Sentences with word «tinkerer»

That doesn't address the burgeoning group of «garage biologists» who are helping drive innovation in a way similar to a previous generation of tinkerers who developed computer technologies.

On the plus side, LG still includes a full suite of DSLR - style manual controls for both of its rear - facing cameras, and they help cement the V20 as the perfect phone for tinkerers who really want explore their tech toys.

The Raspberry Pi 3 was built with DIY tinkerers in mind, but a lot of buyers just use the device as a stellar low - cost home theater PC.

Sept. 13 - 14: The Orlando Science Center hosts the Orlando Maker Faire, a celebration of do - it - yourself for scientists and garage tinkerers of all ages.

Typically, Android tinkerers who want to invest a lot of time into customizing their phone also have to pay full price for a flagship.

A natural tinkerer with things, Nelson grew interested in astronomical instruments, and in 1977 made a proposal to the University of California to build a telescope with a mirror 10 meters across, twice the size of the biggest telescope in the United States at the time.

This is unlikely though, The Wii U, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One are very much focused on keeping tinkerers out of the system.

You do need cultural institutions that facilitate the exchange of hands - on learning to spread the knowledge gained by tinkerers who discover easy ways to cure the amazing oversights in existing equipment installations.

The downside is Apple TV isn't tinkerer - friendly, with no USB port.

I recently read a book in which the author surmised that most readers would describe Thomas Edison as a lone tinkerer working on his many inventions in a small workshop in isolation.

And it's not just the geography that's apropos: «Germans in this area are known as tinkerers and inventors,» says Cliff Harris, GE Renewable Energy's general manager for onshore wind in EMEA.

«Happy news for Android tinkerers everywhere — Motorola has officially confirmed it will attempt to perform its 4G upgrade on all Verizon Wireless - riding Xoom tablets it receives from users, whether they've been rooted, repainted, or accessorized with fluffy dice.»

Dinosaurs didn't stand the test of time, but that didn't stop tinkerers from reincarnating their genetically modified brethren, hoping to reap enormous wealth.

Obsessed with equipment and willing to take some hits along the way, a self - taught tinkerer became the go - to guy for some of the NFL's biggest stars when it comes to a crucial piece of equipment: shoulder pads

Kids are natural tinkerers.

Foege finds similar promise in modern tinkerers like Dean Kamen, who built projectors for rock bands in high school, then invented a string of medical devices before turning to the elegant but overhyped Segway.

There is a reason that makers and tinkerers love the Raspberry Pi so much.

«The use of technological «locks» against tinkerers also threatens user innovation -...

Head to this Mini Maker Faire to connect with other young tinkerers, engineers, authors, artists, crafters, and makers of all kinds (Boston)

Ledvance's Lightify is a solid solution that offers ample flexibility in a portable and affordable package, though the interface remains designed more for hardcore tinkerers.

The military brat from Fairbanks had been a self - taught tinkerer, whiling away adolescent hours poking around Microsoft Windows registries and prying the backs off computer cases.

Its roots are in DIY punk culture, the hacking community, the rise of affordable making technology like 3D printers, and the success of famous tinkerers like Steve Jobs and Elon Musk (the chief architect of Tesla Motors).

No longer solely the purview of makers, technological tinkerers, expensive laboratories and tech geeks, 3 - D printing is quickly becoming the next big thing in technology, finding a significant foothold and making itself indispensible in industries ranging from medicine to tech accessories to farming.

Take it from a compulsive tinkerer (who's always on the hunt for new ways to improve fulfillment)-- the time for shipping's facelift is right now.

The Coders» Rights Project builds on EFF's longstanding work protecting researchers through education, legal defense, amicus briefs, and involvement in the community with the goal of promoting innovation and safeguarding the rights of curious tinkerers and hackers on the digital frontier.

How can we combat the stereotype of scientists as obsessive tinkerers?

Left on his own, Reppy — an inveterate tinkerer — was soon trying to improve his apparatus.

Robot creator Mike McMaster made a replica with his team of robot tinkerers (also successful in coming up with some perfect R2D2s) of WALL - E ~ Pixar's...

Other builders and tinkerers still follow Sam's work to learn how to turn Raspberry Pi into an Alexa client.

There are tons of custom ROMs out there but this new one should great for ROM tinkerers, users who like to go from ROM to ROM and test as many as possible before deciding which one should be kept as their daily operating system.

KCHUNG Radio is a creative hub of artists, musicians, philosophers, and tinkerers broadcasting live on 1630 AM from above a Pho restaurant in Los Angeles's Chinatown.

Aquaponics has become popular in recent years among urban gardeners and DIY tinkerers, but Maundu - who is trained in industrial robotics - has taken the agricultural craft one step further and made his gardens smart.

While human - generated energy has previously been mostly limited to one - off solutions rigged together by inventive tinkerers, at least four gyms globally have now gotten in on the act, using the power from their members pedaling to reduce their energy bills, and in one case, even give back a little bit of the savings to gym goers!

If you like to test - drive a lot of add - ons and are a constant productivity tinkerer / lifehacker type, Xero will probably appeal to you.

University of Georgia students call it the North Avenue Trade School, but Georgia Tech could not care less as long as it has such tinkerers around as Rich Yunkus.

The premise borrows a little from Jaume Collet - Serra and Neeson's previous jetliner - set Non-Stop (2014), though throughout his eight films the director has revealed himself as a constant tinkerer, busily reworking the instruction books of his game - movies.

It could be large - hearted eccentrics versus large - minded tinkerers.

OnePlus has really stepped into the limelight as the OEM for tinkerers following the demise of the Nexus program.

For another, it is providing a Moto Mod Dev Kit to help developers and tinkerers make their own mods.

Google today opened the software development kit (SDK) of its Google Assistant, allowing tinkerers and companies making devices to incorporate Google Assistant into products like smart speakers, cars, or robots.

Occupying two nondescript buildings at the end of a light - industrial cul - de-sac, General Fusion's headquarters bring to mind a super-sized tinkerer's garage.

Instead, the lifelong tinkerer — as a child, he rewired a switch in the family basement to disable a light on his parents» phone system so he could conceal his excessive modem use — invented a technology that can protect your email and data from anyone bent on stealing it, whether a criminal hacker or a government snoop.

But when tinkerer DaMert pulled his first sample from the mold, it hadn't quite cured.

In more than a decade, Dermer has crisscrossed the globe, evaluating more than 40,000 toys, meeting with everyone from strange tinkerers toiling in their basements, to rocket scientists, mompreneurs and, of course, professional inventors.

Wuthnow warns readers against trying to provide «ready - made answers» for young - adult tinkerers.

But these paradigm tinkerers stood their ground and ultimately became the predominant voice in the church.

And some data tinkerers are making art that visualize pi's infinite and random digits.