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6 Offbeat Open Source Ideas Worthy of Rube Goldberg
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| The open source arena never fails to surprise when it comes to offbeat
| implementations of community-produced technologies. Put together enough
| eyeballs and collaboration, and unusual inventions will ensue. We've covered
| several examples of this phenomenon on OStatic, including open source efforts
| completely outside the software arena.
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http://ostatic.com/173198-blog/6-offbeat-open-source-ideas-worthy-of-rube-goldberg
Recent:
What CAN’T Linux do?
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| 1. The story mentioned above. A man installs Linux on sixteen Playstation 3s
| (with zero hardware modifications), clusters them together, and creates a
| system to simulate black holes.
| 2. Installing Linux on a Mac. I was just reading the most recent Wired
| magazine that has a good story on how Apple has created a very closed system
| where only Apple software plays on Apple hardware. Hello Yellow Dog Linux! I
| have run Linux on an iBook - it was sweet.
| 3. Routers. We all know that Linux works well on routers. OpenWRT installs
| well on many Linksys routers.
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| 11. Airplane black boxes. Montavista uses a Carrier Grade Linux to power
| in-flight recorders.
| 12. Brain surgery. Yep. This Linux-powered robot helps in brain surgery.
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http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/opensource/?p=186
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