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We’ve been accused on more than one occasion…okay, pretty much every single day…of harboring some kind of creepy Arduino love affair. The topic  does come up an awful lot here, we’re not oblivious to that, and had been patiently waiting for April Fool’s Day to post an article lampooning the whole situation, both ourselves and critics alike, so that everybody could have a good laugh (or possibly annihilate the entire planet in the resulting flame war, we’re not sure). And what could possibly make for a more self-referential joke than an Arduino shield…for Arduino? Truth, as it turns out, is stranger than fiction . “Core2duino” is — seriously now, no joke — an Arduino shield containing a second ATmega microcontroller and full complement of I/O pins. The two chips in this Young Frankenstein-esque assemblage coordinate over the I2C bus, providing, at least in theory, more processing power , more I/O , and perhaps a degree of fault tolerance. In reality, we’re pretty skeptical, but do have to give them props for a great Instructable, detailing the whole process start to finish with Eagle CAD files, board etching and drilling, and advice on where to score free  Cosmopolitan magazines (it helps “if you know any women,” we’re told). There’s no indication whether this works with stacking headers to allow for an Arduino shield for Arduino shield for Arduino, or perhaps some  Möbius strip -like endless stack of Arduinos

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Arduino shield for Arduino. No, really.

The progress that wireless devices have made in the consumer space is nothing short of breathtaking. In the developed world, nearly everyone has a cellphone, and it’s difficult to go anywhere in an urban center and not have a half-dozen WiFi networks within signal range. A lot of the focus in this space has been on providing more bandwidth to devices like smart phones and routers, but at least some companies are betting that the next frontier in wireless is in cheap, low-power devices.

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TV remotes may be the gateway to a pervasive wireless mesh

Industry insiders say that Apple is using ethically dubious means to secure lower prices for NAND flash memory chips, used mainly in its iPod and iPhone devices. The practice is said to artificially deflate flash prices, casing harm to the NAND industry as a whole. According to The Korea Times , Apple is asking for larger volumes from its suppliers , like Samsung and Hynix, than it actually ends up buying

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Apple accused of manipulating NAND flash prices

The Tech Teapot is three years old today. Well, if you want to be pedantic, it was three years old last Thursday but I forgot all about it! A selection of my favourite posts from the last year: Open source network management buzz comparison 2008 Tivoli vs open source network management buzz 2008 Open source network management activity comparison Vendor bloggers in Network Management; or It has been a thin blogging year, mainly because my time has been squeezed by a combination of my regular work and TimeTag . Many thanks for reading over the last year.

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The Tech Teapot Three Today