To answer your technical question minus the classic/. judgement I second @klek in suggesting Flic.io.
It sounds like it will do exactly what you're looking for.
Unfortunately they're still in development but it sounds like exactly what you're looking for.
I realize that the iPad is pretty much out but I have to throw my experience with Note Taker HD in the ring. Coupled with a Wacom Bamboo stylus it has met all of my needs as a consultant and could see it performing well in an academic setting with the addition of a keyboard.
If you're liking the idea of some code and some controls, you can get a good foundation in both with a Computer Engineering degree. That would give you the flexibility to focus on different aspects of computing/controls systems (or one, if you find you really like a particular area) and is a perfect companion to ME. If you go all software (Computer Science), you miss out on the understanding of how the electrics/electronics work and if you go all hardware (Electrical Engineering), you miss out on the higher level integration aspects of what modern software environments can really do. Also, just being able to speak the language of MEs, EEs, and CSCs is invaluable when working in multi/inter-disciplinary scenarios.
Full disclosure: I am a Computer Engineer specializing in (semi)autonomous robotics systems (and/love/ it).
The best idea I've heard so far for programming is to use the first click to turn the LED on to ~100 lumens then to use the button as a momentary switch to crank it all the way to 500. Let off and it returns to 100. Makes sense in a lot of situations where you might need a lot of light quickly and don't want to be flipping through brightness modes to get there - with the plus that it would also help runtime.
Don't forget:
Kari Byron - Mythbusters, Head Rush (new science show for kids)
Grant Imahara - Mysthbusters, BattleBots (what kid doesn't like killer robots?)
Tori Belleci - Mythbusters and special effects work on popular movies (Star Wars, Matrix, etc.)
"The more bandwidth that you make available, the faster it will be consumed."
Making more bandwidth available does nothing for demand.
The only case where that statement holds is if their network is currently in saturation.
Telling.
I think this is what you're looking for.
There have also been US military studies done on the topic and there is a contest brewing as well.
Exciting times.:-)
The Cisco Telepresence systems are nice, but not/that/ nice. $400 per hour seems a bit steep when you have to travel to the meeting place to begin with. Maybe for the extremely rare instance for a smallish company.
For our VTC, we use relatively cheap LifeSize systems. We've had good luck with stability and interoperability although most of our VTC is LifeSize to LifeSize. Still, at $5K for a basic system (plus display) it wouldn't take long to make that up. A fully integrated room like the Cisco system goes for ~$75K.
One more note. If you're going to do serious VTC, use Masergy.
One one more note, LifeSize just released their new systems which do 1080p30. I don't know about bandwidth, but the "old" 720p30 systems that I'm using do that with ~1100kbps. I'm assuming that the new ones will require ~4 times that for full motion.
Obligatory disclaimer: I'm not affiliated with LifeSize, just a happy customer.:-)
...and if you use a cordless for your landline, ditch it for a corded model so that it will still work if there are power outages.
When we migrated to VoIP, we lost the redundancy we had with landline POTS since POTS has its own power system. If power goes out, so is VoIP. Cellular service is required to recapture that redundancy, in my view, for anyone with VoIP service.
If you set up the VOIP phones with PoE and have enough capacity (UPS *and* generator) in your infrastructure backup, you still have redundancy. For all of the power-backed computers and laptops out there, you get the added benefit of data redundancy as well.
I guess it all doesn't matter if your facility is 5 meters under water though...
We just need to start linking "traffic shaping" to racial profiling. In effect, the two are not that different. Just because "you" (the airline security guy or the ISP) think that person/packet X is more likely to "cause trouble" doesn't mean that they/it should be treated differently. Let's get some good ol' negative connotations attached to this issue and get the non-nerds amongst us to understand that these practices are bad for everyone.
FWIW... I have a friend who was lasered (is that a word?) during one of his cargo flights. With beam dispersion as it is on consumer-grade devices, you get quite a wide beam at 500+ feet. He described it as the entire cockpit turning green, so he closed his eyes. It would have been fairly easy to look out the window and radio the authorities with the approximate location, but he chose not to. With a powerful enough laser, it could definitely do damage to someones eyes, if not at least cause disorientation - something you definitely don't want when you're flying an aircraft.
A123 cells (based on Li-Ion tech) are being designed for this purpose (among others). I'm using them on combat robots currently with great high-drain/high-charge results. I regularly take them from 80% drained to 100% full in ~20 minutes but the charger is the main limitation there, not the cells. For additional tech-justification, DeWalt is using them in their Lithium power tools.
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To answer your technical question minus the classic /. judgement I second @klek in suggesting Flic.io.
It sounds like it will do exactly what you're looking for.
Unfortunately they're still in development but it sounds like exactly what you're looking for.
I realize that the iPad is pretty much out but I have to throw my experience with Note Taker HD in the ring. Coupled with a Wacom Bamboo stylus it has met all of my needs as a consultant and could see it performing well in an academic setting with the addition of a keyboard.
If you're liking the idea of some code and some controls, you can get a good foundation in both with a Computer Engineering degree. That would give you the flexibility to focus on different aspects of computing/controls systems (or one, if you find you really like a particular area) and is a perfect companion to ME. If you go all software (Computer Science), you miss out on the understanding of how the electrics/electronics work and if you go all hardware (Electrical Engineering), you miss out on the higher level integration aspects of what modern software environments can really do. Also, just being able to speak the language of MEs, EEs, and CSCs is invaluable when working in multi/inter-disciplinary scenarios.
/love/ it).
Full disclosure: I am a Computer Engineer specializing in (semi)autonomous robotics systems (and
The best idea I've heard so far for programming is to use the first click to turn the LED on to ~100 lumens then to use the button as a momentary switch to crank it all the way to 500. Let off and it returns to 100. Makes sense in a lot of situations where you might need a lot of light quickly and don't want to be flipping through brightness modes to get there - with the plus that it would also help runtime.
Don't forget:
Kari Byron - Mythbusters, Head Rush (new science show for kids)
Grant Imahara - Mysthbusters, BattleBots (what kid doesn't like killer robots?)
Tori Belleci - Mythbusters and special effects work on popular movies (Star Wars, Matrix, etc.)
"The more bandwidth that you make available, the faster it will be consumed."
Making more bandwidth available does nothing for demand.
The only case where that statement holds is if their network is currently in saturation.
Telling.
I think this is what you're looking for. :-)
There have also been US military studies done on the topic and there is a contest brewing as well.
Exciting times.
More information at ifixit.com with complete tear-aparts as usual:
MacBook: http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/First-Look/Mac/MacBook-Unibody
Pro: http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/First-Look/Mac/MacBook-Pro-Unibody
The Cisco Telepresence systems are nice, but not /that/ nice. $400 per hour seems a bit steep when you have to travel to the meeting place to begin with. Maybe for the extremely rare instance for a smallish company.
:-)
For our VTC, we use relatively cheap LifeSize systems. We've had good luck with stability and interoperability although most of our VTC is LifeSize to LifeSize. Still, at $5K for a basic system (plus display) it wouldn't take long to make that up. A fully integrated room like the Cisco system goes for ~$75K.
One more note. If you're going to do serious VTC, use Masergy.
One one more note, LifeSize just released their new systems which do 1080p30. I don't know about bandwidth, but the "old" 720p30 systems that I'm using do that with ~1100kbps. I'm assuming that the new ones will require ~4 times that for full motion.
Obligatory disclaimer: I'm not affiliated with LifeSize, just a happy customer.
In fact, that no such effect is seen is one of the experiments that puts a bound on how fast the physical constants can be changing over time.
What if the speed of light was also one of these changing "constants"? :-)
Genuine question, not trying to troll.
...but nobody wants a rock war.
...but nobody wants Iraq war. ;-)
There, fixed that for ya.
A very bad summary indeed, and a quite bad article to start with.
You sir, have summed up Slashdot quite well in one sentence.
But you forgot to mention all of the off-topic comments that are inevitably modded "+5 Funny".
What were we talking about again?
"the ability to 'drag and drop tabs between browser windows.'"
You can do that now last time I checked...
When we migrated to VoIP, we lost the redundancy we had with landline POTS since POTS has its own power system. If power goes out, so is VoIP. Cellular service is required to recapture that redundancy, in my view, for anyone with VoIP service.
If you set up the VOIP phones with PoE and have enough capacity (UPS *and* generator) in your infrastructure backup, you still have redundancy. For all of the power-backed computers and laptops out there, you get the added benefit of data redundancy as well.
I guess it all doesn't matter if your facility is 5 meters under water though...
We just need to start linking "traffic shaping" to racial profiling. In effect, the two are not that different. Just because "you" (the airline security guy or the ISP) think that person/packet X is more likely to "cause trouble" doesn't mean that they/it should be treated differently. Let's get some good ol' negative connotations attached to this issue and get the non-nerds amongst us to understand that these practices are bad for everyone.
"Just Get Along"
It's their slogan highlighted in the "about" page.
Guess they should take their own advice.
FWIW... I have a friend who was lasered (is that a word?) during one of his cargo flights. With beam dispersion as it is on consumer-grade devices, you get quite a wide beam at 500+ feet. He described it as the entire cockpit turning green, so he closed his eyes. It would have been fairly easy to look out the window and radio the authorities with the approximate location, but he chose not to. With a powerful enough laser, it could definitely do damage to someones eyes, if not at least cause disorientation - something you definitely don't want when you're flying an aircraft.
http://www.ifixit.com/ is a great resource for everthing Mac mobile. (iPods and lappys)
http://www.numenta.com/
Actually, driving only requires the control of one dimension - yaw.
;-)
Flying adds both pitch and roll.
Don't worry, I was confused when I first thought about it too.
I figured that the operating limit would be around (Fahrenheit) 457. :-)
A123 cells (based on Li-Ion tech) are being designed for this purpose (among others). I'm using them on combat robots currently with great high-drain/high-charge results. I regularly take them from 80% drained to 100% full in ~20 minutes but the charger is the main limitation there, not the cells. For additional tech-justification, DeWalt is using them in their Lithium power tools.
"the lack of an SDK means that there won't be a killer application for the iPhone"
Who's to say that Apple can't/won't write that killer app?
If this Internet company is based in Hong Kong, how does British law apply exactly?
Clever solution:e te-ibook-logic-board-repair
http://geektechnique.org/projectlab/726/diy-obsol