New blog from Calgary Science talk

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New blog - Paige & Ellie's stuff

This was initially intended for our homeschool teacher at the ADLC but it could be a resource for other parents or a nice place to see what they (Paige and Ellie) are up to

http://adlcprojects.blogspot.com/

Sample upload

Here is a test pic from Sony PMB

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More blogs

Quick note to self (and unfortunate folks reading my blog)

New blogs identified:

1. Music projects - partially a collaborative environment for dusting off some old recordings and getting friends to participate.  Also, developing a forum for releasing various versions of more polished pieces in various styles and languages

2. Choose my voice - I was given a monkey puppet during my last trip off continent.  Yes, it's a monkey - no relation.  Also have a princess and a scruffy looking dog puppet.  Hrrmmmm, what to do with them?  Why not put together some kind of show.  Trouble is there are so many characters and voices I could use.  How to decide?  Aha! Get the folks in inter-google land to vote.  Anywho < was this phrase started by someone who was typing too fast? Anyhow, even if a few relatives and friends view the vids, it should be fun.

Let's see where it goes

IDEA: sound modules for Hybrid and All Electrics

Alternative to the geeky sounding module on the Prius:

Use sound samples from existing cars with cool engines
Allow indoor selection through FM and outdoor use through software samples and speaker
Interconnect accelerator or RPM

Hack sounds from Car Driver games

Copywrite issues? > car manufacturers

http://www.trafalgardesign.com/news/news-feeds/1001-prius-gets-sound-option-to-protect-pedestrians-ap

IDEA: assistive technology for the blind

Ultrasonic rangefinder + tone generator = assistive tech

Some existing systems and issues:
http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.159.7908&rep=rep1&type=pdf

http://wiseadvice.wordpress.com/2008/02/04/high-cost-of-assistive-devices-for-blind-people-is-onerous/

http://www.afb.org/section.asp?SectionID=4&TopicID=31

Progress report

Autolander - http://planylandy.blogspot.com/

All set for another test flight this evening.  The ground station will now monitor Waypoint number, Altitude Error and Heading Error along with the usual parameters.  I've fixed the landing cone indicator so it will now provide guidance for XY from the last waypoint to the home coordinates.  The Z indicator worked really well last time and showed near perfect alignment of the predicted glideslope vs the real path.


Project Platforms - http://projectplatforms.blogspot.com/

Had a good conversation with Adri yesterday via online chat.  For now, I want to get 3 platforms roughly completed to show our homeschool teacher - she has access to a wide audience.  Also, want to incorporate the GPS plane stuff into a report for the kids and tie in some learning objectives from the curriculum. 

At last

Finally, I have a place where I can:
record projects
rant about things
blow off some steam
practice my typing

Feel free to look around and leave a scrawl, even,