA
| testing delayed the company's initial 4Q07 ship date. Late last year, Bug
| Labs founder Peter Semmelhack gave us a tour of the device.
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http://www.alleyinsider.com/2008/01/bug-labs-sets-pricing-349-for-opensource-mobile-gadget.html
Bug Labs Announces Pricing, Availability, and Other Details
http://www.linuxelectrons.com/news/mobile/15685/bug-labs-announces-pricing-availability-other-details
http://tinyurl.com/2zvgo8
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What This Gadget Can Do Is Up to You
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| The OSD has not only open hardware, but also open software: it is based on
| the Linux operating system. Neuros Technology encourages hacking of the
| device; it has contests with cash rewards for new applications for the OSD.
| One winner, for instance, designed a program that lets people use it to watch
| YouTube on their televisions.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/06/business/06novel.html?ref=business
ArsGeek reviews the Neuros OSD
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| The first two observations I made when I opened my Neuros OSD were that the
| unit was a lot smaller than I was expecting (about five and a half inches by
| five and a half inches in size) and that it looked nice. This was no flat
| looking boxy apparatus, nor was it a standard component. It was curved, it
| was sleek, black and more aerodynamic than any other DVR I’ve come across.
|
| I liked the size and the look immediately. Not only was this thing slick
| looking, but I could easily grab the RCA cables and the Neuros and bring it
| over to a friends house to watch whatever I’d recorded.
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http://www.arsgeek.com/?p=2831
Review: The Linux Powered Neuros OSD
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| The future is very bright for this little piece of open source goodness. I
| look forward to seeing how it grows and improves.
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http://www.raiden.net/?cat=2&aid=326
The Linux-based Neuros OSD
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| Neuros Technology did it again: one more of their interesting media products
| hits the market, and this time it uses Linux. We used the Neuros OSD this
| past week and here's what we think about it.
|
| [...]
|
| Overall, Neuros seems to get it. Extensibility, plus a powerful product.
| Hopefully HD abilities and failing that, S-Video out, will be available on
| the next major revision of the product. Sure, it doesn't feel as cool as an
| AppleTV, but it does so much more!
|
| Rating: 8/10
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http://www.osnews.com/story.php/18832/The-Linux-based-Neuros-OSD/
Product alert: Neuros Open Source Device
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| With an Open Source basis, the potential for the developer community to make
| grand extensions to the Neuros OSD could be huge.
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http://www.pcauthority.com.au/news.aspx?CIaNID=63630
YouTube on the TV with the OSD
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| Neuros is certainly not the only ones bringing net video to the TV, but we
| are probably the only CE company doing it with open source. Nowhere is the
| intersection between free software and free speech more obvious. If the
| connection between the internet and the TV falls into the hands of a
| proprietary vendor's closed solution, then the hard won free speech victory
| of he internet will fall far short of its ultimate potential.
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http://open.neurostechnology.com/node/905
Apple TV hacked already
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| Enthusiasts from Something Awful forum were annoyed by the general
| lack of third party movie support for Apple's latest product, Apple
| TV - and went on to create something useful with it. Awkward and
| Sabretooth modified Apple's little box and got it working with
| Xvid files with no problems.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=38498
Linux is running on APPLE TV
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| I've got the linux kernel booting on my Apple TV. It was not easy,
| but after reading over the information on how they got it workin on
| the mac mini, I was finally able to figure out how to make it work
| on the ATV also.
|
| There are sevral changes that need to be made to the lilo bootloader
| just to get it to boot the kernel. It does not boot fully into linux
| yet, but it gets pretty far before giving a kernel panic. There are
| still a lot of drivers missing that will need to be compiled in to
| get it to boot up all the way, but this is a start.
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http://www.appletvbbs.com/showthread.php?t=61
A logo program I can get behind
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| Neuros is a device manufacturer with a simple focus: it creates devices that
| let you record video from almost any source into a digital format (MPEG-4)
| that can then be played on almost any device. The trick: its devices connect
| to your video output sources (VCR, DVD player, etc.) using standard analog
| RCA cables, avoiding digital copy-protection technologies like HDCP or CSS.
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http://blogs.cnet.com/8301-13526_1-9835832-27.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
Unlocked Open Source Anti-DRM Logo
http://gizmodo.com/335830/unlocked-open-source-anti+drm-logo
Linux hacker bounty aims TiVo at mobile gadgets
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| A TiVo upgrade/repair specialist and a vendor of tiny Linux-based DVRs
| (digital video recorders) have partnered on a coding contest. DRVupgrade and
| Neuros will pay $3,500 for hacks enabling Neuros's gadget DVR to track TiVo
| selections, recording the same content for playback on mobile devices.
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS8485261245.html
Open source hardware comes out of closet
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| EVER SINCE open-source software created a buzz, people have stroked chins,
| pondered and pontificated about the possibility of open-source hardware – and
| now it’s becoming a reality.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2007/11/02/open-source-hardware-coming
The Future of Hardware is Open Source
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| Open Hardware is the future of technology, and all we need to kick off this
| next great revolution in technology is to have the right tools in the right
| place at the right time. After that, the sky’s the limit!
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http://www.raiden.net/?cat=2&aid=315
Open Source Hardware: Birth Of A Long Tail Market?
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| And when there is unrestricted collaboration, nearly anything is possible.
| Buglabs, the open source hardware movement and other yet-to-be discovered
| frontiers have the same opportunity here.
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http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/osrc/article.php/3700366
Do we need an open hardware license?
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| Still, Hicks says that it's possible to use open source hardware designs with
| field-programmable gate arrays, "which are quite affordable," and points to
| OpenSPARC and the OPENCORES community of open hardware designers as examples
| of real-world usage of open hardware.
|
| Phipps says that he sees open hardware following in the footsteps of FOSS,
| though he says mainstreaming of open hardware "will take much longer ... to
| get a foothold."
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http://www.linux.com/feature/118198
Perens set to tackle open-source hardware
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| On Monday, Perens plans to announce the TAPR Open Hardware
| License, a document written by John Ackerman designed
| specifically to govern hardware designs that can be
| modified and redistrubuted. Perens plans to submit the
| license to the Open Source Initiative for its as an
| open-source license.
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http://news.com.com/2061-10795_3-6156093.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&subj=news
http://tinyurl.com/2noydh
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