[Earl Foster] recently completed his 4th high altitude photographic balloon (HAPB-4) launch. This launch reached a peak altitude of 106,384 feet, and lasted about 3 hours. The final weight of the capsule was 5lb 3-3/8 oz, with all the electronics, GPS, digital camera, and HD video camera. His balloons operate under the exempt rules of FAA Part 101 subpart a governing unmanned balloon flight. This program has been setup to encouraging interest in science, mathematics, and engineering through unmanned ballooning. HAPB-4 uses a Parallax SPIN Stamp microcontroller, this multicore chip offers eight 32-bit processors (cogs) sharing 32kB RAM and ROM. Having eight separate COG’s allows him to log GPS data, control the camera, log and monitor sensors, and control LCD functions simultaneously with minimal hardware. During this flight he did have some equipment failures, but he was still able to capture some nice pictures.

Hi , I'm posting on behalf of my dad who's a DJ..I'm new in the mac buisness and I'm wanting to purchase a macbook/macbook pro soon - so I've been reading up on these forums alot. My dad uses a laptop and a tower at "work" with external harddrives where he rips all his cd's on the harddrives and uses software to load the songs to his decks and perform his mixes e.t.c
This usually happens with the laptop but knowing the nature of windows he has a tower as backup..I noticed the macmini and I was wondering if that would be a sensible choice?
Obviously he would have to buy a monitor and have a mouse/keyboard to plug in..but would it work?
Also, is there any sort of software similar that can be used on macs? (such as PCDJ) - and other custom software that categorizes his music.
(We're talking a couple of terrabytes of mp3's)...
I suggested the change to mac because he seeked stability (I know macs arent perfect but I know how chaotic windows can be)
thanks for your help!

Category: Sports
Released: Sep 06, 2008
Price: Free

Description:
Welcome to Rev Lite! This is a free "lite" version of Rev, the premier iPhone and iPod touch application for auto enthusiasts. The full version of Rev, coming soon, provides graphical representations of real-time performance data from your vehicle. Rev connects to your vehicle's OBD-II port to display real-time, highly detailed performance data. Rev can also detect and decode engine codes and correlate values such as fuel consumption and engine performance. Rev provides live-updating gauges, graphs, and LED-style readouts to keep you in tune with your vehicle. This app, Rev Lite, offers useful features to that do not require OBD-II communication hardware. â?¢ Acceleration: Displays your cornering, braking and acceleration G-forces. â?¢ GPS Track: Using the iPhone's GPS, learn about your acceleration and braking on the road and on the circuit. Green and red colors represent moments of forward and braking acceleration. Perfect your cornering habits and master the track. â?¢ OBD-II Metric Information: Learn about specific OBD-II vehicle metrics. Each of Rev's OBD vehicle metrics are described in detail, including information about how a vehicle's ECU monitors sensors to optimize vehicle performance. â?¢ Feedback: Join the mailing list to learn about Rev and OBD-II hardware availability and submit feedback about all things Rev. To learn more about Rev, visit the Rev web site listed below. Until Rev's release, enjoy Rev Lite for free, and let us hear your feedback. We're here for our community: input from you will directly influence features, changes, and the future of Rev.

Note: The description above is the official one supplied by the application developer and does not necessarily represent the views or opinions of this site or its staff.

Get it on iTunes: Rev Lite

hey all for christmas im getting a new computer and i would like to know some good games i can run on it

Computer specs:
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Processor
(2.4GHz, 1066MHz FSB, 8MB Cache)
Genuine Windows Vista (R) Home Premium
2GB Memory
250GB Hard Drive
Multi-Format Dual Layer DVD Re-Writer
256MB nVidia GeForce 8400 Graphics
6 USB Connections
Onboard LAN
19" Glass Fronted Widescreen TFT Monitor

i am going to add another 4gb of ram too.

so please list any games you think are worth getting

free or paid

if its decent link me a youtube video and i will buy it!

thanks!

I do not want to run the macbook closed I actually don't mind using both monitors at the same time. My problem is the dock/menu bar is still on the screen on the macbook. Is there anyway both of those can be moved to the external monitor?

Hey guys,

I need a DVI Splitter, but all the ones I'm finding at NewEgg have BAD reviews, or no reviews.

Basically, I use Duel Monitors on my desktop, but want to be able to also connect my PC to an LCD TV I'm about to purchase. So rather than having to change out the connections, I'd like to be able to just set up a profile for it, hit the hotkey, and turn on the TV to watch movies / play games.

So a KBM switch would work, if they make one for one PC, multiple outputs. (Kinda doubt it).

Thanks for any recommendations!

Aún en desarrollo y con unas características algo pobres, pero real y funcional: una pantalla táctil por las dos caras.

En principio, la pantalla táctil sólo tiene una resolución de 256x120 píxeles, con unas dimensiones que según la imagen podrían ser de unas 10 pulgadas aproximadamente. Es monocroma y en absoluto puede hacer las funciones de televisor, sino que más bien parece un monitor de aquellos que podías cambiarle el color del texto de la terminal de… por entonces DOS.

La pantalla táctil por las dos caras, la que podéis ver en la imagen, está actualmente fabricada por una empresa japonesa, Teraokaseiko, y está actualmente siendo mostrada en una feria en Tokio. Por ahora parece que queda bastante por desarrollar, ya que la mayoría de sus características son bastante pobres, pero si en un futuro se consigue una mejora notable, podría ser un dispositivo con cientos de funcionalidades mucho más complejas que las que disponen las pantallas táctiles de hoy en día.

Vía | ÜberGizmo.
Más información | TechOn.

Deeper than Reason Emotion and its Role in Literature, Music, and Art Jenefer Robinson Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-926365-3 Présentation de l'éditeur Deeper than Reason takes the insights of modern psychological and neuroscientific research on the emotions and brings them to bear on questions about our emotional involvement with the arts. Robinson begins by laying out a theory of emotion, one that is supported by the best evidence from current empirical work on emotions, and then in the light of this theory examines some of the ways in which the emotions function in the arts. Written in a clear and engaging style, her book will make fascinating reading for anyone who is interested in the emotions and how they work, as well as anyone engaged with the arts and aesthetics, especially with questions about emotional expression in the arts, emotional experience of art forms, and, more generally, artistic interpretation. Part One develops a theory of emotions as processes, having at their core non-cognitive 'instinctive' appraisals, 'deeper than reason', which automatically induce physiological changes and action tendencies, and which then give way to cognitive monitoring of the situation. Part Two examines the role of the emotions in understanding literature, especially the great realistic novels of the nineteenth century. Robinson argues that such works need to be experienced emotionally if they are to be properly understood. A detailed reading of Edith Wharton's novel The Reef demonstrates how a great novel can educate us emotionally by first evoking instinctive emotional responses and then getting us to cognitively monitor and reflect upon them. Part Three puts forward a new Romantic theory of emotional expression in the arts. Part Four deals with music, both the emotional expression of emotion in music, whether vocal or instrumental, and the arousal of emotion by music. The way music arouses emotion lends indirect support to the theory of emotion outlined in Part One. While grounded in the science of emotion, Deeper than Reason demonstrates the continuing importance [...]

Es gibt User, die mit Ungeziefer im Computer-Display zu kämpfen haben. Besonders wenn es sehr warm ist, sind die so genannten Gewittertierchen ein Problem.

My work recently has been requiring that I spend time doing traditional development on a Mac, this really means lots of code, debug, etc windows open at once. I have a MacBook Pro (15") and a 1920x1200 Monitor, but I'm finding myself more and more constrained for space and know I could become much more productive by having more screens to work with. Now I know a Mac Pro would be the best for this, but I'm not particularly keen on getting on until a refresh and until Snow Leopard. I don't really need the power of one either, my laptop does everything I want it to do and more.

The MBP only has one DVI output, I could get a Matrox TripleHead2Go and then connect another 1920x1200 monitor to my system, but that's quite pricy by itself.

Matrox TripleHead2Go $300 @ NewEgg
+
A Matching Monitor (http://www.macmall.com/macmall/shop/...s&dpno=7502310) for a $100 premium over what I paid for it a month ago.

I've heard conflicting reports, but I think that it should work with displays this size. I don't want the DualHead2Go because that only has a VGA input.

My other option would be building a, yes cringe, Hackintosh for temporary use. I don't doubt that it's possible to build a pretty high end system this way for a low price, but I'm a bit apprehensive. I'm worried that it won't work as well as I would expect. Once Snow Leopard hits it'll probably be relegated right to file server duties so it won't go to waste. But at least this way I could get more then two monitors in and won't be paying a $300 premium just to connect them (although as an option this is more expensive overall). Also makes me feel a bit guilty.

Any suggestions would be appreciated :)

In their own words

“SamePoint.com, a Web 2.0 start-up that offers a different type of search engine - one that monitors conversations taking place across the major social media points of interaction.”

Why it might be a killer

This is very interesting. It should be interesting to see it grow and track more conversations.

Some questions

Is this legal? Isn’t it prying a little too much into what people are saying?

What it does

Have you ever wondered if anyone is talking about you on a blog or site? If you have, then you should check out Samepoint.com. Through this site, you’ll be able to search for topics and see what people are saying about them. This will let you know if anyone has been talking about you behind your back. On a more serious note, this could be used by corporations and smaller companies to see if their product is being talked about, measure how popular it is, and listen to the concerns of some of the consumers. It’s not every day that you get to snoop into other peoples’ conversations (I guess with this site, it will become an every day thing). The site tracks many points of conversations, so the search is surprisingly comprehensive. If you want to see how effective it is, try searching for Chrome. It will give you a great cross section of what people are saying about Google’s new browser.

Link: http://www.samepoint.com
Our Review: http://www.killerstartups.com/Web20/samepoint-com-track-web-conversations

 

ok
so i have the 2.5 ghz pnryn mbp

now i want to hook up an external monitor+ buy the apple keyboard (non wireless i'm tinking)

what monitors do you all haev?

what size is best for gaming on bootcamp?


I saw those dell ones (22inch or 24 inch which is mighty big sideways)

i want one where i can perhaps mount it to my wall...

thanks!

My reliable summer 2007 MacBook Pro has decided to fail me. I shut down the computer while using Vista (via Boot Camp). I came back an hour later, pressed the power button, and it powered on... sort of. The hard drive turned, the fan quietly accelerated, but the screen remained blank. The Apple logo also did not illuminate (on the top of the case/back of the screen). The power indicator/sleep light on the clasp button (on the front edge) illuminated as if I had the case closed or as if it were asleep.

I tried resetting PRAM, a combination of key combos while pressing the power button, and booting from the system DVD. The screen remained blank, completely non-illuminated. I called Apple Care (still good for another 2 years) and they had me do everything I already tried. Finally, they said I'd have to send it in.

Unfortunately, I'm in Afghanistan, near bad guys, and far from the Genius Bar.
I know the heat and dust of a combat zone is no place for a MacBook Pro, but it's lasted 7 months without a hitch.

Before I send this home to my wife, for her then to send to Apple, is there anything else I could try to bring it back to life? I've tried hooking up an external monitor, and had no success. I'm out of ideas, other than crossing my fingers and hoping nobody decides they want a broken MBP as it travels around the world.

Hi everyone,

My parents and I will go to Los Angeles next week and i am thinking of buying a MacPro and a 24 inch monitor display, but currently i only own an old macbook and i need a desktop machine for multi-purpose. So i am opting for a MacPro but i was just wondering if there will be an important upgrade in performance in the machine or should i wait later in the future for another chance to go overseas again ?

Well thank you very much for any replies.
:apple::apple:

This software allows you to monitor a certain IP and be notified if any changes occur. (read more)

I don't know if this is a game specific issue or Catalyst issue, but I cannot set SPORE resolution to 1600x1200. In fact, I can't set the game higher than 1280x1024 resolution.

I have:
Visiontek HD4870 with Cat 8.8
Windows Vista 64-bit
CRT monitor with desktop resolution set to 1280x1024 85Hz
4GB Ram

With Spore, in the Options setting, the minimum resolution is 800x600 and highest selectable is 1280x1024 with lots of different Hz options available. I normally play all my games at 1600x1200, but nothing higher than 1280x1024 is available with SPORE.

Is there problem with the catalyst drivers reporting available resolutions? Or this is a game issue that needs to be patched? Anybody else having the same problem?

Linux Journal: "The boxes to my left are the thin clients. If you look just over my right ear, you will see a silvery small computer between two black monitors. That's the computer on which I captured this photograph (Gutsy Ubuntu running on the ZaReason media box)."

I bought a used 15" Powerbook G4 Aluminum last summer. It had a small dent in the corner by the optical drive, but everything else seemed copacetic.

Anyway, I work in a bar and one of my co-workers borrowed my laptop during some downtime. When she dropped it, it landed on one of those rubber bar-mats. It seemed to be fine at first until a few days later. Here is how everything started deteriorating:

• First, a black bar appeared across the middle of the screen. I found that if i stuck an aligator clip on the left border of the screen, the problem went away.
• About a week later, I started getting kernel panics after every 30 minutes or so of use.
• Shortly after that, I found that I could only sucessfully boot OSX once in every 5-10 attempts. It would usually hang just as soon as the login screen appeared.
• Now, I can hear the start-up chime, I can hear the optical drive working when I try to boot from a disk, but the display is completely dead. I have tried using an external monitor, but it displays nothing.

Any insights? I suspect that maybe it's the video card, which means that I would have to replace the entire logic board, (or just learn to enjoy my new fancy paperweight). But I guess that maybe the hard drive could have been damaged? I don't have access to another Mac, or a PC with Firewire, so I haven't been able to try Target Disk Mode.

I read a post somewhere (which I can't seem to find now,) about a Frenchman who had a similar problem and fixed it by mounting some little rubber feet underneath a certain part of the logic board. The idea was to put pressure on a specific chip, to help the broken solder joints make contact again. Has anyone tried this, or something similar?

Monitor weight regularly. Digital scales give more precise measurements, which can prompt individuals to reduce food intake when they notice weight gain. Frequent feedback can help facilitate behavior changes necessary for weight loss . ... More...

Just yesterday we got our first taste of Panasonic's new TH-65VX100U plasma technology, which features specs that meet or exceed Pioneer's Kuro. Our initial impressions were extremely positive, but the guys at HD Guru have managed to get their hands on an early production sample for a closer look. Needless to say, they were impressed. In fact, they called it the "new king of flat panels."
During the review they broke down some of the technology behind the eye popping specs, as well as taking note of a feature set that is high on performance and low on ordinary TV functions. Being a monitor, the 65VX100U does not feature a built-in HDTV or analog tuner and standard definition source imputs like composite and S-video. However, it does include 4 HDMI jacks, one component video, one PC input (VGA), and a RS-232 jack.
As far as performance is concerned, HD Guru compared it side by side with the 50-inch Kuro and found that Pioneer won on ultimate black level and in the effectiveness of its anti-reflective screen, but the latter results in an purple-reddish tint that can be clearly seen when compared side by side with the 65VX100U. The Kuro also requires a higher level signal to come out of black which obscured details that the Panasonic did not. All in all, it seems that if you have $10,000 to plunk down on a 65-inch flat panel, the 65VX100U should be at the top of your list. [HD Guru]

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Just yesterday we got our first taste of Panasonic's new TH-65VX100U plasma technology, which features specs that meet or exceed Pioneer's Kuro. Our initial impressions were extremely positive, but Gary at HD Guru managed to get his hands on an early production sample for a closer look, and he too was impressed. In fact, he called it the "new king of flat panels."

During the review he broke down some of the technology behind the eye popping specs, as well as taking note of a feature set that is high on performance and low on ordinary TV functions. Being a monitor, the 65VX100U does not feature a built-in HDTV or analog tuner and standard definition source imputs like composite and S-video. However, it does include 4 HDMI jacks, one component video, one PC input (VGA), and a RS-232 jack.

As far as performance is concerned, Gary compared it side by side with the 50-inch Kuro and found that Pioneer won on ultimate black level and in the effectiveness of its anti-reflective screen, but the latter results in an purple-reddish tint that can be clearly seen when compared side by side with the 65VX100U. The Kuro also requires a higher level signal to come out of black, which obscured details that the Panasonic did not. All in all, it seems that if you have $10,000 to plunk down on a 65-inch flat panel, the 65VX100U should be at the top of your list. [HD Guru]

Owning a car can give you a great sense of freedom… then you have to figure out where to park it! More and more tools are popping up on the Web to help you locate both long and short term parking. Here are 15 services that cover everything from free spots to event parking, long term parking, and more.

Do you use the Web to find parking? If so, tell us about your experiences in the comments.

Parking Comparison Sites

AboutAirportParking.com - Has listings for over 400 parking lots near over 100 international airports.  Can add optional services like valet, car wash, mechanics and more.  You can read more about this site in our Startup Review.

BestParking.com - Allows you to compare parking rates of various garages in Boston, New York City, Philadelphia and Washington D.C.  Also offers a mobile version.

ParkingAnytime.com - Locate garages, lots, free parking and more for a given area.  Limited to Chicago, IL during their beta phase.

ParkingCarma.com - See real-time data of available parking spaces.  If you register, you can reserve parking spaces in advance.  Serves multiple US cities.

PrimoSpot.com - Gives you information on parking conditions in Manhattan and Brooklyn, and will show you the actual parking rules for a specific space.  The service plans to include more cities. You can read more about PrimoSpot here on Mashable.

Streetlinenetworks.com - Not operational yet, Streetline is putting monitors in 24,000 San Francisco metered parking spots so people will know where spots are available.  Read a summary of Streetline’s services here on Mashable.

Parking Spot Rentals

CraigsList.org - As with just about anything else you can sell or rent, CraigsList has numerous listings for parking spaces.

ParkAtMyHouse.com - Specializes in renting out parking spaces around sporting venues, airports or just about anywhere.  Available in Australia, Canada, Ireland, the Netherlands, New Zealand, the UK and the USA.

ParkingHunter.com - Lists available spaces to rent in cities such as Chicago, New York City, San Francisco, Vancouver and more.

ParkLet.co.uk - Offers listings of thousands of parking spaces available for rent all over the United Kingdom.

ParkingSpotter.com - Helps you locate parking spots for major events, airports or everyday use.

Parkingspots.com - Parking spot rental connections for those who own them, and those who need them, in the USA and Canada.  You can find a more detailed review of Parkingspots here.

ParkWhiz.com - Offers parking options around airports, sports arenas, daily & monthly parking and some more tools for those who need a place to park.

SpotScout.com - Parking garages list their inventory and then you can look them up on the Web or your mobile device.

YourParkingSpace.co.uk - A site to help connect people with spare parking spaces in the UK with those who are looking for them.

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