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HD Radio is found


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Tentacles


Image by Jason A. Samfield
Almost infinitely recyclable, glass can be shaped to form anything from the ordinary to the artistic as this glasswork consisting of a jellyfish’s tentacles showcases.

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Nellie A. Brown (1876-1956)


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Description: A plant pathologist, Nellie A. Brown (1876-1956) was a member of Torrey Botanical Club while doing postgraduate work at University of California. She began working for U.S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry, in the 1910s, and conducted research there for 35 years. With C.O. Townsend, she was co-discoverer of the organism responsible for crown gall.

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Medium: Black and white photographic print

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Collection: Accession 90-105: Science Service Records, 1920s – 1970s – Science Service, now the Society for Science & the Public, was a news organization founded in 1921 to promote the dissemination of scientific and technical information. Although initially intended as a news service, Science Service produced an extensive array of news features, radio programs, motion pictures, phonograph records, and demonstration kits and it also engaged in various educational, translation, and research activities.

Accession number: SIA2007-0423

Cactus V4 (more photos on comments)


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[Explored]

Today the mail came with my copy of the new Cactus V4, a pre-production version.

Cactus will ship the new kit with a booklet called "When light dances", it has some photos with setup description and diagram. I’ve contributed with a photo (this one) and they sent me a kit

The improvements over the old V2s are great:
- antenna on transmitter, you can fold it for easier storage
- say goodbye to expensive CR2 batteries, receivers now use 2xAAA
- p2 connection on receiver, bye-bye flimsy pc connector
- receiver now can be used as a tabletop stand for a small flash
- much better finish, feels more solid now
- 16 channels
- comes with 3 small accessory cables, different connectors to suit almost any flash
- better packaging

I was told it will work on longer distances and that it’s more reliable, less misfires, but I haven’t tested properly yet.

Warning/disclaimer: this is a pre-production version of the Cactus V4 wireless flash trigger, it’s not for sale yet and the final version may have changes. I do not work for the company that produces Cactus or any other related company. The information here is strictly my personal opinion.

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Hoje o correio trouxe uma cópia do novo Cactus V4, uma versão em pré-produção.

O novo kit será vendido com um livrinho chamado "When light dances", que tem algumas fotos com descrição e diagrama de como foram feitas. Eu contribuí com uma foto (essa aqui) e eles me mandaram um kit

As melhorias se comparado ao antigo V2s são ótimas:
- antena no transmissor, dobrável
- diga adeus às baterias CR2 caras, agora usa 2xAAA comuns
- conector p2 no receiver, tchau-tchau conector pc fraquinho
- o receiver serve como uma base de mesa para um flash pequeno
- acabamento muito melhor, parece mais sólido
- 16 canais
- vem com 3 cabinhos com diferentes conectores
- melhor empacotamento

Me disseram que vai funcionar com distancias maiores, que é mais confiável, perde menos disparos, mas não testei legal ainda.

Importante/aviso: esta é uma versão de pré-produção do novo disparador de flash via rádio chamado Cactus V4, ainda não está à venda e a versão final pode sofrer alterações. Eu não trabalho para a empresa que fabrica o Cactus ou qualquer outra empresa relacionada. A informação aqui é estritamente minha opinião pessoal.

Fins


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The radios


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This is the right side of the desk – my operating position. All the radios (except the Century 21) are powered with solar. As soon as I figure out how, the Century 21 will be also. The pedastal the power strip is mounted on contains the batteries.

My 888


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Not by any stretch of the imagination a good photo but being short of time it was the best I could come up with. A brief stop on the way to work to record the event.

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clock radio’s best feature


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a salute to finals!


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Wasatch 100 Testing


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Kirk and Brett, tabletop testing the Wasatch 100 lookup/reporting/packet system

Injection Pt. 2


Image by 96dpi
The glass was set on a piece of plexiglass and lit with 430EX (1/16th) below. The flash was triggered with a Gadget Infinity radio trigger. The light triggered a 300W strobe at 1/8th power that was behind the translucent white background to create a bright field illumination as described in the book Light: Science and Magic. The comparatively low power enabled me to shoot the dissolving food color in burst mode.

Coffee Time!


Image by sirwiseowl
Here is the link to the ‘Coffee Jingle’ song that featured in one of my favorite movies. "A Prairie Home Companion" . I also love to listen to the "A Prairie Home Companion" radio show each week.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=agusq6xfefI

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BA735 007


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Juliet The Sun


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A University of Salford acoustics graduate is making waves in the music industry with his own music label and a hit single: Time for Heroes – credited with winning the Ashes for England.

Dominic Read-Jones, AKA enigmatic producer Stan Fiorentino, has co-written Time for Heroes with fellow aspiring musicians including Northamptonshire All-Rounder Pro-Cricketer Steven Crook. Together they form the rock band Juliet The Sun. The song was played before matches in the England dressing room and helped the players get psyched up for their series win.

great acoustics in the parking garage


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New setup


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2 x 24 inch monitors a quad core box with a top notch graphics card running them plus reg the duck

JOE “THE BUFFOON” BIDEN IS AT IT AGAIN


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The Biden-ism of the Day: Every Great Idea in the Past 200-Plus Years Has Required Government to Succeed
By Doug Powers • October 27, 2010 05:02 PM **Written by Doug Powers

Joe Biden is like a squirrel on water skis — he never stops being entertaining:

“Every single great idea that has marked the 21st century, the 20th century and the 19th century has required government vision and government incentive,” he said. “In the middle of the Civil War you had a guy named Lincoln paying people ,000 for every 40 miles of track they laid across the continental United States… No private enterprise would have done that for another 35 years.”
Well, a US Senator name Al Gore invented the Internet, so there’s one item to validate Biden’s claim. But after that the “visions don’t succeed without government” examples are fewer and farther between because “government vision” has been an oxymoron for decades if not longer.

Matt Welch at Reason comments:

What was the “government vision and government incentive” that produced the assembly line? Motion-picture film? Air conditioning? The electric guitar? How about the personal computer? The mobile phone? Non-violent resistance? Aspirin?

Though Biden is generally not to be taken seriously, the government-centrism of his comments are an accurate reflection of his boss.

The government is of course the enemy of “great ideas.” It is nothing but drag on the private sector fuselage — the only thing in question at any given time is the amount of drag. Reagan said it best: Government is not the solution to our problems. Government is the problem.
I’m often reminded of this at tax time, when I can’t help but think of all the creative energy that would have gone into curing disease, designing grand buildings, creating art and music and exploring the farthest reaches of the universe that is instead wasted trying to figure out a way to write off our lawnmowers as dependents.

**Written by Doug Powers

LETS SEE HOW ‘OLE SLOW JOE’S CLAIMS HOLD UP, HERE’S A LIST OF SIGNIFICANT INVENTIONS JUST THE 20TH CENTURY HOW MANY (THERE ARE SOME, MOSTLY SOVIET) HAVE GOVERNMENT AT THE CORE OF THE PROCESS SHALL WE MMMMMMMMMM????

20th century
[edit] 1900s
1900: Epinephrine (adrenaline): Jokichi Takamine & Keizo Uenaka
1900: Rigid dirigible airship: Ferdinand Graf von Zeppelin
1900: Self-heating can
1901: Chromatography: Mikhail Tsvet
1901: Mercury vapor lamp: Peter Cooper Hewitt
1901: Disposable razor blade: King C. Gillette
1901: Vacuum cleaner: Hubert Booth
1901: Gauge blocks: Carl Edvard Johansson
1902: Air Conditioner: Willis Carrier [19]
1902: Fire fighting foam: Aleksandr Loran
1902: Ostwald process: Wilhelm Ostwald
1902: Neon lamp: Georges Claude
1902: Radio telephone: Valdemar Poulsen, Reginald Fessenden
1902: Rayon cellulose ester: Arthur D. Little
1903: Diesel-electric transmission / Motor ship: Konstantin Boklevsky
1903: Electrocardiograph (EKG): Willem Einthoven
1903: Powered, controlled airplane: Wilbur Wright and Orville Wright
1904: Foam extinguisher: Aleksandr Loran
1905: Insubmersibility: Alexey Krylov and Stepan Makarov
1904: Modern mortar: Leonid Gobyato
1904: Thermionic valve: John Ambrose Fleming
1904: Tractor: Benjamin Holt
1905: Auscultatory blood pressure measurement: Nikolai Korotkov
1905: Electric seismometer: Boris Galitzine
1905: Radio tube diode: John Ambrose Fleming
1906: Sonar (first device): Lewis Nixon
1906: Triode amplifier: Lee DeForest
1907: Aerosan: Sergey Nezhdanovsky
1907: Helicopter: Paul Cornu
1907: Monosodium glutamate: Kikunae Ikeda[241]
1907: Radio tube triode: Lee DeForest
1907: Washing machine, (electric): Alva Fisher (Hurley Corporation)
1908: Cellophane: Jacques E. Brandenberger
1908: Geiger counter: Hans Geiger and Ernest Rutherford
1908: Gyrocompass: Hermann Anschütz-Kaempfe
1908: Haber process: Fritz Haber
1908: Umami: Kikunae Ikeda[242]
1909: Bakelite: Leo Baekeland
1909: Gun suppressor: Hiram Percy Maxim
Microwave optics: Jagdish Chandra Bose in Bengal
Crescograph: Jagdish Chandra Bose in Bengal[243]
[edit] 1910s
1910: Aberic acid: Umetaro Suzuki
1910: Classical conditioning: Ivan Pavlov
1910: Thiamine (Vitamin B1): Umetaro Suzuki[244]
1910: Vitamin (B vitamin): Umetaro Suzuki
1910: Dental Braces: Joseph Clyde[citation needed]
1910: Neon lighting: Georges Claude
1911: Gyrocompass: Elmer A. Sperry
1911: Automobile self starter (perfected): Charles F. Kettering
1911: CRT television: Boris Rosing
1911: Hydroplane: Glenn Curtiss
1911: Knapsack parachute: Gleb Kotelnikov
1912: Drogue parachute: Gleb Kotelnikov
1913: Aerobatics: Pyotr Nesterov and Adolphe Pégoud
1913: Airliner: Igor Sikorsky
1913: Assault rifle: Vladimir Fyodorov
1913: Bra: Mary Phelps Jacob
1913: Crossword: Arthur Wynne
1913: Half-track: Adolphe Kégresse
1913: Radio receiver: Ernst Alexanderson, Reginald Fessenden[citation needed]
1913: Stainless steel: Harry Brearley
1913: X-Ray (coolidge tube): William D. Coolidge[245]
1914: Aerial ramming: Pyotr Nesterov
1914: Radio transmitter triode mod.: Ernst Alexanderson
1914: Liquid fuel rocket: Robert Goddard
1914: Strategic bomber: Igor Sikorsky
1914: Tank, military: Sir William Ashbee Tritton and Major Walter Gordon Wilson[246]
1915: Activated charcoal gas mask: James Bert Garner and Nikolay Zelinsky
1915: Pyrex: Corning Inc.
1916: Browning Gun: John Browning
1916: Cultured pearl: Mikimoto K?kichi
1916: Thompson submachine gun: John T. Thompson
1917: Sonar echolocation: Paul Langevin
1917: Cruise missile: Charles Kettering
1918: Air ionizer: Alexander Chizhevsky
1918: Interrupter gear: Anton Fokker
1918: Radio crystal oscillator: A.M. Nicolson
1919: Flip-flop circuit: William Eccles and F. W. Jordan
1919: Theremin: Léon Theremin
[edit] 1920s
1920: Saha ionization equation: Meghnad Saha[247]
1921: Polygraph: John A. Larson
1922: Crystadine: Oleg Losev
1922: Radar: Robert Watson-Watt, A. H. Taylor, L. C. Young, Gregory Breit, Merle Antony Tuve
1922: The absorption refrigerator: Baltzar von Platen
1923: Sound film: Lee DeForest
1923: Television Electronic: Philo Farnsworth
1923: Wind tunnel: Michael Max Munk
1923: Autogyro: Juan de la Cierva
1923: Xenon flash lamp: Harold Edgerton
1924: Optophonic Piano: Vladimir Baranov-Rossine
1924: Automatic power loom: Sakichi Toyoda[248]
1925: Ultra-centrifuge: Theodor Svedberg – used to determine molecular weights
1925: Television Nipkow System: C. Francis Jenkins
1926: Interlace: Léon Theremin
1926: Television Mechanical Scanner: John Logie Baird
1926: Aerosol spray: Rotheim
1926: Yagi antenna: Hidetsugu Yagi & Shintaro Uda
1926: Directional antenna: Hidetsugu Yagi & Shintaro Uda
1926: High-gain antenna: Hidetsugu Yagi & Shintaro Uda
1927: Light-emitting diode: Oleg Losev
1927: Mechanical cotton picker: John Rust
1928: Rabbage: Georgii Karpechenko
1928: Sliced bread: Otto Frederick Rohwedder
1928: Electric dry shaver: Jacob Schick
1928: Antibiotics: Alexander Fleming (initial discovery of penicillin)
1928: Preselector gearbox: Walter Gordon Wilson
1928: Raman effect: Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman[249]
1928: Magnetic interference balance: Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar & K. N. Mathur[250]
1929: Cadaveric blood transfusion: Sergei Yudin
1929: Electroencephelograph (EEG): Hans Berger
1929: Kinescope (CRT):Vladimir Zworykin
1929: Teletank / Military robot: Red Army
Band aid: Earle Dickson
Man-made Insulin: Paul Langerhans
Mechanical potato peeler: Herman Lay
Phototelegraphic transmission: Yasujiro Niwa
Mechanical television: Yasujiro Niwa
[edit] 1930s
1930: Neoprene: Wallace Carothers
1930: Paratrooping: Russian Airborne Troops
1930: Radiosonde: Pavel Molchanov
1931: Magnetic-resistant steel: Kotaro Honda
1931: Magnetic steel: Kotaro Honda
1931: Alnico: Tokuhichi Mishima
1931: MKM steel: Tokuhichi Mishima [251][252]
1931: Hypergolic propellant: Valentyn Glushko
1931: Iconoscope: Vladimir Zworykin
1931: Pressure suit: Yevgeny Chertovsky[253]
1931: Rhythmicon / Drum machine: Léon Theremin
1932: Radio telescope: Karl Jansky
1932: Terpsitone: Léon Theremin
1932: Underwater welding: Konstantin Khrenov
1934: Cherenkov detector: Cherenkov radiation[254]
1934: Hammond Organ: Laurens Hammond
1935: Microwave RADAR: Robert Watson-Watt
1935: Nylon: Wallace Carothers
1935: Spectrophotometer: Arthur C. Hardy
1935: Casein fiber: Earl Whittier Stephen[citation needed]
1937: Turboprop engine: György Jendrassik
1937: Jet engine: Frank Whittle and Hans von Ohain
1937: O-ring: Niels Christensen
1937: Nylon: Wallace H. Carothers[19]
1937: Portable electrocardiograph: Taro Takemi
1937: Atanasoff–Berry Computer, the first automatic electronic digital computer: John Vincent Atanasoff
1937: Polyphony: Harald Bode
1937: Welded sculpture: Vera Mukhina
1938: Ballpoint pen: Laszlo Biro
1938: Deep column station: Alexey Dushkin
1938: xerography: Chester Carlson
1938: Fiberglass: Russell Games Slayter John H. Thomas
1938: LSD: Albert Hofmann
1938: Sambo (martial art): Anatoly Kharlampiev
1939: Modern helicopter: Igor Sikorsky
1939: Kirlian photography: Semyon Kirlian
1939: View-master: William Gruber
1939: Automated teller machine: Luther George Simjian
Nuclear medicine: Frédéric Joliot-Curie, Irène Joliot-Curie, Taro Takemi
Spring-loaded camming device: Vitaly Abalakov[255]
Electric propulsion: Valentin Glushko
[edit] 1940s
1940: p-n junction: Russell Ohl[256]
1941: Computer: Konrad Zuse[citation needed]
1941: Maksutov telescope: Dmitry Maksutov
1941: Degaussing: Charles F. Goodeve and Anatoly Alexandrov
1941: Velcro: George de Mestral
1942: Bazooka Rocket Gun: Leslie A. Skinner C. N. Hickman
1942: Nuclear reactor: Enrico Fermi[19]
1942: Undersea oil pipeline: Hartley, Anglo-Iranian, Siemens in Operation Pluto
1942: Winged tank: Oleg Antonov
1943: Aqua-Lung: Jacques-Yves Cousteau and Emile Gagnan
1944: EPR spectroscopy: Yevgeny Zavoisky[257]
1944: Electron spectrometer: Deutsch Elliot Evans
1945: Passive resonant cavity bug: Léon Theremin
1945: Slinky: Richard James and Betty James
1945: Microwave oven: Percy L. Spencer[19]
1945: Nuclear weapons (note: chain reaction theory was made in 1933):Manhattan Project
1946: Microwave oven: Percy Spencer
1946: Mobile Telephone Service: AT&T and Southwestern Bell
1946: Bikini: Louis Réard[19]
1947: AK-47: Mikhail Kalashnikov
1947: Pocket calculator (four-function, mechanical): Curt Herzstark[258][259]
1947: Transistor: William Shockley, Walter Brattain, John Bardeen
1947: Polaroid camera: Edwin Land
1948: Long Playing Record: Peter Carl Goldmark
1948: Holography: Dennis Gabor[19]
1949: Atomic clocks
1949: Radiocarbon dating: Willard Libby
1949: Kei car in Japan
Electric rice cooker: Mitsubishi Electric
[edit] 1950s
1950: Credit card: Frank X. McNamara
1950: Steadicam tracking shot: Akira Kurosawa
1951: Combined oral contraceptive pill: Djerassi, Miramontes, and Rosenkranz [260]
1951: Explosively pumped flux compression generator: Andrey Sakharov
1951: Liquid Paper: Bette Nesmith Graham
1951: Nuclear power reactor: Walter Zinn
1952: Carbon nanotubes: L. V. Radushkevich and V. M. Lukyanovich[261][262]
1952: Floppy disk: Yoshiro Nakamatsu[263]
1952: Ilizarov apparatus: Gavril Ilizarov
1952: Optical fiber: Narinder Singh Kapany[264][265]
1952: Fusion bomb: Edward Teller and Stanislaw Ulam
1952: Hovercraft: Christopher Cockerell
1953: MASER: Charles Townes
1953: Medical ultrasonography
1954: Nuclear power plant: Igor Kurchatov
1954: Radar gun: Bryce K. Brown
1954: Synthetic diamond: Tracy Hall
1954: Geodesic dome: Buckminster Fuller
1955: Fast-neutron reactor: Soviet Union
1955: Hard Drive: Reynold Johnson with IBM
1955: Bounce lighting: Subrata Mitra[266][267]
1955: Submarine-launched ballistic missile: Victor Makeev
1955: Tokamak: Lev Artsimovich
1956: Digital clock[citation needed]
1956: Fortran: John W. Backus
1956: Videotape recorder: Ampex
1957: Electric compact calculator: Casio
1957: Jet Boat: William Hamilton
1957: Digital synthesizer: Max Mathews
1957: Intercontinental ballistic missile / Orbital space rocket: Sergey Korolev
1957: Satellite: Soviet space program (Sergey Korolev, Mstislav Keldysh, Mikhail Tikhonravov)
1957: Spaceport: Vladimir Barmin
1957: Space capsule: Soviet space program
1957: Synchrophasotron: Vladimir Veksler[citation needed]
1958: Integrated circuit: Jack Kilby of Texas Instruments, Robert Noyce at Fairchild Semiconductor
1958: Communications satellite: Kenneth Masterman-Smith
1958: Implantable pacemaker: Rune Elmqvist
1958: Ternary computer: Nikolay Brusentsov
1959: Dedicated high-speed rail lines (Shinkansen): Kawasaki Heavy Industries in Japan
1959: Nuclear icebreaker: Soviet Union
1959: Space probe: Soviet space program
[edit] 1960s
1960: Laser: Theodore Harold Maiman
1960: Reentry capsule: Soviet space program
1961: Digital Photography: Eugene F. Lally
1961: Anti-ballistic missile: Pyotr Grushin
1961: Ekranoplan: Rostislav Alexeyev
1961: Optical disc: David Paul Gregg
1961: Cochlear implant: William House
1961: Human spaceflight: performed by Yuri Gagarin for Soviet space program (Sergey Korolyov, Kerim Kerimov and others)[268]
1961: Space food: Soviet space program
1961: Space suit: Soviet space program
1961: Platform screen doors: Saint Petersburg Metro
1961: Thin-film transistor: P. K. Weimer[269]
1962: 3D holography: Yuri Denisyuk
1962: Sea Solar Power [270] J. Hilbert Anderson [271]
1962: Light-emitting diode (LED): Nick Holonyak
1962: Trijet: Hawker Siddeley Aviation (Hawker Siddeley Trident) HS.121 or DH.121 Trident
1962: Space observatory: Ball Brothers Aerospace Corporation [5]
1963: Computer mouse: Douglas Engelbart
1964: Plasma propulsion engine: Soviet space program
1964: Solid-state electronic calculator: Friden, Inc.[272]
1965: Air-augmented rocket: Boris Shavyrin
1965: Extra-vehicular activity: performed by Alexey Leonov for the Soviet space program
1965: Molniya orbit satellite: Soviet space program
1966: Lander spacecraft: Soviet space program (Georgy Babakin)
1966: Orbital module: Soviet space program (in Soyuz spacecraft)
1966: Regional jet: Yakovlev
1967: Automatic Teller Machine: John Shepherd-Barron
1967: Automated space docking: Soviet space program (Kosmos 186 and Kosmos 188)
1967: Hypertext: Andries van Dam and Ted Nelson
1967: Quartz wristwatch: Seiko[273]
1967: FM synthesis: John Chowning
1967: Mumps vaccine: Maurice Hilleman
1967: Space toilet: Soviet space program (in Soyuz spacecraft)
1967: Venus lander: Soviet space program (Venera 4)
1968: Video game console: Ralph H. Baer
1968: Supersonic transport: Tupolev (Tupolev Tu-144) and Aérospatiale with British Aircraft Corporation (Concorde)
1969: ARPANET (first wide-area packet switching network): United States Department of Defense[19]
1969: Hypertext: Ted Nelson, Andries van Dam
1969: Digital Photography, charge coupled device Willard Boyle and George E. Smith[274]
1969: Video cassette: Sony
Aperture grille: Sony
Packet switching: Paul Baran and Donald Davies, independently
[edit] 1970s
1970s: Radial keratotomy: Svyatoslav Fyodorov
1970: Pocket calculator: Sanyo, Canon, Sharp
1970: Relational database management system: Edgar F. Codd
1970: Cup noodles: Nissin Foods
1970: Space rover: Soviet space program (Alexander Kemurdzhian)
1971: Instant noodles: Momofuku Ando
1971: Space station: Soviet space program (Vladimir Chelomey, Kerim Kerimov and others)[268][275]
1971: E-mail: Ray Tomlinson[276]
1971: Karaoke: Daisuke Inoue
1971: Liquid Crystal Display: James Fergason
1971: Microprocessor: Masatoshi Shima, Federico Faggin, Ted Hoff
1971: Pocket calculator: Sharp Corporation
1971: Magnetic resonance imaging: Raymond V. Damadian
1971: Oil-eating bacteria: Ananda Mohan Chakrabarty
1971: Videocassette recorder: Sony
1972: Computed tomography: Godfrey Newbold Hounsfield
1972: Magnavox Odyssey: Ralph Baer
1972: Hall effect thruster: Soviet space program
1973: Hybrid rice in China[277]
1973: Ethernet: Bob Metcalfe and David Boggs
1973: Genetically modified organism: Stanley Norman Cohen and Herbert Boyer
1973: Reflectron: Boris Mamyrin
1973: Personal computer: Xerox PARC
1974: Electron cooling: Gersh Budker
1974: Microfinance: Muhammad Yunus
1974: Rubik’s Cube: Ern? Rubik
1974: Hybrid vehicle: Victor Wouk [6]
1975: Androgynous Peripheral Attach System: Soviet space program (Vladimir Syromyatnikov)
1975: DNA sequencing by chain termination Frederick Sanger
1975: Digital camera: Steven Sasson
1975: Underwater assault rifle: Vladimir Simonov
1976: Gore-Tex fabric: W. L. Gore & Associates
1976: Mobile ICBM: Alexander Nadiradze
1976: Perpendicular recording: Shun-ichi Iwasaki at Tohoku University
1977: Personal stereo: Andreas Pavel
1977: Mobile phone: Bell Labs [7]
1978: Credit-card-sized calculator: Casio
1978: Solar-powered calculator: Sharp
1978: Spreadsheet: Dan Bricklin
1979: Walkman: Sony
1979: Solid state digital audio player Kane Kramer
[edit] 1980s
1980: Compact Disc: Sony Corp, Philips Electronics[19]
1980: Flash memory: Fujio Masuoka[278][279]
1981: WIMP graphical User Interface (GUI): Xerox PARC
1981: Handheld electronic camera: Sony
1981: Scanning tunneling microscope: Gerd Karl Binnig and Heinrich Rohrer
1981: Video Floppy: Sony
1982: Compact Disc player: Sony[280]
1982: Insulated gate bipolar transistor: Hans Becke and Carl Wheatley RCA
1982: ACE inhibitor: John R. Vane
1982: Artificial heart: Robert Jarvik, incorporating modifications to earlier experimental designs
1982: Camcorder: Sony
1982: D-pad: Gunpei Yokoi
1982 (date of first marketing): Pocket television: Sony[281]
1982: Flat panel display: Sony
1982: Parallax scrolling: Irem[282]
1983: Personal digital assistant: Casio
1983: Internet: first TCP/IP network by Robert E. Kahn, Vint Cerf and others
1983: Color LCD television: Seiko[283][284]
1984: Portable CD player: Sony
1984: Phase distortion synthesis: Casio
1984: Lithotripsy: Claude Dornier
1984: Tetris: Alexey Pazhitnov
1985: Graphing calculator: Casio
1985: Polymerase chain reaction: Kary Mullis
1985: DNA fingerprinting: Alec Jeffreys
1986: Modular space station: Soviet space program (Mir space station)
1987: Statin, cholesterol drug: Carl Hoffman
1987: Digital Light Processing: Dr. Larry Hornbeck, Texas Instruments
1987: Electronically-controlled continuously variable transmission: Subaru
1988: Digital camera: Fuji
1989: Blue laser: Isamu Akasaki
1989: Digital waveguide synthesis: Yamaha, Stanford University
1989: Sildenafil (Viagra): Pfizer[285]
1989: Supermaneuverability: Sukhoi (Sukhoi Su-27 first performing Pugachev’s Cobra)
Digital Audio Tape: Sony
PCM adaptor: Sony
Vowel-Consonant synthesis: Casio
[edit] 1990s
1990: World Wide Web: Tim Berners-Lee[19][286]
1991: Memory card: Japan Electronic Industries Development Association
1991: Webcam: Quentin Stafford-Fraser Paul Jardetzky
1992: Plasma color display: Fujitsu
1993: Global Positioning System: United States Department of Defense
1993: Smart Phone: IBM
1993: Blue LED: Shuji Nakamura
1996: Force feedback: Nintendo
1996: Analog modeling synthesizer: Clavia DMI
1996: Universal Serial Bus(USB): A group of seven companies: Compaq, DEC, IBM, Intel, Microsoft, NEC and Nortel.
1997: Auto-Tune: Andy Hidebrand
1997: Non-mechanical mp3 digital audio player: SaeHan Information Systems[287]
1997: Plasma television: Pioneer Corporation
1998: Submarine-launched spacecraft: Russian Space Agency
1999: Digital Video Recorder: Tivo, ReplayTV

‘NUFF SAID —————–IDIOT!
THE MAN CAN’T HELP IT —-YOU CAN WALK INTO ANY SEARS ON ANY GIVEN DAY AND FIND TOOLS SMARTER THAN BIDEN ………A SIMPLE HAMMER COMES TO MIND

by Chrysaora

Satellite Portable Radios Taking Entertainment On The Go

Technology has reached great heights and the proof of the same is the kind of life which we are able to live, which wouldn’t have been possible if there hadn’t been the varied inventions and discoveries. When life becomes simple, entertainment gets predominant value. That is where technology has stepped in further to enhance the lives of the people and one form of entertainment tool which it has provided us has been the satellite portable radios which truly comprehend the taste and likes of people and has inculcated the same in its features and characteristics.

Satellite portable radios work on the concept of capturing radio signals from communications satellites. This way helps the signals to be dispersed over larger area, mostly covering the whole of the continent, keeping the workings of the satellite radios quite simple and without any hassles. The device comes with in-built antennas which help in receiving signals with the maximum precision when the device is in the open. Satellite portable radios are the best devices in providing fresh entertainment to people even when they are constantly on the move and hence also come with rechargeable batteries to enable uninterrupted services to the people.

Since satellite portable radios require access to the sky to enable one to listen to music and news channels, this becomes a problem when the individual is traveling through trains and subways. For this reason, satellite portable radios usually come with a huge memory space which can store 50-100 hours of content depending upon the model. This helps the user to listen to fresh music which can be changed and recorded everyday unlike iPods. The memory space can very well be utilized to store MP3 files and also WMA content which can be listened to at any point.

Satellite portable radios not only use the feature of trapping live satellite signals but can also work like plug-and-play satellite radios, and hence usually also come with car kits or home kits, which is necessary to play the same via home and car stereos. Most of these models are extremely light-weight and sleek, bearing the fact that they have to be carried around. These instruments also come with amazing channel preset functions, allowing channel presets of 30 or more, which is quite important in today’s life. The feature of one-touch tuning for music, traffic and weather reports helps us to save considerable time searching for channels. Most of the satellite portable radios also come with wireless remotes, keeping the task of controlling the device easy while used inside cars and homes.

Satellite portable radios can be defined as the best example in which technology has emerged as the winner in today’s world, helping mankind to understand the strength which is empowered in technology.

by Frank Boisvert

Theater Solutions B1 Two Way Bookshelf Speakers Get 4 1/2 Star Rating

The Theater Solutions B1 Two-Way Bookshelf Speaker is a part of Theater Solution’s Reference Series speaker line, steady performers that offer warm and precise sound reproduction in a most reasonable price range. As I scan the specifications, I am impressed with the stated frequency response range of 45Hz to 22,000 KHz which is lower than many bookshelf speakers in its class and the highs are considerably higher than many of its competitors. Also, the Theater Solutions B1 measures a modest 9.5″ x 5.875″ x 6.25″ making it very compact and versatile, which ultimately is the grand appeal of bookshelf speakers in general. Upon closer review, the specifications appear above average for the over-all size of the speakers and price, but let’s open the box and take a closer look.

At first glance the packaging is disappointing; however, as I open the box, they are tightly secure with thick Styrofoam completely surrounding the speakers. As, I unpack the speakers the cabinets feel well constructed with solid MDF construction and a light black woodgrain finish.

In terms of sound I must admit, I was completely caught off guard. The Theater Solutions two-way bookshelf speaker is very responsive and produces clear, precise tones across the frequency response range. Its enclosure utilizes a bass reflex design, which basically means it is ported to the rear. The four inch woofer sustains low end sound surprisingly well, while the 1″ titanium tweeter sparkles. The woofer and tweeter are shielded magnetically so that they can be safely placed on a shelf close to a television screen. As suggested with any bookshelf speaker, these would have to be paired with a subwoofer to recreate truly full-range sound, this is true with even top brands such as Boston Acoustic or Pioneer.

These bookshelf speakers would be perfect for enjoying stereo music or being used as main surround speakers in a home theater arrangement. They have a respectable sensitivity rating of 89db, allowing even a modest amplifier to work to within its comfort zone. Over-all I give the Theater Solutions B1 Two-Way Bookshelf Speakers a 4 /12 Star Rating out of 5 Stars because of their versatility, clean sound, and the Life Time Manufacture Defect Warranty.

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Private Rail Car – Mount Vernon, bedroom by night (USA)


Image by Train Chartering & Private Rail Cars
The Mount Vernon can be hired from Private Rail Cars.
MOUNT VERNON’s lounge/dining area features a flexible floor plan. The tables can be used for playing cards or board games at times other than meal times.
In addition, the tables can be repositioned together in a row down the center of the lounge, creating one large table for family-style dining.
The car’s entertainment system consists of a color television, DVD player, videotape player, audio CD player, and XM Satellite radio receiver played through a pair of stereo speakers at each end of the dining/lounge area.
The stainless steel kitchen is outfitted with a convection oven and a Jenn Aire grill top. There is storage for frozen, refrigerated and dry provisions. An experienced chef will use these facilities to prepare menus ranging from multi-course meals to light hors d’oeuvres. Charter clients are welcome to specify their menu preferences and special dietary needs in advance of a trip.
A spacious stainless steel shower compartment and a marble tiled changing area, quite possibly one of the most spacious on a private rail road car, is located between bedroom F and the kitchen.
The car has six bedrooms (A-F), each of which has an upper and lower bed, with a total of twelve beds. Five bedrooms (B-F) are available for guests, while one bedroom (A) is assigned to crew. Each of the bedrooms contains an enclosed bathroom annex with toilet and sink. Dividers can be retracted between pairs of bedrooms; this allows the creation of two bedroom suites (C-D and E-F) when desired by parties traveling together.
MOUNT VERNON sleeps 12 (up to 10 guests and 2 crew) in overnight service. MOUNT VERNON can accommodate up to 23 guests for daytime trips, but 12 to 15 guests is an optimum number of guests for daytime trips.
The car is certified to operate in Amtrak and Via Rail Canada service; it is available for charter in the United States and Canada.
MOUNT VERNON is based on the Morristown & Erie Railway in northern New Jersey, a short distance from New York City.
Photo – John H. Kuehl

Private Rail Car – Mount Vernon, lounge / dining area (USA)


Image by Train Chartering & Private Rail Cars
The Mount Vernon can be hired from Private Rail Cars.
MOUNT VERNON’s lounge/dining area features a flexible floor plan. The tables can be used for playing cards or board games at times other than meal times.
In addition, the tables can be repositioned together in a row down the center of the lounge, creating one large table for family-style dining.
The car’s entertainment system consists of a color television, DVD player, videotape player, audio CD player, and XM Satellite radio receiver played through a pair of stereo speakers at each end of the dining/lounge area.
The stainless steel kitchen is outfitted with a convection oven and a Jenn Aire grill top. There is storage for frozen, refrigerated and dry provisions. An experienced chef will use these facilities to prepare menus ranging from multi-course meals to light hors d’oeuvres. Charter clients are welcome to specify their menu preferences and special dietary needs in advance of a trip.
A spacious stainless steel shower compartment and a marble tiled changing area, quite possibly one of the most spacious on a private rail road car, is located between bedroom F and the kitchen.
The car has six bedrooms (A-F), each of which has an upper and lower bed, with a total of twelve beds. Five bedrooms (B-F) are available for guests, while one bedroom (A) is assigned to crew. Each of the bedrooms contains an enclosed bathroom annex with toilet and sink. Dividers can be retracted between pairs of bedrooms; this allows the creation of two bedroom suites (C-D and E-F) when desired by parties traveling together.
MOUNT VERNON sleeps 12 (up to 10 guests and 2 crew) in overnight service. MOUNT VERNON can accommodate up to 23 guests for daytime trips, but 12 to 15 guests is an optimum number of guests for daytime trips.
The car is certified to operate in Amtrak and Via Rail Canada service; it is available for charter in the United States and Canada.
MOUNT VERNON is based on the Morristown & Erie Railway in northern New Jersey, a short distance from New York City.
Photo – John H. Kuehl

by Frank Boisvert

Part One of the Early History of Subwoofers: 1950′s-1970′s

Anyone who is a car audio fan or who has come by it in passing will know what a subwoofer is. Subwoofers are used to generate that intense and deep feeling of bass, which is normally out of the range of most average speakers. Subwoofers are used not only in car audio, but in home stereos too to give ultimate bass within a small area, such as a room or car.

Although subwoofers may seem simple enough, there are in fact not quite as simple as they seem. Over the years, they have been researched, tested and developed in order to get the best sound out of them as possible. However, like any product there are varying degrees of quality of subwoofers as well as types, which are suited to different requirements and situations.

The first company to introduce decent subwoofers was Acoustic Research (AR), who in 1954 introduced the AR-1W – a system that could extend its bass to 20hz without any help from equalization and was literally a woofer efficiently closed in an enclosure.  The AR-1W was unsurpassed in design for years, and in fact is still very influential upon modern subwoofer design by its use of the acoustic suspension principle. The AR-1W was a compact subwoofer that could be easily fitted onto a bookshelf in pairs, unlike the monstrously sized enclosed loudspeakers which had been previously on the market.

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Dr Harry Olsen was also a major contributor to the design of audio systems that we have today. In the 1930′s/40′s, he was the first to assert that speakers are in need of a back as well as a front, as otherwise sound waves from the back will interfere with the front ones.  He also designed the passive radiator, which was design meant to be a substitute for the vent – a system that had a great number of faults at the time.  The vent design needed a large duct in order to avoid wind noises, which often meant the duct was larger than the vent itself. Olsen, instead used a diaphragm with suspension whose mass was equal to that of the air column in the vent, thus it was much smaller and much more efficient than the other design.

Jensen’s James Novak, a highly gifted research engineer and mathematician, was to come up with the bass reflex design. Through his knowledge as a mathematician and experience as an engineer, he was able to create and synthesize ideas for what today is known as the closed, vented and passive speaker systems.

Although considered an essential component today, bass extension was still a relative luxury in the 1950′s and 1970′s. The film businesses were the main guys interested in bass extension, which was first used commercially for the 1977 big hit, Star Wars.

Of the last century, these master engineers and mathematicians have been probably the most influential on the excellent acoustics available in car audio systems and home stereos today.

If you are interested in looking for subwoofers online, have a look at www.bassjunkies.com who have over 20 years experience in the car audio industry.

by sirwiseowl

Bluetooth Dj Headphones – Wireless Freedom Sound

We got a chance to check out RCA’s Jet Stream MP3 player and accompanying Kleer wireless headphones way back at CES in January, but it looks like they’ve both now finally landed in the FCC’s hands, which means we should be seeing an actual launch before too long. We may not mind having to do without our precious Nintendo DS and wireless cans for awhile if there’s in-flight WiFi to keep us occupied, but until then, this new measure is sure to annoy. Still, you get what you pay for and Philips afresh wireless headset is promising zero syncing issues at certain price. The Motorola S805 Bluetooth DJ Headphones are a the most relaxant idea of wireless freedom sound.The package includes with an iPod Nano and wireless adapter.The design of these headphones is quite attractive, with black plastic construction and leather wrapped pads.Those who usually use small headsets might be a little bit intimidated by the appare. Great sources for noise canceling headphones, wireless headphones, ear buds, replacement ear buds for iPods, bluetooth headphones and head sets. Sony’s first portable Bluetooth receiver converts virtually any pair of headphones into a stereo headset and extends this wireless streaming technology to headphone styles that may not yet be available with embedded stereo Bluetooth capabilities.

Newegg was already the lowest, and now it is even lower with this coupon code. Online store to buy wireless GSM cell phones. YCom One’s Phoenix Wi-Fi radio lets you listen to streaming digital audio via a tabletop radio that hooks into your wireless network. Listen to your iPod completely wirelesslyEnjoy CD quality sound up to 30 feet awayIntergrated microphone so you can answer calls from your bluetooth enabled phoneControls on the headset let you pause, change volume, skip tracks, and seek musicVersatile bluetooth heaset works with laptop, desktops, iChat and SkypeTalk on the phone with the. LAS VEGAS- Motorola unveiled a number of new products at this years consumer electronics show, including a revised version of its Rockr music phone, wireless headphones, and a “pocket-sized mobile film studio.”. The slim unlocked Samsung U600 soft black comes with an integrated music player which can play all popular music formats & allows the user to enjoy a full music experience on their phone. Newegg has a great price on the Jabra BT620 Bluetooth stereo headphones that is less than half what most online retailers are offering these for on Products. Important links tips and videos to illustrate Saitek a350 new wireless headphone, what justifies its low price, and advantages, drawbacks and links to purchase online. Tech-Com the IT hardware and electronics company, has unveiled a slew of products in 2.1 & 4.1 Multimedia speaker system; Wireless headphone; 2.0 Mega pixel Web Camera.Tech-Com 2.1 Multimedia speakers (SSD-2000 Watt) come in with excellent sound quality, which can be used with CD players as well as computers.

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Slim ultra-portable all in one design with built-in FM transmitter, 1GB flash memory, and LCD song display.

Do you want to listen to audio without hovering over your computer or isolating yourself with a pair of headphones? The major reason is that recording through wired mediums, so wireless mediums prove to be far more effective that the wired ones. We’ve witnessed quite a few DIY journeys involving wireless speakers headphones, but there’s no better way to make lemonade from lemons than to take Sarah Lemari ‘s advice when your favorite Bluetooth ‘phones snap in half. Here’s a step-by-step guide that will show you how to listen to your music from a Blackberry Curve using a pair of wireless Bluetooth headphones.

PortalPlayer, a key chip manufacturer for Apple’s iPod, will add support for Wi-Fi and Bluetooth wireless technology to its new chips, thanks to an agreement with Bluetooth chip supplier Cambridge Silicon Radio.

Samsung U600 soft black slim, compatibility if you’ve treated yourself to a pair of wireless headphones. All the players boast 30+ hours of.a NWZ-A820K model that will not only come with the earbuds but also includes a set of wireless Bluetooth headphones to take advantage of the. Wireless surround sound headphones are a great replacement to speakers.

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The History Of Telephones

Before the speech interspersed by electrical signals, there were more or less successful attempts for non-telephony. Samuel Moreland introduced in 1670 in London, attempts to transmit voice with instruments that looked like a trumpet. The idea was picked up about 100 years later by Johann Heinrich Lambert again. 1783 was published anonymously in Paris] is a prospectus under the heading About the propagation of sound and voice in tubes [.... This funding should be raised on a large scale. The project did not stop at an estimated distance of 4 km and because of the associated high susceptibility to wear. In the 19th Century were used then for a long time speaking pipes in the steam navigation.

The history of the phone starts in 1837 when the American, Samuel Finley Morse, the Morse telegraph constructed. Thus the important precondition for the phone to the transmission of signals through electrical lines has already been put into practice. In 1854 the Paris telegraph Bourseul Charles (1829-1912) presented a paper on possible techniques of electrical speech transmission. This was followed by practical developments in principle, functioning telephones, among others, Innocenzo Manzetti, Antonio Meucci, Tivadar Puskas, Philipp Reis, Elisha Gray and Alexander Graham Bell. From these early inventors had only Bell's organizational skills, the phone using the laboratory experimental apparatus as a whole also bring to market. Thus, Bell brought in 1876 in Boston, the first phone to practical application, see also: the invention of the telephone.

Bell device consisted of a transducer, which was used alternately as a microphone and as Fernhörer. It had a flexible metal diaphragm, a bar magnet and a coil of wire surrounding the magnet. The output from discussing varying degrees of sound waves enabled the membrane to vibrate. The modified magnetic flux were induced in the coil by electrical currents. In this way, the converted sound waves into electrical signals were transmitted via a wire connection to the receiver telephone. In the converter is now the reverse process took place. The incoming modulated current produced a variable magnetic field, which enabled the membrane to vibrate, thus re-created sound waves.

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With devices of this type were on 26 October 1877 in Berlin under the direction of Postmaster General Heinrich von Stephan Telegraph and General Director Budde successful transmission experiments on initially a 6 km, then 26 km and last 61 km performed. Stephen leaves after these first attempts of the other Bell phones Siemens & Halske make. These events mark the beginning of the deployable telephony in Germany.

With the invention of the carbon microphone in 1878 by David Edward Hughes, in conjunction with the improvement of the listener by Werner von Siemens, a substantially pure transfer and therefore a talk over long distances was possible (demonstration at the International Electrical Exhibition 1883).

For the construction of telephone connections was initially known as manual switching by the “lady employed by the Office” () see Klingelfee.

To give the user the opportunity to build its own connection (IDD), which began Almon Strowger in 1888 with the development of an automatic telephone switching system. On 10 Almon Strowger patented in March 1891, the work was actually undertaker, this switching system (Automatic Telephone Exchange) under the U.S. patent no. 447.918 [2]. Lore has it that Strowger to the development of an automatic switching system was proposed, because it took away a competing funeral homes in cooperation with the local “Lady of the Office”, the incoming customer orders. With this system were on the phone for the ones, tens and hundreds of phone number to be chosen depending on a button mounted to the point had to be correspondingly depressed often. The operation was tedious and prone to error and the corresponding installation costs high, as each key was connected to a separate line with the exchange.

More Selbstwahleinrichtungen for the phone followed, as on 11 January 1898 by AE Keith and the brothers John and Charles J. Erickson, the staff of the Strowger Automatic Telephone Exchange Company was, under the U.S. patent no. 597.062  Strowger patented finger-wheel dial sub station. Through this device, the number of cable wires to transmit information, the choice has been reduced to two.

On 29 April 1913 patented Siemens & Halske the phones for long periods in ordinary number switches, working in accordance with the pulse dialing. The use of point switches in telephones is at least documented in Germany for the year 1908, and in the USA from 1907th

1955 was developed by Bell Telephone Laboratories, the DTMF (DTMF). This kind of selection buttons on today is the most commonly used for analog phones.

With modern electronics and computer technology, it was the electromechanical elements with semiconductor components are replaced with the substantial downsizing of the equipment and the equipment more and more additional functions and allowed both to simplify the operation as well as other potential uses – for example, the acoustic zone monitoring offer -.

For example, while the call signaling initially accompanied by an electromechanical alarm clock, it is now replaced by an electronic, mostly adjustable beep. Additional features include call forwarding of incoming and outgoing calls, number memory (phonebook, text message or direct), call forwarding, conference calling, call history, and speakerphone. In addition, the phone itself is now sometimes referred to as entity with other devices such as voice mail (usually combined with remote) and fax machine.

Besides its primary function, along with the phone for voice communication of the necessary transmission and switching technology is an integral part of a worldwide communications network that can be transmitted via the addition of language information of any kind.