Bluetooth

Smithsonian Advertises Via Bluetooth - Tools of Change for Publishing

By Peter Brantley

The Smithsonian's Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery are sending out Bluetooth tethers to passers-by. From a Smithsonian press release: ... this new medium of advertising...

[Publish Date: August 13, 2008]

Lego Mindstorms NXT and Leopard Bluetooth - O'Reilly Digital Media Blog

By Todd Ogasawara

I don't think the Mac-LEGO Mindstorms NXT connection gets enough web-print. So, I finally took the time to play with LEGO Mindstorms NXT and an Intel-based Macbook connected using Bluetooth. The result was a lot of fun! :-)

[Publish Date: July 09, 2008]

Annotated Reality/ Real Space in Virtual Time - Art Installation: Where 2.0 ...

Using bluetooth server software i would like to invigorate the location of the conference by creating a electronic media work which draws on the historical and current significance of the site.

[Publish Date: May 19, 2009]

Bluetooth Proximity Detection on OS X - O'Reilly Mac DevCenter Blog

By Bruce Stewart

Our friends at Make just noticed this write-up of how to use a nifty little OS X app that detects Bluetooth proximity (not surprisingly, called Proximity) to create custom Applescipt-based actions based on when a user with a Bluetooth-enabled device...

[Publish Date: March 20, 2007]

MacBook + Microsoft Wireless (Bluetooth) Notebook Presenter Mouse 8000? - ...

By Todd Ogasawara

I've been thinking of buying a Bluetooth mouse for my MacBook for a while now to let my MacBook be dongle-less when using a wireless mouse (I use a regular RF Microsoft wireless mouse right now). So, I decided...

[Publish Date: March 15, 2007]

Garmin Nuvifone Videos and Screenshots Make It Look Great - O'Reilly Radar

By Brady Forrest

Navigadget has found two videos of Garmin's upcoming Nuvifone. They offer lots of hints at the services the iPhone-like device will offer. The scenario video (below) focuses on navigation, photos, web browsing, phone and media. The intro video (above) lets us know that it'll also have BlueTooth, calendaring, NAVTEQ maps (touting their long-term geo-data partner), Google, email, MSN Direct...

[Publish Date: February 06, 2008]

FFOSS (Freeware/Free & Open Source Software) Friday - O'Reilly Mac ...

By Todd Ogasawara

iStumbler Release 98: WiFi/Bluetooth Network Activity Monitor The latest version of the freeware Mac OS X wireless network detection tool was released this past February. iStumbler Release 98 iStumbler not only detects WiFi. It also detects Bluetooth wireless activity as...

[Publish Date: April 27, 2007]

Windows Mobile Weekly Roundup - O'Reilly Windows DevCenter Blog

By Todd Ogasawara

Here's the weekly summary of a mix of Windows Mobile and general mobile tech related items from my personal blog. Use Bluetooth with ActiveSync instead of USB Microsoft took away ActiveSync over the network (wired and wireless) a few versions...

[Publish Date: February 12, 2007]

Updated Developer Notes posted - O'Reilly Mac DevCenter Blog

By Erica Sadun

Apple just updated a bunch of their high level Developer Notes that provide developers with technical descriptions of Apple products and capabilities. The updated items include Audio (both analog and digital capabilities), Bluetooth, Ethernet, FireWire/1394, Mac Pro, PCI, RAM expansion,...

[Publish Date: April 16, 2007]

iPod touch Browser Advice from iPhone Users??? - O'Reilly Mac DevCenter Blog

By Todd Ogasawara

I've long said that I just want an "i" (iPhone without the Phone). So, today the "i" (iPod touch) arrived. Ok, it is missing a camera, mic/speaker, Bluetooth (ouch), email client (ouch ouch), and couple of other things. But, it...

[Publish Date: September 05, 2007]

Your Home Knows You're Home - O'Reilly Mac DevCenter Blog

By Gordon Meyer

I'm often looking for ways to improve my home automation system. A few days ago, a post at Hackszine drew my attention to Jesse David Hollington's article on Bluetooth Proximity Detection on Mac OS X. And more recently, Bruce Stewart...

[Publish Date: March 23, 2007]

Web2Summit: What is Nokia's Ovi? - O'Reilly Radar

By Brady Forrest

Nokia gave a talk at the Web 2.0 Summit that spent a lot of time on the new N810 Internet Tablet and unfortunately very little time on Ovi, their new internet services play. The main hardware difference from previous Nokia Internet Tablets like the N800 is a slide-out keyboard. It also has a GPS, Bluetooth, large screen, extended-able storage...

[Publish Date: October 17, 2007]