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One Chip Arduino




  • The circuit of LilyPad arduino is mounted on the DIP of ATmega88.
  • There are Reset-SW,Skech loading pin-header and LED of D13.
  • Using internal clock 8MHz.
  • Doesn't put ICSP pin-header because there is no space.
  • Cost is less than 500yen($5).
  • Source code of bootloader for the ATmega88 which is made by Mr. bird.dip.jp. And recompiled it with clock 8MHz.
  • Writing the sketch uses an USB-Serial converter.






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Arduino factory + Production tour

arduino’s story is unusual to say the least. five colleagues, seeking to empower students with the tools to create, developed the platform in 2005. now distributors estimate that over one million arduinos have been sold, and the arduino community is among the most resilent and inventive on the internet.
who would ever imagine that global cultural and economic revolution would spring from the tranquil fields of piedmont, italy, in tiny towns nestled against the stunning backdrop of the alps? but that’s exactly where arduino, the system of microcontrollers revolutionzing the maker movement and pioneering the concept of opensource hardware, was born in 2005 and continues to make its home today.


















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Phys.org Newsletter Friday, May 2



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58 HELD IN PHILIPPINES OVER GLOBAL 'SEXTORTION' RING
Fifty-eight people have been arrested in the Philippines for their involvement in a giant, global Internet "sextortion" network, local police and Interpol announced on Friday.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-05-held-philippines-global-sextortion.html#nwlt

ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS TO SOCIETY'S PROBLEMS
Can engineering help people live better lives? Can it help to preserve our most deeply held values? University of Kentucky researcher Samson Cheung thinks so. He researches how technology can be used to help people in very realistic and immediate ways. 
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-05-solutions-society-problems.html#nwlt

THE TOUCHY-FEELY ROBOT COMING SOON
Think of a world where a robot can not only carry a cup of tea to an elderly person, but can also sense whether it's too hot to handle.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-05-touchy-feely-robot.html#nwlt

UNIVERSITY EXPERTS HELP CREATE FIRST MOBILE-CONNECTED SMART CITY RANKING
A global initiative to encourage the world's leading cities to become 'smart' has received a significant boost from information specialists at the University of Sheffield, who have helped develop the first global smart city ranking.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-05-university-experts-mobile-connected-smart-city.html#nwlt

INTERPOL, PHILIPPINES BUST CYBER EXTORTION NETWORK
Philippine police, backed by Interpol, have arrested dozens of suspected members of an online extortion syndicate who duped hundreds of victims worldwide into exposing themselves in front of webcams or engaging in lewd chats, including a Scottish teenager who committed suicide after being blackmailed, officials said Friday.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-05-interpol-philippines-cyber-extortion-network.html#nwlt

MICROSOFT PICKS MIAMI FOR FIRST US INNOVATION CENTER
Microsoft is opening a state-of-the-art training facility in Miami, its first within the United States, the company announced Friday.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-05-microsoft-miami-center.html#nwlt

POLICE USE NEW TOOL TO SOURCE CROWDS FOR EVIDENCE (UPDATE)
An annual spring party in a Southern California beach town devolved into a riot last month when revelers turned violent, rocking cars, smashing windows and throwing rocks. Dozens were injured and about 50 people ended up in the hospital, including several police officers.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-05-police-tool-source-crowds-evidence.html#nwlt

DIMENCO NO-GLASSES 3D TV OFFER GOES LIVE ON KICKSTARTER
Eindhoven, Netherlands-based Dimenco has launched a Kickstarter campaign for their glasses-free 3D TV, selling for under $1,250 via a Kickstarter campaign. The company has a manufacturing site in The Netherlands, but is ramping up manufacturing at new facilities in the Far East, targeted for this month. After test runs of their new production facility, they are to start manufacturing in August to deliver their first products in September, and the bulk in November. "Having to use 3D glasses hampers social interaction and is simply uncomfortable," they said, and they have worked to develop a TV that can improve on the viewing experience. They are a small team, with years of experience in 3D technology. Maarten Tobias, Jan van der Horst, Pieter de Jong and Bas Böggemann are the four founders of Dimenco. They worked together at a former venture of Philips that focused on 3D technology. Dimenco was founded in 2010. The Kickstarter campaign offer is a 39" glasses-free 3D TV with!
Full HD
quality in 3D and 2D.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-05-dimenco-no-glasses-3d-tv-kickstarter.html#nwlt

COMPUTER SYSTEM AUTOMATICALLY SOLVES WORD PROBLEMS
Researchers in MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, working with colleagues at the University of Washington, have developed a new computer system that can automatically solve the type of word problems common in introductory algebra classes.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-05-automatically-word-problems.html#nwlt

HUMAN MEDIA LAB INTRODUCES SHAPE-CHANGING SMARTPHONE (W/ VIDEO)
(Phys.org) —After hearing about the work at a premier media lab in Canada, suddenly"smartphone" becomes a very limiting word, incomplete in describing the instrument that has been created as a handheld map, book, menu or whatever else rendering of information you may need that just happens to have a phone function too. The Human Media Lab at Canada's Queen's University have come up with PaperFold, as a multi-display shape changing smartphone. The PaperFold uses up to three detachable display tiles. Each tile has a flexible E-ink display and flexible 3D-printed substrate with embedded sensors.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-05-human-media-lab-shape-changing-smartphone.html#nwlt




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Another quality post from Blogger Sentral!

Another quality post from Blogger Sentral!

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Fixing Facebook Share Showing Wrong Thumbnail

Posted: 02 May 2014 03:26 AM PDT

A lot of Blogger users are having problem getting the correct thumbnail or picture to show up when sharing a post on Facebook. For some reason Facebook pulls a picture unrelated to the shared post. The image seems to come from anywhere - the blog's header, sidebar or footer. It could be the blog logo, image from a picture widget, profile photo from About Me widget or even a commenter's avatar.

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Phys.org Newsletter Thursday, May 1


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SMALL BUSINESSES GET A SHOT AT THE BIG TIME WITH .LONDON
The launch of the .London domain name has been accompanied by a great deal of hype but the change is more than just cosmetic. This is a real opportunity for smaller organisations to make their mark in the cut-throat world of online business.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-05-small-businesses-shot-big-london.html#nwlt

WITH JUST A SMARTPHONE UP YOUR PETTICOAT, YOU CAN NOW READ MILLS & BOON ANYWHERE
Mills & Boon, the guilty pleasure of many a reader over the decades, is shunning the Kindle in favour of launching its own app.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-05-smartphone-petticoat-mills-boon.html#nwlt

LAWSUIT SEEKS ACCESS TO MORE SECRET COURT OPINIONS
A new lawsuit says the Obama administration has refused to hand over secret court documents about the National Security Agency's surveillance activities.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-05-lawsuit-access-secret-court-opinions.html#nwlt

COMPUTER GLITCH DISRUPTS US FLIGHTS
A computer glitch at a California air traffic control center disrupted flights in the United States for about an hour Wednesday, authorities said.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-05-glitch-disrupts-flights.html#nwlt

JURORS END DAY WITHOUT VERDICT IN PATENT CASE
California jurors failed Wednesday to decide a patent-infringement case involving the world's two biggest smartphone makers after their first full day of deliberations.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-05-jurors-day-verdict-patent-case.html#nwlt

PLAYSTATION RAMPS PLAY WITH CLEVER INDEPENDENT GAMES
While major video game makers place sure bets on sequels to blockbuster titles, Sony is working with independent studios to bring sassy new titles to the PlayStation platform.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-05-playstation-ramps-clever-independent-games.html#nwlt

INTEL TO PUMP $6 BN INTO ISRAEL
US computer chip giant Intel is to invest close to $6 billion in upgrading its Israeli production facilities, Israeli Economy Minister Naftali Bennett said on Thursday.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-05-intel-bn-israel.html#nwlt

HIGH-EFFICIENCY WATER TREATMENT USING LIGHT USING A NOVEL UV-LIGHT SYSTEM
Many harmful substances in waste water stubbornly resist being broken down by biological waste water treatment plants. Fraunhofer researchers have developed a photochemical reaction system in which water can be reliably treated at high flow rates by UV light without having to add chemical catalysts. They will be presenting an initial industrial prototype at this year's IFAT in Munich, 5-9 May.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-05-high-efficiency-treatment-uv-light.html#nwlt

RECYCLING THE NEXT GENERATION
About 70 billion tons of raw materials are extracted world wide annually. That is twice as much as at the end of the 1970s. This trend is continuing – even with finite resources. One way to have enough materials available for manufacturing new goods in future is to recycle continually. Fraunhofer researchers are working on the advanced "Molecular Sorting" project for the next-generation circular economy.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-05-recycling.html#nwlt

ARMY OF DIGITAL "AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS" MAKES CLOUDS MORE EFFICIENT, SCALABLE
IBM inventors have developed a method for managing how resources are used and work is done within a cloud by distributing control throughout the interconnected systems, reducing bottlenecks and increasing efficiency.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-05-army-digital-air-traffic-clouds.html#nwlt

SMALL CHANGES COULD SAVE STRUCTURES, LIVES DURING TORNADOES
Surviving a tornado in a wood-frame residential home is enhanced by an intact roof and standing walls, but light-weight garage doors can be the weak link to allowing high winds and pressure changes into a home that can lead to the removal of the roof and collapsed walls, according to a study of damage left behind by a powerful tornado in Moore, Oklahoma, in 2013 by researchers from The University of Alabama and other institutions.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-05-small-tornadoes.html#nwlt

WITH BUGS IN THE SYSTEM HOW SAFE IS THE INTERNET?
It seems hardly a week goes by without a major cyber security flaw exposed that could be exploited across millions of internet and mobile connected devices.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-05-bugs-safe-internet.html#nwlt

TABLET COMPUTERS FOR GLOBAL LITERACY
In two remote villages in rural Ethiopia, a team of literacy and technology experts from Tufts and MIT launched a grand experiment with a simple gesture: they dropped off a handful of tablet computers for 40 children who'd never seen anything like them before—they hadn't ever attended school or seen electricity or paper. The tablets contained specially designed apps to help illiterate children learn the basics: letters and sounds and, eventually, reading fundamentals.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-05-tablet-global-literacy.html#nwlt

VIACOM 2Q PROFIT RISES 4 PCT HELPED BY TV NETWORKS (UPDATE)
Viacom said Thursday that its second-quarter profit rose 4 percent, boosted by strong results at its TV networks that offset a decline at its movie-making business.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-05-viacom-2q-profit-pct-tv.html#nwlt

FOUR MYTHS ABOUT PRIVACY
(Phys.org) —Many privacy discussions follow a similar pattern, and involve the same kinds of arguments. It's commonplace to hear that privacy is dead, that people—especially kids—don't care about privacy, that people with nothing to hide have nothing to fear, and that privacy is bad for business. "These claims are common, but they're myths," said Neil M. Richards, JD, privacy law expert and professor of law at Washington University in St. Louis.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-05-myths-privacy.html#nwlt

NEW SENSOR SYSTEM DETECTS EARLY SIGNS OF CONCUSSION IN REAL TIME
(Phys.org) —Imagine a physician, sitting in a stadium press box, equipped with technology that makes it possible to continuously monitor each player's physiological signs that indicate concussion.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-05-sensor-early-concussion-real.html#nwlt

'AT&T SEEKS TO BUY DIRECTV'
US telecoms giant AT&T has offered to buy satellite TV firm DirecTV, in the latest move for consolidation in the television and industry, the Wall Street Journal said Thursday.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-05-att-directv.html#nwlt

INTERNET GIANTS EYE CHEERLEADER'S DEFAMATION SUIT
An appeals court is considering whether an Arizona-based gossip website should have been allowed to be sued for defamation by a former Cincinnati Bengals cheerleader convicted of having sex with a teenager.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-05-internet-giants-eye-cheerleader-defamation.html#nwlt

GLOBAL TABLET SALES FREEZE UP, SURVEY SHOWS
The global market for tablet computers went into hibernation in early 2014, ending a long run of sizzling growth, a survey showed Thursday.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-05-global-tablet-sales-survey.html#nwlt

JUSTICE DEPARTMENT, EBAY SETTLE ANTITRUST LAWSUIT
The Justice Department on Thursday settled a lawsuit against eBay that accused the company of anticompetitive practices in the recruitment and hiring of skilled employees.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-05-ebay-mn-no-poaching-case.html#nwlt

GIFT GUIDE: SOLID TECH OPTIONS FOR UPGRADING MOM
Mom is busy. She's working and making and doing and raising you, among other things. In return, it's probably time for her to upgrade her aging PC or laptop. Hint, hint.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-05-gift-solid-tech-options-mom.html#nwlt

SNAPCHAT ADDS CHAT AS MESSAGING SPACE HEATS UP
Snapchat is adding a chat feature to its ephemeral messaging service.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-05-snapchat-chat-messaging-space.html#nwlt

LINKEDIN POSTS 1Q LOSS AS EXPENSES RISE
LinkedIn suffered a first-quarter loss as the online professional networking service ramped up its investments in projects aimed at attracting more users on the lookout for better jobs and career advice.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-05-linkedin-1q-loss-expenses.html#nwlt

MICROSOFT PATCHING PERILOUS HOLE IN IE WEB BROWSER
Microsoft Thursday released a patch for a perilous hole in its Internet Explorer browser that hackers could slip through to invade computers.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-05-microsoft-explorer.html#nwlt

WHITE HOUSE REPORT EMBRACES 'BIG DATA,' PRIVACY RULES
A study ordered by US President Barack Obama and released Thursday concludes that analysis of "big data" can help society in many ways, from improving health care to spurring economic growth.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-05-white-house-embraces-big-privacy.html#nwlt

3D PEN-IN-AIR AIMS FOR PROFESSIONAL HEIGHTS
In the 3D marketplace, would a small, lightweight 3D printing pen, enabling doodling in the air with precision, really take off? Here's an indication: a Kickstarter project offering a 3D pen that is small, light and able to write and draw in the air passed its fundraising goal in hours after its Tuesday launch and the numbers are still moving north at the time of this writing.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-05-3d-pen-in-air-aims-professional-heights.html#nwlt

DEVICE COULD BOOST IMAGE QUALITY FOR PHONES, COMPUTERS AND TVS
(Phys.org) —A device created by UCLA researchers could lead to a significant leap in the quality of images on smartphones, computer displays, TVs and inkjet printers.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-05-device-boost-image-quality-tvs.html#nwlt


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iPhone lockscreen can be bypassed with new iOS 6.1 trick

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A security flaw in Apple's iOS 6.1 lets anyone bypass your iPhone password lock and access your phone app, view or modify contacts, check your voicemail, and look through your photos (by attempting to add a photo to a contact). The method, as detailed by YouTube user videosdebarraquito, involves making (and immediately canceling) an emergency call and holding down the power button twice. We followed the steps and managed to access the phone app on two UK iPhone 5s running iOS 6.1. This isn't the first time this has happened — a very similar bug affected iOS 4.1, and was fixed in iOS 4.2. We've reached out to Apple for comment and will update you once we hear back.
Update: Apple says it is aware of the issue and is currently working on a fix that will be deployed in a future software update.

Via: theverge

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Swimming-pool ships make waves in modular robotics

Swimming-pool ships make waves in modular robotics  (w/ Video)
University of Pennsylvania engineering Professor Mark Yim and his students in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics have been floating their robotic boats at the university pool after-hours as part of a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) project. They have received funding from DARPA's Tactically Expandable Maritime Platform.
The idea is for DARPA to draw upon the robotic boat project as research that can serve their goal of designing systems that move containers in agile ways, as linked-together boats to form islands, or to form bridges, or to serve as landing strips. The systems are for and other military purposes. According to DARPA, "The vision is to enable humanitarian assistance and disaster relief over broad coastal areas without dependence on local infrastructure, using unmodified commercial containerships, thus freeing military ships to carry out other military missions."
Prof. Yim said DARPA wants eventually to scale this system up to size, envisioning their being able to jump off the boat and form a variety of instantly formed structures. The students, in designing their , are doing a scaled-down model of what DARPA intends to do.

The team has been renting out the pool several nights a week and they conduct their experiments, with their robot swarms taking over the pool, into the early morning hours.
The team built over 100 miniature "boats" out of laser-cut black plastic. As a video shows, the containers look like large shoe boxes. The containers are each named after a chemical element. The boats are controlled with Gumstix computers, which are Linux computers-on-modules. The computers tell the boats where to go.
Yim and his students have written and manipulated code to get the boats to perform their tasks. When the assignment is to form an island, the boats move into place and hook together.
Prof. Lim's research interests lie squarely in modular robots, which are machines made up of modules that can function alone or can be configured for a specific task. These types of robots are made up of identical active components that can be arranged to form numerous configurations—from snake to humanoid to centipede shapes. The systems can also self-reconfigure, depending on the called-upon task. Instead of sending ten different robots to do ten different things, notes Lim, one can have one robot that can do those ten things.

Source : phys.org

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Samsung start making of Jelly Bean test firmwares for the Galaxy Ace 2

Samsung is going to update the Galaxy Ace 2 in the near future but when? Today SamMobile received a couple of screenshots of a pre-release firmware for the GT-I8160 Galaxy Ace 2. The Galaxy Ace 2 is a good selling mid-range Android smartphone by Samsung and is expected to get an Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean update around March / April. We think it is good to see Samsung started the Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean for the Galaxy Ace 2. The Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 is not the only mid-range Android device to get Android 4.1.2. Earlier leaked out that Samsung will update the Galaxy Beam, Galaxy Music, Galaxy Chat, Galaxy Ace Plus and the Galaxy Mini 2 as well.  All android devices by Samsung will get the new TouchWiz Nature UX interface. Of course this will be a downgraded version of the Galaxy S III.
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Sony Xperia TX Gets Update Android Jellybean On March


                                        Sony Mobile rumored to have confirmed that the Sony Xperia TX will soon get operating system updates Jelly Bean.But unfortunately TX Xperia users will have to wait another month to be able to enjoy the pleasure of Jelly Bean because this new update will be available next March.
SonyMobile Blog Says :
Hello everyone,
We’d like to bring you up-to-speed with the latest in our Android 4.1 rollout scheduling. First up, the upgrade plans* for Xperia T, Xperia TX and Xperia V are progressing as planned – these smartphones will start to receive Jelly Bean during February and March.Next up, Xperia P, Xperia J and Xperia go will be upgraded from the end of March. Then Xperia S, Xperia SL, Xperia ion and Xperia acro S will follow in the subsequent weeks.
Update Include Features Here :
  • Updated, more intuitive versions of Sony Media apps: WALKMAN, Album and Movies 
  • Increased options for personalization
  • Improved app organization and search 
  • Improved camera functionality 
  • Google Now 
This update brings the latest version of the application itself WALKMAN, Albums and Movies; new launcher with 7 home screen, and a variety of other new features.As a reminder, other phones like the Sony Xperia P, Xperia and Xperia J will go get the update at the end of March. As for the Xperia S, SL Xperia, Xperia ion and Xperia acro S will get the update in April.

Source :androidnice.com

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Google is Rumored to Be Released Android 4.2.2 This Month



                            Google is rumored to be launching Android 4.2.2 for the Nexus 4, Nexus 7, and Nexus 10 in a few weeks. There is no official information issued by Google, but a source who refused to be named said that this update brings improvements in Bluetooth streaming, security, and performance. The small update is said to include a number of security enhancements and bug fixes such as the Bluetooth streaming issue on the Nexus 7, among other issues. Android 4.2.2 may launch as early as ”mid-February or mid-March.”
Furthermore rumored, this update is not a major update such as the presence of Android 5.0 Key Lime Pie. Android version 5.0 many predicted number of parties will slide at the Google I / O in May.As already reported in January, Android 4.2.2 was first seen on the Nexus unit 4 in Malaysia and Brazil. This latest addition to the Nexus, Nexus devices like the Samsung Galaxy Nexus length also gets Android 4.2.2 update as shown in the following picture leaked.

SOURCE: androidnice.com

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Close to 2 billion NFC enabled devices to ship by 2017


Samsung's Tech Tile lets you program your device to respond to NFC signals
ABI Research: Close to 2 billion NFC enabled devices to ship by 2017
Samsung's Tech Tile lets you program your device to respond to NFC signals
According to ABI Research, support for the short-range NFC technology that is used for mobile payments and other applications has been increasing over the course of the year. At one time estimated to be in 80 million devices to be shipped this year, ABI felt compelled to raise its prediction for the first time ever to 120 million units expected to ship with NFC in 2012. 9 out of the top 10 OEM manufacturers are producing devices that support the technology.

ABI sees NFC coming out of what it calls a "trial phase" next year with the inclusion of the technology spreading from Android and Windows Phone 8 handsets to Android tablets and Windows PCs. Additionally, NFC will become a "default technology" in manufacturer's flagship models. Besides its use with mobile payments technology, NFC is being used with tags to allow a user's device to adjust its settings automatically. ABI says other uses for NFC include "online/offline authentication, retail and loyalty applications, reader functionality, AFC, and advertising as a host of value added opportunities presented to service providers from which they can draw new revenue streams."



source: ABI via IntoMobile

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how you get free energy ?


Note: This system in the video will generate just a few volts but it proves the concept.

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LEXI the robot improves safety for explosives handlers

LEXI is a new robot at work in the firing tanks of the Lab's High Explosives Applications Facility (HEAF) and the work that's done there for the National Explosives Engineering Sciences Security (NEXESS) Center. The tri-lab program is funded by the Department of Homeland Security to assess threats from explosives and to evaluate countermeasures.

"We've been looking at various homemade explosives in detail ever since, both experimentally and using modeling and simulation," said Lee Glascoe, who heads LLNL's participation in NEXESS. "We need to see what a terrorist might use and how effective certain types of explosives might be in bringing down planes and other targets of interest." "There are a lot of materials that we look at, and many are safe to work with in contact, such as with your hands, if you know what you are doing," he said. "But there are many that are not; particularly if they have certain additives like sulfur or aluminum. Typically the explosives' ingredients handled by themselves are benign, but mixed together, they become dangerous." Chemist Sabrina DePiero agrees. "They're jumpy enough that we don't want to be around them once they're mixed." In order to minimize risk to personnel, the NEXESS team realized remote operations for unsafe explosives would be necessary and a robot designed for handling explosives would be an important component of the overall remote operation. After reviewing three different models, the iRobot Packbot 510, manufactured by the same company that created the Roomba vacuum-cleaning robot, was chosen and dubbed LEXI for Livermore Explosives iRobot. DePiero is responsible for preparing the materials in an assembly room at HEAF. Following a procedure she developed that is designed for safety, DePiero carefully layers two or three ingredients including a fuel and oxidizer in a plastic cylinder. "Because they are not intimately mixed, they're not sensitive at this point and we can handle them. " She then walks them to one of HEAF's several firing tanks and inserts the container into an acoustic mixer. She exits and the tank and secondary doors are closed. Once the area is secure, the acoustic mixer is started by remote control. It vibrates the materials at the system's resonance frequency to create the fully mixed and, now, dangerous to handle, explosive. During the remote mixing operation, LEXI is parked behind a blast shield inside the tank. After the procedure is complete, LEXI rolls to the mixer and removes the cylinder containing the explosive mix and transports it to the tank's firing table. Once that delicate task is complete, the tank door is opened, LEXI rolls out, and the explosives can be detonated. According to Glascoe: "A real challenge was configuring LEXI and all the equipment for making, mixing and handling these explosives at HEAF. Before LEXI, we weren't able to look at some of these explosives because of safety concerns."

Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2012-11-lexi-robot-safety-explosives-handlers.html#jCp

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How To Share Your Printer With Anyone On The Internet



Windows 7’s Homegroup feature makes sharing printers on your local network easy, but what if you want to share a printer over the Internet? This has traditionally been very complicated, involving print drivers, firewall rules and IP addresses. Google Cloud Print, built into Google Chrome, simplifies online printer sharing.
We’ve written about using PrinterShare to share printers in the past, but Google Cloud Print is a much easier alternative. After you share your printer with someone, they can print to it from their web browser – you can even print to your own printer from a browser if you’re away from your computer.

Setting Up Cloud Print

You’ll need the Google Chrome web browser installed to set up Cloud Print. After it’s installed, launch it and open its Options page.

Click over to the Under the Hood tab and scroll down; you’ll find the Google Cloud Printoption hidden near the bottom.

Click the “Sign in to Google Cloud Print” button and you’ll be asked to register your computer’s printers with your Google account.

Sharing the Printer

Click the Manage Your Printers link after registering your printers to access the Cloud Print website. You can also access this page by clicking the Manage Print Settings button next to Google Cloud Print on the Under the Hood page.
The main window here shows a list of print jobs, but you won’t have anything here yet. ClickPrinters in the sidebar and you’ll see a list of printers on your current computer.
Select a printer and click the Share button to manage its sharing settings
Type an email address into the box and click Share. This box will automatically autocomplete addresses you type from your Gmail contacts, so you can also start typing a contact’s name to find their email address.
Google Chrome must be open on your computer so it can forward incoming print jobs to your printer. Don’t worry, though — if Google Chrome is closed or your computer is turned off, print jobs will be saved in Cloud Print’s queue online. They’ll start printing automatically the next time you launch Google Chrome.

Accepting The Shared Printer

The person you share the printer with can sign into their Google account and access theGoogle Cloud Print website. They’ll see an indication that they have a new printer.
First, they’ll have to accept the shared printer.
The printer will appear in their list — a face icon superimposed over the printer’s icon indicates that it’s a shared printer.

Printing A Document

The person you share the printer with can click the Print button and select “Upload File to Print” to upload a file from their computer and print it on your printer.
You should be able to upload any PDF or DOC file — hopefully, Google will add support for additional file types in the future.
The “Other Ways to Print” option takes you to a page that lists ways you can access the shared printer from other devices. Google Cloud print is integrated into the Gmail and Google Docs mobile webpages for smartphones and Cloud Print apps are available for iOSAndroidand Mac.
Cloud Print isn’t only for sharing your printer with other people; it can also provide access to your printer from other devices. You can use the apps to print from your smartphone or tablet or use the website to print when you’re away from your printer.

Future Features

Google Cloud Print is currently in beta and is evolving quickly. Currently, it supports both Windows and Mac. Linux users can’t share their printers yet, but they can still print using the Cloud Print webpage. Some printers even include Cloud Print support out of the box, so you can connect them to your network and use them without setting up Google Chrome. Expect more printers with integrated Cloud Print support in the future.
Have you tried Google Cloud Print sharing yet? Let us know how well it works for you in the comments.
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The AMP-Foot 2.0


A Powered Transtibial Prosthesis That Mimics Intact Ankle Behavior (Video)
Here's a robot video that I found interesting:

The main idea behind the AMP-Foot 2.0 is to have the actuator work longer with a lower power rating while the produced energy is stored in elastic elements and released when needed for propulsion. The device is designed to provide 100% of push-off for a 75 kg subject walking at normal cadence on ground level.
Source From: http://mech.vub.ac.be/multibody/research_topics.htm

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How to Update Galaxy S3 GT I9300 to Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean with Root Box ROM


  • Download the Root Box Based Android 4.1.2 Jellybean Custom ROM and Google APPS Package from here to your computer. After the download completes, connect your phone to the computer with an USB cable and copy the two downloaded zipfiles to the root folder of the phone's SD card.
  • Disconnect the phone from computer. Then, power off the Galaxy S3 device and boot into the recovery mode. To do so, press and hold the Volume Up and Home key buttons and keep tapping the Power button until the device boots into recovery mode.
  • In recovery mode, choose Wipe data/factory reset and Wipe Cache partition options. If thedevice accidentally boots into normal mode, then you need to retry the process by repeating the previous step. You can also enter the device in recovery mode using the ROM Manager app.
  • Choose install zip from sd card and click choose zip from sd card. Now, browse and select the Root Box Jellybean 4.1.2 Custom ROM and Google Apps Package which you copied to your phone. It will take about 4 to 5 minutes for installing the update.
  • After the ROM is installed, hit Go Back and tap Reboot System now to reboot the phone in the normal mode. The first boot is more time consuming than the normal mode, as it has to finalize all the apps. So, leave it alone.
Note: If the device locks in boot loop sequence or gets stuck at the welcome screen, just reinsert the battery and repeat the above instructions to complete the ROM installation.
Root Box ROM Based Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean update is now successfully installed on your Galaxy S3 GT I9300. Navigate to Settings > About phone to verify the firmware version installed.

Source From: ibtimes.co.uk

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Voltage programmable simple logic device and square wave signal generator

Here's another daft yet interesting PIC12F675 idea I came up with. When I wanted to show someone how logic gates worked I could only find a NAND gate which wasn't very handy for demonstrating AND's OR's, NOR's and ExOR's.  I also wanted to have a play with the A/D converter on the 12F675 so I came up with the idea of a PIC that could function as a single 2-input logic element.  
The logic function is determined by an analogue voltage applied to the GPIO4 pin when the device is first reset, it isn't sampled again after this so logic can't be changed on the fly.  The 3 MSBs of the A/D conversion give eight distinct voltage levels that map to specific logic functions.  Six functions have been implemented;  these are 2 input AND, OR and EXOR gates and their negated equivalents. 
Just to prove the concept, here is a 'D' type flip flop (PIC Flop:-) I built out of five 12F675 Logic Elements operating as NAND gates.  The sixth device is configured to operate in square wave mode to provide a clock input to the flip-flop for testing.  The small pushbutton provides the 'data' input.
Code and schematics
This code is written to work on a 12F675 device. The HEX file below is assembled for and has been tested with the 12F675. It should work on a 12F683 too but I haven't tried it. This code won't work with a 12F629 because it doesn't have the ADC feature. 
Source From: http://picprojects.org.uk/projects/logic/logicelement.htm

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Magnetic Microbots to Fight Cancer


Magnets steer medical microbots through blood vessels

Late one crisp October night in 2006, a hospital technician in Montreal slid the limp body of an anesthetized pig into the tube of a magnetic resonance imaging machine, or MRI. A catheter extended from a large blood vessel below its neck—a carotid artery. Into the catheter, a surgeon injected a steel bead slightly larger than the ball of a ballpoint pen.
In a room next door, my engineering graduate students and I held our breath. We were testing a program designed to manipulate the machine’s magnetic forces, which would guide the bead like a remote-controlled submarine. Or so we hoped.
On a computer screen, the bead appeared as a square white tracking icon perched on the gray, wormlike image of the scanned artery. We stared at the square and waited. Nothing. Seconds ticked by, and still the bead refused to budge. Then suddenly the room erupted in cheers as we clapped our hands to our mouths and pointed at the screen. There, the bead was hopping up and down the artery, tagging every waypoint we had plotted.
photo-illustration of direct delivery of drugs to tumors
Illustration: anatomyblue
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That was the first time anyone had steered an object wirelessly through the blood vessel of a living creature. The experiment convinced us that we could engineer miniature machines to navigate the vast circulatory system of the human body. The microrobots would be able to travel deep inside the body, cruising our tiniest blood vessels to places that catheters can’t go and performing tasks that would be impossible without invasive procedures.



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Android Accessory Demo Shield


This Accessory Demo Shield (ADS) is compatible with the Android open Accessory Development kit (AKD).It can be attached to the ADK board and Anduino Mega board. It implements a joystick, LED outputs, temperature and light sensors.
Specification:
  • Compatible with Mega and Mega ADK
  • I2C Joystick
  • 3 RGB LEDs
  • 3 buttons
  • Touch sensor
  • LM35 temperature sensor
  • LX1972 light sensor
  • 3 way servo control pins
  • 2 Relays

Documents:
Source: micro4you.com