DIY: USB Geiger Counter

Ever feel the need to check your surroundings for radiation? Me either, but if you ever have then this somewhat complex DIY project is right up your alley. The geiger counter is a pretty simple device to detect radiations. Many forms of radiations from radio elements (alpha, beta, gamma) can be detected but it is [...]

Change Can Be Good

Someone somewhere once said that change can be both scary and good, well we have undergone some small changes that have instilled both those feeling in us here at tech.nocr.at. Syndication Some of you might have already noticed the new syndication images off to the right sidebar. Since I have received many emails asking if [...]

How To: Make A Metal Detector

Most kids are absolutely fascinated with electronic projects of some sort, take me for example, when I was a kids all I wanted to do was build radio receivers and play with my metal detector. That being said, I really wished that I knew about building this many years ago. This just seem to be [...]

In Car Mircowave

Because putting on make-up and texting on your cell phone isn’t enough while you drive, you can now heat up your burritos too!. Maplin, which is something like a British Radio Shack, has rolled out a portable microwave oven that can be run from your car’s lighter socket. This might just be perfect for tailgaters [...]

HP iPaq 900 Set To Ship

The HP iPAQ 900 will ship starting on Jun 30th. The long over due “Blackberry Looking” unit will be powered by Windows Mobile 6.1, have a tri-band UMTS/HSDPA and quad-band GSM/EDGE radios. In addition, GPS navigation, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and a 3 megapixel camera. This unit sure looks like a Blackberry, but will it function like [...]

Hand Cranked MP3 Player

For all of you who want to walk the bleeding edge of technology and help save the environment the Eco Media Player is for you. The worlds first crank-powered MP3 and video player will leaving you wondering what to do with all of your USB chargers. A play on the many AM/FM radio out there [...]

MVIX MX-780HD – Medica Center With Torrent Client

Mvix’s new MX-780HD Media Center not only has all of the basic features you would expect for a dedicated media center like a multitude of supported video and audio formats, streaming capabilities from your computer via either Wi-Fi or ethernet, internet radio capabilities, and HiDef support in the form of 720p, 1080i and 1080p format, [...]

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tech.nocr.at, founded on July 1, 2007, is a weblog dedicated to bringing you an unbiased clear cut view on all things related to technology. In addition, we bring you reviews of the hottest gadgets and gizmos. tech.nocr.at is edited by Frank Linhares and is currently seeking contributing editors. If your interested drop us a line [...]

Skype wont let me log in!

Hello all, Here’s the latest on the sign-on problem. We’re on the road to recovery. Skype is stabilizing, but this process may continue throughout the day. An encouraging number of users can now use Skype once again. We know we’re not out of the woods yet, but we are in better shape now than we [...]

Life TV

Everyone has heard of Justin.tv and iJustine. Innovators, or attention freaks, you decide, but they are the ones that started the craze. Live video feeds of every day people doing every day things. People around the world have jumped on this new medium of sharing, even big names in the Tech world like Leo Laporte [...]

iPhone unlocked, almost

The almighty iPhone is quickly crumbling under the pressure that hackers world wide have been putting on it. The iPhone Dev Team has been able to extract the content of the radio memory. They now have the main key to truly unlocking the iPhone and making me one happy Canadian with a full working iPhone. [...]

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