It's not just "the common use" either - I have a scientist friend who has a latex allergy (daily exposure to lab gloves led to the development a few years after she finished her doctorate) who went into anaphylactic shock on two separate occasions - once (right after she found out) while blowing up balloons at her niece's birthday party, and once after eating food prepared by people wearing latex gloves (there was nothing indicating that the people prepping the food were wearing gloves).
I always think back to Descent II when I hear about plasma gun- excuse me, "flashlight"... almost as much fun as the phoenix cannon (but not quite). They use the tech to sterilize equipment in labs, why not use it to sterilize people? Could mean the end of antibiotic-resistant bacteria - and lead to noninvasive procedures for certain medical conditions that otherwise require surgical solutions.
I was looking at projects that I could get my brother (big into physics, not so much programming) involved with, and http://sheepdogguides.com/arduino/ahttoc.htm has a "home alarm" system project guide. I found the alarm guide the first time I read through his page, but somehow have lost the link to it specifically - I leave it to someone who's not at work and has more time to dig out the gold nuggets here, but I promise that it's there.
It's cheap but not fast, so it's not a solution, but it's interesting nonetheless.
When choosing a host for a web site, I went to some of my go-to technical sites and blogs to find a reliable option (i.e. - who they used, and whether they advertised about/talked about their service). This doesn't work for everyone, but can be a good starting point when trying to find a new service provider - like asking your dad which plumber you should call.
Not saying that I don't ask my fair share of obvious questions (oh, I do) - I just expect better. Rather than "Is a home drone feasible, this is my problem" - why not a "I've been researching building a home drone to take aerial photographs of (whatever) and have decided on a carbon-fiber body with a Micropilot MP1028g autopilot system. I feel like this is a reliable start, but does anyone know of any cheaper alternatives."
Tragically enough, that would imply that he can use slashdot but not google, considering I found diydrones.com after a simple search for "arduino" and "drone" and arguably would have found it with "diy" and "drone" as well.
But red meat IS KILLING US.
*cough*
I remember the days when I argued with people about the lethality of smoking, and won several (formal) arguments about correlation vs. causation re: lung cancer and smoking (essentially, at the time, there was no scientific proof of causation). I am one who enjoys arguing about things for the sake of proving a point (which is that she who has the best evidence, wins, regardless of common knowledge/social mores) - but this is ridiculous. I'm sick of people telling one another what they should do/be/eat/whatever to maintain a socially acceptable standard of health.
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I always think back to Descent II when I hear about plasma gun- excuse me, "flashlight" ... almost as much fun as the phoenix cannon (but not quite). They use the tech to sterilize equipment in labs, why not use it to sterilize people? Could mean the end of antibiotic-resistant bacteria - and lead to noninvasive procedures for certain medical conditions that otherwise require surgical solutions.
I was looking at projects that I could get my brother (big into physics, not so much programming) involved with, and http://sheepdogguides.com/arduino/ahttoc.htm has a "home alarm" system project guide. I found the alarm guide the first time I read through his page, but somehow have lost the link to it specifically - I leave it to someone who's not at work and has more time to dig out the gold nuggets here, but I promise that it's there. It's cheap but not fast, so it's not a solution, but it's interesting nonetheless.
When choosing a host for a web site, I went to some of my go-to technical sites and blogs to find a reliable option (i.e. - who they used, and whether they advertised about/talked about their service). This doesn't work for everyone, but can be a good starting point when trying to find a new service provider - like asking your dad which plumber you should call.
Not saying that I don't ask my fair share of obvious questions (oh, I do) - I just expect better. Rather than "Is a home drone feasible, this is my problem" - why not a "I've been researching building a home drone to take aerial photographs of (whatever) and have decided on a carbon-fiber body with a Micropilot MP1028g autopilot system. I feel like this is a reliable start, but does anyone know of any cheaper alternatives."
Tragically enough, that would imply that he can use slashdot but not google, considering I found diydrones.com after a simple search for "arduino" and "drone" and arguably would have found it with "diy" and "drone" as well.
In Development: A fish-testing card (think those date rape coasters) that will tell you if your fish is legit. YAY!
But red meat IS KILLING US. *cough* I remember the days when I argued with people about the lethality of smoking, and won several (formal) arguments about correlation vs. causation re: lung cancer and smoking (essentially, at the time, there was no scientific proof of causation). I am one who enjoys arguing about things for the sake of proving a point (which is that she who has the best evidence, wins, regardless of common knowledge/social mores) - but this is ridiculous. I'm sick of people telling one another what they should do/be/eat/whatever to maintain a socially acceptable standard of health.