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Hello, %USERNAME%. Do you remember that feeling when you have a free day and you can put a game disc you bought the day before in the CD-ROM drive right in the morning? And then start exploring a new world for yourself. I was there, Gandalf, it was 3000 years ago! I still remember that sound of the hard drive loading Windows 98, plus the slight crackle of the CRT monitor when it turned on.
Hello, tekkix residents! This is Viktor Sergeev from the MTS Digital special projects team. I brought you a note about your boy's selection of interesting new E-Ink products. This technology is used not only in e-readers, as we are all used to, but also in a variety of devices — from hybrid tablets with a battery life of about a month to wall displays that can turn your apartment into an art gallery. So, let's go!
Headphones are no longer just a device for listening to music. They are part of style, image, and simply a convenient assistant for conversations. The new Nothing Ear impresses with its appearance alone. The translucent design, unexpectedly inspired by pill organizers, rich sound, advanced noise cancellation, and even communication with artificial intelligence through ChatGPT.
At CES 2025, Emdoor showcased the Clink-X xCraft mini-PC, which will be supplied in a disassembled form. In addition, users will be able to replace memory modules and case covers, and in the future, the company plans to release more customization elements.
Hello, tekkix! This is Anton Komarov, author of the special projects team at MTS Digital. Today I will tell you about an interesting DIY project that radio amateurs use to protect transceivers from voltage surges on the 12-volt line. It is called the Crowbar circuit: it acts just like a crowbar thrown on the terminals. It sounds unusual, of course, but it works!
Sybran brought the Code27 device to CES 2025 - an unusual gadget-flask in which a digital character lives. It can communicate with the user, answer questions, and respond to emotions. It is a kind of Tamagotchi based on large language models.
Gizmodo has prepared a list of disappointing gadgets that saw the light in 2024. Among them are the AI assistant Rabbit R1, the Apple Vision Pro virtual reality headset, and Ray-Ban Meta* smart glasses.
New Year's holidays are a great time to rewatch movies or reread books about Harry Potter. Under the light of the Christmas tree garland, you can once again immerse yourself in the magical world of Hogwarts, created by J.K. Rowling, remember the charismatic characters, and feel the excitement of their adventures. This New Year's fantasy on how the Harry Potter team illustrates startup principles and what gadgets or technologies could appear in their magical world will entertain and lift your spirits.
I try not to review foreign-made equipment. Not because it is better or worse, I am just more interested in Russian solutions: localized production, operating systems used, presence of own design centers. But sometimes there are exceptions. This was the case with Tecno phones, this was the case with Huawei smartwatches. And so, having attended the presentation of the new line of Samsung, I could not pass by the home monitor Samsung Smart Monitor M8. I share my thoughts and impressions.
Buongiorno, tekkix! This is Idar Tabukhov — a scrum master at MTS Digital and a fan of computer games. New Year is coming soon, so it's time to think about gifts for friends, family, and yourself. An interesting option is a portable gaming console, so it's convenient to play anywhere and anytime. Companies offer different models, and today we will talk about them. And, of course, share your options in the comments.
In November, several interesting single-board computers were presented on the DYI components market. Despite their compactness, such PCs offer an impressive set of interfaces, which allows them to be easily integrated into various projects, from educational to industrial. If I missed any new products, write in the comments.
Hello, people of the future! This is Anton Komarov — author of the MTS Digital special projects team. In the last post, I talked about how to make a CI-V cable to control the Icom IC-R20 receiver and mentioned the wonderful Icom IC-R20 device. Today I will share my experience of using it and explain why some radio amateurs are delighted with it, while others look down on it. Let's go!
Smartphones and other devices enter the lives of modern children even before they start talking. More than half of children get acquainted with electronic devices before the age of two, and 4.5% — even before 6 months. The new generation gets so used to electronics that they cannot imagine their existence without it. Is it good or bad? To ban or to allow? Let's figure it out.
Hello, tekkix! This is Anton Komarov, the author of the MTS Digital special projects team. My interest in radio woke up a long time ago, ever since a friend showed me how useful it is to have a CB radio in the car to communicate with truck drivers. After working on the air, I became interested: what is happening on other bands? I began to gradually acquire UHF and VHF equipment and acquired a not very well-known RTL-SDR dongle based on Elonics e4000.
There are mobile devices on the market for specific tasks: working in high-security conditions, extreme environments, or where models without a camera and other standard features are needed. Such devices are chosen by travelers, security guards, and those who want to minimize attention from Apple and Google.
My long-time readers surely know how much I love unusual netbooks with exotic processors and unusual operating systems on board. One of these devices is on my desk today: the Toshiba AC-100, which was released as a netbook for internet surfing for $200 back in 2011 and was notable for running on an extremely exotic platform - the ARM chipset NVidia Tegra 2 coupled with a desktop multicontroller and Android as the OS. But here's the trouble: the device's display backlight was not working. In today's article, we will: learn the history of netbooks and how the AC-100 appeared, repair the cable with improvised means, and take a look at this wonderful beauty in practice. Interested? Then see you under the cut!
Hello, tekkix! Not so long ago, it became known about the Mudita Kompakt project - this is a mobile phone with a black-and-white E-Ink screen, a basic set of applications for communication, notes, reading, and music, and without Google services. The device is for those who do not want to be distracted by messages and videos. It also has modern, user-friendly features, including wireless charging and a fingerprint scanner.
Hello, tekkix residents! This is Dasha Volkova from MTS Digital. Huawei is preparing for a decisive step - a complete abandonment of Android in its ecosystem. Work in this direction has been going on for several years, and now, it seems, everything is ready for the final push. The company is going to transfer its devices to its own operating system HarmonyOS Next. It is written from scratch, and there is not a single line of Android code in it. The decision will affect both new gadgets and already released devices. Details under the cut.