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Ultrasound is the size of handheld gaming systems now. But MRI used to take up large chunks of a room, and i know some in the 80s had to be installed by opening up a hole in the side of a hospital. Today they're relatively small and you can fit several in a room.
Ie, http://image.made-in-china.com...

Ultrasound doesn't need large components outside of the transducer, so it's easy to make it compact. MRI has components are are very difficult to shrink, and the bed is an integrated component as well. Both imaging systems are essentially heavy data processing, but those components have shrink over time, gotten faster and are consuming less power, and that in itself is creating new applications and abilities (ie, there's even real time MRI imaging now which used to be considered impractical).

http://image.made-in-china.com...

is angled less than

http://web.tradekorea.com/uplo...

LOL! Are you fucking serious? Your best example is a pair of 10 cent disposable pieces of shit that are nearly identical?

http://image.made-in-china.com...

is angled less than

http://web.tradekorea.com/uplo...

Another problem with your posts is that you often misuse simple technical terms, which suggests you are either completely ignorant or refuse to use the proper terminology. See, I think you meant SLIDER POTS when you said "linear" because you mentioned a musical instrument.

Also, when you say "older", are you implying that newer ones AREN'T soldered (not that they ever were?) Here's a look inside a slider pot:

http://image.made-in-china.com...

You see any solder, micronuts? The graphite paste is printed right on the trace of the substrate. Right along with the impurities that let the manufacturer reach the desired resistance value.

Which incidentally for audio, is almost never LINEAR taper, but LOG or SEMI-LOG, which you would know if you had half the knowledge you claim to have.

The motion of the wiper might be linear, as in a straight line, but no one refers to the motion of the slider, no one calls regular pots CIRCULAR resistors, do they?

Another sad thing with your posts is that sometimes you would appear to have something to contribute, but it's buried in so much bullshit it doesn't show.

I strongly suspect you have a bad case of Asperger's. I recommend you read some books written by Asperger's people, like these:

Look me in the eye, by Robison
Journal of best practices, by Finch

You might then realize how you sound to other people, and hopefully calm the fuck down. You'll realize that no one really gives a shit if you're a walking encyclopedia (of wrong information), and you'll see how you present yourself to others.

Also, if a plastic trigger is illegal, that would make every plastic toy gun, every water pistol, every cap gun, illegal. And every seller, maker, importer guilty of manufacturing/importing/distributing illegal firearm parts.

Nearly every cleaner, weed-spray, bug-spray bottle in my laundry has a trigger on it.

FASCIA doesn't make me think of any scary diseases ;) - what it reminds me of is:

muscle diagram - Fiber cable diagram #1, Fiber cable diagram #2

No they aren't. With charging kiosks in malls and such, like these or these I would say that they are pretty common.

Users are frustrated that the punch cards and terminals that they depend on for data processing are just not available for the PC.

Are you sure about that? The desire certainly still exists :

I hesitate, but the thought is parent to the deed : Rule 34.

Those machines are also eyewateringly expensive. This machine is actually pretty damn cheap even if all it does is pick and place.

Sorry for the late reply. Those machines were just the quickest example that I could link to. The reason for the expense is because the high industrial/production volume/rates they are built for. Those machines are for high-volume, large-scale production operations in large factories.

People have been able to easily build a pick-&-place type machine like one that loads a standard through-hole printed-circuit board using solenoids/servos/stepper-motors and bog-standard industrial/commercial OTS programmable controllers costing a few hundreds for the past couple of decades now. I know. I've been employed in the past to design and set up PCB-based factory assembly lines. I've built them and machines that perform similar operations while working in the industrial automation field.

Here's some info on PLCs and a pic of a commonly-seen type:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Programmable_logic_controller

http://image.made-in-china.com/2f0j00EvGtRwpBaCzS/PLC-Programmable-Logic-Controller-XC3-48-60-.jpg

So, you'll have to excuse my lack of excitement if all that's happened is substituting one type of controller tech for another.

Strat

Yeah, I can. It would be something like this. Thanks for asking. Similarly, there are lots of apps appropriate for all ages of human, and even non-humans like cats and dogs. Imagine that!

I would argue that apple's design patent is invalid.

Here is why, and it has nothing to do with opinion of apple:

A design patent can only be legally issued for "unique, new, and novel" shapes and design motifs.

Apple's idevice designs are none of those. They basically looked at a cheap plastic picture frame, and copied it.

Many consumer products come in this form factor, and have for a very long time. Here are some examples:

Chinese dry erase board, tablet size

Wooden round cornered picture frames

aluminum picture frame, chinese

For reference, here is what the iPad looks like.

complimentary iPad image

The color of the inactive display (black) is not a design feature. It is a feature of how the technology works.

I have seen plastic picture frames that are flat out strikingly like the iPad in aesthetic design in art stores since the late 80s, when plastic really became popular as a choice. If you are showcasing an image, using a picture frame as an aesthetic inspiration is a no-brainer.

Apple should not have been granted this patent.

Sort of except much bigger...

http://www.made-in-china.com/showroom/rogersluoluo/product-detailGMkJqRbyCehL/China-Bridge-Fabrication-Machine.html

The one I was looking for is made by an Italian outfit but my google-fu is weak today....

China is already at war with us, but it is an economic war. They wouldn't fuck this up by using their military except to defend themselves, or invade Taiwan. And yes, they are already planning the invasion of Taiwan

You can't say they aren't great capitalists, though. (Note the little "add to basket" icon). http://www.made-in-china.com/showroom/bjgreatwall/product-detailNnxEtvQUomHI/China-Long-March-Launch-Vehicle-Performances.html

My rare-used keys and some other stuff is fixed inside the backpack with plastic cord ties ( http://hovyo.com/ebay/cab-gres/cab_4.gif ) and carabines ( http://image.made-in-china.com/2f0j00qewTJaKGEYbS/Snap-Hook-Carabine-Hook-Din5299-.jpg ) I prefer to carry keys separately, with no single key ring or something, becuause at any place I keep duplicates

Agreed. Once upon a time, my father forbid me to use our 486SX. At that time, it was common for computers to have a key switch (like this), which would prevent booting when locked. I got so pissed off I made a key out of the cap of a bic pen :-).

There are many. Again, I buy directly from China, from various suppliers in Shenzhen, and I live in Argentina, so I have no bloody idea of where you can get them in the states.

In my experience, retailers usually don't sell this development boards, and sell instead boxes based on them. Whenever you find a retailer that does bring in that product, the price will be outrageous. My tip: You'll find suppliers in China that'll sell you as few as 50 units. Off course, if you just want 1 or 2, you can get them easily as test boards. You'll have to stay up late (a few years ago, they used to work during the night and you could just call them during the day, now they work during the day and we have to stay up at night to call them), find the board you want and who makes it in China (75% of the time somewhere in Guangdong), call them, say you represent a company doing whatever and that you were planning on buying a few hundred items every month, talk with them a few times, get a price list, and then request a small quantity (1-3) for evaluation purposes. They'll sell it at you for around 15-20% more than the wholesale price they sent you earlier, and you can get it cheaply into the country (at least that's true in Argentina and Brasil) as an evaluation item.

There are many sites that list this things and who produces them.

Here's an example, but there are many directories like this one:

http://www.made-in-china.com/productdirectory.do?subaction=hunt&style=b&mode=and&code=0&comProvince=nolimit&order=0&word=ARM+board

Be prepared for:

  - Very, very bad Engrish. Be patient.
  - Salesman that are desperate to find an excuse to leave the country, specially women, and they'll try to talk you into setting up a meeting that requires them travelling overseas (this really really happens all the time, go with the flow and get what you want)
  - Salesman that have no idea of what they are selling. Specs are scarce, and so are SDKs. They'll not send you anything. Their policy is "buy it and see what it does".
  - They never say "no". If you request something that they can't provide or don't want to provide, they just say 'yes, yes' and delay and avoid doing it.
  - When they don't understand you, they'll also go "yes, yes"

If you want to test this boards before you bring them, you can try buying some of the products that use them. There are some cheap surveillance apps (4 Channel DVRs) that use 650 mhz ARM processors, and come with Ethernet and 4 video inputs (SAA 7134). You can buy them anywhere for around $60 in China, so assume twice as much from any security wholesaler in the states.

Another thing I recommend, are this babies:

http://www.foxconnchannel.com/product/Motherboards/socket.aspx?socket_id=en-us0000010&socket_name=Atom+CPU+onboard

There are also some great fanless mobos from Intel, that come with embedded Atom processors (The single core 200 series (230,270, etc), and the 300/500 series that are dual core (330/510)).

Both of them have 2 threads per core, so GNU/Linux will register 4 fucking penguins! :)

This mobos retail for way under 100. The Foxconn mobos are cheaper, but have the same Intel cheaps. You can find the fanless Atom 270 models under $80.

Hope this helps.

In the U.S., 220v is generally available for the appliances that need it; electrically heated central heater, clothes dryer, water heater, oven/stove. The plugs for this are much more substantial than the common 110v lamp cord shown in TFA. Here is an example http://salestores.com/monste21.html Gas is commonly used for these purposes, and in that case 110v is plenty for the fans/electrial motors. The washing machine and dish washer don't need 220v, because they use the central hot water source. If they do heat water, it is only to give a slight increase to the available hot water source. If an induction stove running on 220v has 7000W available, a similar amperage on 110V would provide 3500V, which is enough for most of your other examples. My 220V service provides 50A for the oven/stove, 40A for the AC, 30A for the dryer. It seems like the induction stove referenced would work fine in the U.S. The only situation I have seen the 110V service being a limitation is for higher-end consumer espresso machines, which want a 20A service to allow dual boilers to operate at the same time. This is also available in newer kitchens in the U.S., with a funny plug to prevent use in an ordinary outlet. See the plug here http://www.made-in-china.com/image/2f0j00cMUQTSRBqLoGM/Us-Straight-Blade-Plug-YGA-020-.jpg and the socket here http://cache.smarthome.com/images/4271bi.jpg

Sorry, what?

http://crave.cnet.co.uk/gadgets/0,39029552,49303764-4,00.htm

These cables can only carry currents of up to 2.5A

WHAT? Where the hell did the author get this information?!

Here's a random picture that I found through Google, for those of you who don't know how European wall sockets look like: http://www.goodlogo.com/images/extended.info/b/bcc/wall_socket_NL_GE.jpg

Here's the miserable excuse for the British wall socket: http://www.made-in-china.com/image/2f0j00PvutNFZDbIcQM/Socket-A091-.jpg

1) The European socket has a plastic outside cone for insulation. If the cable is partially unplugged, you cannot touch it with your fingers. The British version has nothing.

2) The European socket allows you to plug the cables upside down (which is extremely helpful in certain situations).

3) Contrary to how it's portrayed in the article, the European socket *does* have grounding. In fact, it has two grounding pins, top and bottom.

4) Some people have mentioned the size of the plugs themselves. Here's the one with the grounding http://www.advin.com/uv-eraser-plug-FE-W512.JPG and here's the one used for small appliances and gadgets http://www.tuxgraphics.org/electronics/powersockets/power_plug_euro.jpg

What a stupid article... Stupid British arrogance.

You're imagining things. For the last thirty years the only place where you have found incandescent lighing has been at peoples home.

Every mall, school, workplace already use flourescent lamps (though you might only recognize them looking like this instead of this).

Quite frankly, all the countries with "socialized medicine" are not paying their fair share for medical research.

      Then please explain to me why the piece of plastic that goes on an otoscope, so that I can look in your ear and is disposable, cost ME $0.75? It's a fricken piece of plastic for god's sake. There's no reason it shouldn't cost a penny, or two. But NOOOOO, because it's MEDICAL EQUIPMENT, it's VERY expensive. Must be that special martian plastic.

      Same with all other medical equipment. Earlier I heard someone complaining about $200 medical visitis. If you think a doctor is putting $200 in his pocket per patient, think again. You have no idea what it costs to set up and run a medical practice. Then let's talk liability insurance.

      Me, I used to make around $15 per patient PROFIT. An hour that works out to around $45 in my pocket. Not bad for 9 years of school, huh? Why do you think I quit. I make more on the stock market per DAY as a day trader than I did in a week as a physician. Plus no stock has ever called me at 3am with a case of the sniffles.

It obviously should be called Geranium, since it is a trans-uranic element discovered in Germany.

Check out this link, these machines are still human operated.

search at google for "cable mold machine" and "cable mold injection" and you'll get a lot more results .. this one just had the extra pretty pictures.

The real success of USB is as the universal source of a convenient five volts, with data as a secondary consideration. Look at all the buckets of incredibly weird crap you can get from China - the USB Christmas trees, the chicken foot flash drive, the mouse with a scorpion in ...

USB 3.0 plans to take the voltage down to 4 volts. This move must be resisted at all costs!

http://www.made-in-china.com/showroom/chinaqidun/product-detailRqcnsOJvEpky/China-Manager-Chairs-QD-M-002A-.html

I have one from the previous generation, no head rest and the mounts between the back and the seat look slightly different. But the lumbar support is awesome on this chair, and it has held up flawlessly over the last year and a half I've been using it at work. I couldn't find it on Office Max's web site though, so you'll probably have to track it down in store. Just tell the associates that you are looking for a mid backed mesh chair with adjustable lumbar support, that should get ya pointed in the right place. Other big features: Adjustable height arm rests, tilt, tilt torsion, and height. I wouldn't even consider a chair that didn't have those options.

-Rick

You can order a series of tubes, for example, on the series of tubes: http://www.made-in-china.com/china-products/productviewjmQxfKEEUJpH/LM-3B-Launch-Vehicle.html

Note the little "+ add to basket" button.

Mind you, I do find that a little frightening.

aahh, so you're a waffle man...

As these products aren't sold to major retail chains they've managed to get away with using name "MP4 Player" without actually having to play any mpeg video formats whatsoever. So don't expect xvid or any other mpeg 4 like content on it. Expect an audio track synced to a rapidly re-addressing frame buffer.

Here is a popular one that sells for around $20 (and unsurprisingly it looks like a 1st gen ipod nano) http://www.made-in-china.com/showroom/dellking/product-detailPqSnYWHcaEVi/China-1-8-Inch-Nice-Design-Mp4-Player-Super-Slim-OD-1-8-.html

Here is the wiki article on AMV if you're unfamiliar with just how dodgey a video format this is: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMV_video_format

I haven't used any of these Chinese clones. But, I would be interested to read any reviews of readers (and market prices) such as the following:

http://www.made-in-china.com/china-products/productviewpqCmfoYSYxWh/Ebook-Reader-S6-.html
http://www.made-in-china.com/china-products/productviewCMqmpwHvXQcn/V2-E-Book-Reader.html
http://www.made-in-china.com/china-products/productviewgbBJwFNcSmkK/Starebook.html

I haven't used any of these Chinese clones. But, I would be interested to read any reviews of readers (and market prices) such as the following:

http://www.made-in-china.com/china-products/productviewpqCmfoYSYxWh/Ebook-Reader-S6-.html
http://www.made-in-china.com/china-products/productviewCMqmpwHvXQcn/V2-E-Book-Reader.html
http://www.made-in-china.com/china-products/productviewgbBJwFNcSmkK/Starebook.html

I haven't used any of these Chinese clones. But, I would be interested to read any reviews of readers (and market prices) such as the following:

http://www.made-in-china.com/china-products/productviewpqCmfoYSYxWh/Ebook-Reader-S6-.html
http://www.made-in-china.com/china-products/productviewCMqmpwHvXQcn/V2-E-Book-Reader.html
http://www.made-in-china.com/china-products/productviewgbBJwFNcSmkK/Starebook.html

When I checked in at the Airport to come home from Shanghai, they told me that these were forbidden on planes. Does anyone know why? I majored in physics, and the reason that these might cause a problem is not obvious to me.

Connector durability is usually around ~1500 insertions...

See Regal and Ningbo Huanyu

has been reported from Suntang (google cache), however it can be difficult to find out information from them as their website is almost always down and they never reply to email: office@suntang.com. They primarly install Linux based thin client systems around China, and have moved development over to supporting Windows and concepts like VDSA (the Virtual Disk System Architecture) and Virtual Hard Drive Technology.

:(

They manufacture some great looking thin clients.

has been reported from Suntang (google cache), however it can be difficult to find out information from them as their website is almost always down and they never reply to email: office@suntang.com. They primarly install Linux based thin client systems around China, and have moved development over to supporting Windows and concepts like VDSA (the Virtual Disk System Architecture) and Virtual Hard Drive Technology.

:(

They manufacture some great looking thin clients.

an AC wrote In terms of military spending the US is so far ahead of anybody else. China is second and the US spends 12 times as much as China does. The US spends more than the next 13 biggest militaries in the world put together (that's more than China, Russia, the UK, France, Israel, North Korea and a whole load of others combined).


Yeah, it spins my head out that there's an organisation on the planet that spends 30 million dollars every single day.

On the other hand, fighting china is insane not because you couldn't win militarily, but because the economic fallout would destroy the world. Look at all the things made in china. China is the world's manufacturing plant. Most of our factories have been knocked down to make way for housing developments and malls. With that kind of market, not even SARS could check the growth of Chinese manufacturing.

Of course these folks believe that we could live without them, but I think that in a war you'd have to worry about the fact that the chinese manufacturing base is strong and healthy, while the western manufacturing base is in decline.