What we really need is a display on the wall, next to the thermostat, that looks like the fuel economy guage on the Prius. On the right is the current consumption, on the left is a bar chart showing past consumption averaged over 5 minute periods. It makes driving the prius like a video game where getting the highest economy is the goal. I'd think if we had such a display, you'd keep track of your consumption, and you'd know if you were drawing more power than you should be for any given time; like leaving a light on in the basement.
How can we expect people to conserve without any easy-to-see meausrement of consumption.
I currently run a website, TrailRegistry that does exactly this. Actually it does a whole lot more. The general tilt of my site is hiking related, so the pictures are generally of views, shelters, mountains, etc... What I think is more important is sharing of trip data collected by GPS. So for instance, if you hiked an unmarked trail in your area, you could upload the GPS track log to TrailRegistry, and TrailRegistry will create a Topo map (On the fly) for other users to use.
Please check it out, You might find it usefull. Also,I allways love feedback on what I could do better..
Now if a similar robot could pull weeds out from between good plants, and target and kill insects, we would all be eating organic food cheaply.
Just a thought,
-Geoff
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I've been working on a hiking website that uses GPS data to allow users to create and share maps. You can download trails from the website to the palm, and after hiking a never-before-mapped trail, you can donate the GPS track log and my website will add the trail to its network of trails.
I've currently got a whole bunch of trails from the new york/ new england area.
Sorry for delving into Old-Tech, but...
All you really need to do is use a lever...
Simply, hook up a doorbell (the kind that the button part sticks out a bit from the rest of the contraption).
Put a doorbell on the bedstand with the button facing up, duct tape a yardstick or some other lever down to the table next to the doorbell, so that it rests on the button. Any infitesmal force applied to the long end of the lever will ring the doorbell.
Good luck,
-Geoff
Give me a large enough lever and I can move the world!
---Archimedes (Also invented some "Screw")
All I want in a broser is incremental search, ala emacs.
The ability to quickly skip to the part of the page that I'm interested in.
To make incremental search really work, we need a cursor, not for entering text, but so when we put point over a link and hit enter we follow the link. Also, we could do quick block copies to the clipboard based on mark and point.
Imagine how much faster we would be able to use the web if we didn't have to use that damn mouse!
It sounds to me like they have 1) A fast processor that speaks its own language. 2) Some device that translates code from some other istruction set on the fly and independent of the fist processor. 3) Once the translation is deemed to be correct, the original is tossed. What this means: They can run any instruction set they like as fast as they want because the main CPU is not doing the translation.
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What we really need is a display on the wall, next to the thermostat, that looks like the fuel economy guage on the Prius. On the right is the current consumption, on the left is a bar chart showing past consumption averaged over 5 minute periods. It makes driving the prius like a video game where getting the highest economy is the goal. I'd think if we had such a display, you'd keep track of your consumption, and you'd know if you were drawing more power than you should be for any given time; like leaving a light on in the basement.
How can we expect people to conserve without any easy-to-see meausrement of consumption.
-Geoff
I built a website for doing exactly this.
http://trailregistry.com/
-Geoff
GPS users should really appreciate my website:
http://trailregistry.com
You can create maps from old track logs, and share these maps, waypoints, trip reports, etc..
A good portion of the data on the site comes from DLG (Digital Line Graphs) from the USGS and National Park Service.
I currently run a website, TrailRegistry that does exactly this. Actually it does a whole lot more. The general tilt of my site is hiking related, so the pictures are generally of views, shelters, mountains, etc... What I think is more important is sharing of trip data collected by GPS. So for instance, if you hiked an unmarked trail in your area, you could upload the GPS track log to TrailRegistry, and TrailRegistry will create a Topo map (On the fly) for other users to use.
Please check it out, You might find it usefull. Also,I allways love feedback on what I could do better..
Now if a similar robot could pull weeds out from between good plants, and target and kill insects, we would all be eating organic food cheaply.
Just a thought,
-Geoff
I've been working on a hiking website that uses GPS data to allow users to create and share maps. You can download trails from the website to the palm, and after hiking a never-before-mapped trail, you can donate the GPS track log and my website will add the trail to its network of trails.
I've currently got a whole bunch of trails from the new york/ new england area.
Check it out:
http://www.trailregistry.com
-Geoff
Step 1: Cow Shits ....
Step 2:
Step 3: Power!
It seems that these keyboards would be great for gesture input. That could obsolete you mouse too.. :)
Except for hiking trails.
It has a long way to go, but the first pass is up.
Check it out:
http://www.trailregistry.com
-Geoff
Has anyone had any luck with getting the kyocera 2235 usb cable to talk to linux? I get gread speeds with windows, but I can't use it at all w/ linux.
-Geoff
I've got the pseudo 3g w/ verizon and it works great on acela, almost the entire trip between boston and new york has high speed data.
Sorry for delving into Old-Tech, but... All you really need to do is use a lever... Simply, hook up a doorbell (the kind that the button part sticks out a bit from the rest of the contraption). Put a doorbell on the bedstand with the button facing up, duct tape a yardstick or some other lever down to the table next to the doorbell, so that it rests on the button. Any infitesmal force applied to the long end of the lever will ring the doorbell. Good luck, -Geoff Give me a large enough lever and I can move the world! ---Archimedes (Also invented some "Screw")
All I want in a broser is incremental search, ala emacs.
The ability to quickly skip to the part of the page that I'm interested in.
To make incremental search really work, we need a cursor, not for entering text, but so when we put point over a link and hit enter we follow the link. Also, we could do quick block copies to the clipboard based on mark and point.
Imagine how much faster we would be able to use the web if we didn't have to use that damn mouse!
-Geoff
If people stop watching TV ads, then maybe advertisers will put more money into the banner ads. That would be nice.
-Geoff
Are there any event's scheduled for friday? -Geoff
It sounds to me like they have 1) A fast processor that speaks its own language. 2) Some device that translates code from some other istruction set on the fly and independent of the fist processor. 3) Once the translation is deemed to be correct, the original is tossed. What this means: They can run any instruction set they like as fast as they want because the main CPU is not doing the translation.