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The Frigidair Flair Custom Imperial range was light years ahead of its time. In fact, so much so, its still quite futuristic even today, some 50 years after its introduction. One reason it was so advanced was its control system. Beyond the traditional duty cycle controllers common to contemporary ranges, the Flair also had a [...]

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The Osram LUW CP7P-KTLP-5C8E-35-Z is a rather inexpensive LED with some fairly impressive specs. Digikey pricing is $2.47 at 1200 piece quantities. The specs are the following; 109lumen at 350mA 243 lumen at max current 1A (assuming one can keep it cool) Viewing Angle 80 deg Color: Cool white, 6500K Size 3mmx3mmx2.23mm high A full [...]

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I’ve been poking at emergency medical / alert systems for a number of years. Today, I’m going to focus on the benefits and drawbacks of central monitoring systems and autodialers such as offered by Life Alert, Lifeline, Alert-1, Lifestation, ADT Companion, Medical Alert by Connect America, Walgreens Ready Response, Alarmcare, CVS Medical Alert, Medical Guardian, [...]

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A recurrent problem with flight simulation is the huge cost and space requirements necessary for 6 axis motion control. As a result, motion controlled flight simulation is out of the realm for most, short of the airlines, or the exceedingly dedicated and well funded hobbyist. A proposed flight simulator of the future would use 1.8 [...]

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Canon EOS EF Lenses from film cameras can be used in Canon digital cameras which use EF-S lenses… sort of. They are not 100% interchangeable. A couple bid deal issues which must be considered. EF lenses from Canon film cameras will work on Canon digital cameras that use EF-S lenses, the reverse however is not [...]

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Overall formula is risk=probability*consequences Human Factors Such works quite well in and of itself, however human factors must also enter in. Such is why the TSA actions are not justifiable based upon probability and consequences alone.. and also why cargo containers, trains, and mass transit are not subject to the same criteria airport gate areas [...]

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In my previous post on technology now and then, I alluded to the issue of tax policy encouraging offshore rather than on shore manufacturing. Its a complex issue, full of nuances… it is very real, but also very easy to spin. From a high level point of view, it would seem our max corporate rates [...]

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The blogs of Chris Gammell and Silicon Farmer were going back and forth on the issues of starting a small tech company back in the 1950′s as compared to now. Having been down the path with success and crash and burns a few times, plus an era as a chief engineer of a small contract [...]

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The Guardian had an interesting article entitled “The need to protect the internet from ‘astroturfing’ grows ever more urgent“. As one who used to co-lead a very large internet forum, we used to laugh at some of the lame attempts at astroturfing (they were easy to detect). The big deal is that over time, such [...]

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