EAS/SAME enabled Weather Radios

Recently, I was wondering just how the EAS (Emergency Alert System) worked from a technical standpoint. I was wondering if there would be a way to build a device would listen for these EAS messages. As it turns out, many consumer "Weather Radios" already have this functionality built-in.

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Customizing the Sprint/Samsung A900

I recently upgraded my Sprint PCS Wireless cell phone to the Samsung A900. To be honest, it was for no other reason than some of my friends had recently picked up a Motorola RAZR. I previously had a Sanyo PM-8200, which wasn't really a bad phone. Once in hand, as I'm sure is the case for many of us, I started looking at ways to customize it.

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"Make:" Magazine Controller Kit

Make: magazine unveiled a good idea in their recent Volume 6. As the magazine frequently deals with do-it-yourself technological projects, the editors teamed up with MakingThings to offer readers a controller board for their projects.

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Impressed with D-Link Router (DI-634M)

In this post I mention how I'm impressed with D-Link providing emulators, so you can interact with the Router's software before buying. In this post I explain that I was disappointed with a newer Linksys model. I opted to give D-Link a shot for use at my residence, and I've got to say I'm pretty impressed.

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