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  • Will your big-screen Super Bowl party violate copyright law?




    An offhand comment the other day by a friend caught my attention—”Did you know that you can’t watch the Super Bowl on a TV screen larger than 55 inches? Yeah, it’s right there in the law.”

    With the Colts and Saints set to do battle in Super Bowl XLIV, this seemed worth looking into as a public service. Could it be that some of those giant flat panel TV sets now finding their way into US living rooms are actually violating copyright law?

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  • Armatix pistol / wristwatch combo tells time… to stay put

    Armatix has apparently been working on its so-called “smartgun” concept for quite a while, but it’s now finally shown up at the Shooting Hunting and Outdoor Trade Show (SHOT, naturally) with its first actual product: a .22-caliber pistol that relies on a wristwatch as a safety. As you can probably figure out, the gun will only unlock itself when its in close proximity to the watch, which sends a “wireless arming signal” that, of course, also activates some green LEDs for good measure. Previous incarnations of the company’s concept also relied on a fingerprint ID as an additional safety, but that seems to have been left off this production model, which will run €7,000 (or $9,700) when it starts shipping next month.

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  • HTC Touch Pro2 GSM WMPoweruser Series ROM Now Available

    2010-01-31 20.23.22Well guys after hours of perfecting the ROM, Ark delivers you a freshly cooked ROM in the flavoring of Windows Mobile 6.5 and 6.5.3. The ROM is build on 23518, which is by far the best and most stable 6.5.3 ROM so far, and also 21889, which is the most stable 6.5 build so far.

    Here is some information for you guys:

    * CE OS 5.2.21889 Build 21889.5.0.87 / CE OS 5.2.23518 Build 23518.5.5.0
    * HTC Sense 2.5 Landscape
    * LEO SMS engine updated
    * HTC Sense updated
    * Better video playback (Youtube)
    * New WM theme by [Shadowline]
    * Manila TV, for more info check this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=534185.
    * TomAutoCabInstall.exe (Just create a folder on your SD card with the name Autoinstall, you can put cab files, xml or other customization files, and these will auto install on first boot.
    * And a few more things…..
    * You can also get a glimpse of my rom on Youtube
    EDIT: I advise you to make an hardreset after flash and remove the sim card.

    * Create folder in Root of Storage Card called [ Autoinstall ]
    * Copy all your cabs in that folder
    * After Flash , and during customisations all your cab will be installed.
    * Also set your cabs to read only
    * So get Your Storage Card prepared with all your Cabs to install.

    This ROM is based and build on his original ROM, but this one is made for you, and I think you will all like it, because it is fast stable and looks good(to me).

    He put A lot of time into the ROM and I think, if you can, give him a little something and Donate to ARK for his work.

    Download the ROM:

    6.5.3:Here
    6.5.0:Here

    Special Thanks to Shadowline for the startup, wallpaper and theme Graphics, Click on his name to donate for his Work. If you want the wallpaper for Manila, click here and enjoy.

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  • How the iPad is Changing Interaction Design

    ipad_150_jan10.jpgApplications that looked amazing on larger multi-touch experiences like Microsoft Surface may have a more affordable consumer-facing counterpart. While the iPad has been widely criticized, many startups are thrilled by its possibilities. In mid-November we featured Paris-based Pearltrees as a new design interface for remapping web information. We spoke to CEO Patrice Lamothe to hear his thoughts on the release of the iPad.

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    Pearltrees is a new way of organizing information where users create mindmap-style visualizations of their favorite websites and web-based media. Each “pearl” or media node can have multiple branches and depending on how you want to arrange your pearls, you can drag and drop them to any branch point to suit your needs. Rather than scrolling through a linear hierarchy of bookmarks, users can delve into different branches of a pearltree. Naturally, this type of data visualization lends itself to the touch capabilities of the iPad.

    Says Lamothe, “The idea of physically touching and moving items on a screen is in the DNA of Pearltrees. We won’t need to change much to the interaction design to make it suitable for the iPad.”

    Nevertheless, while Lamothe sees the potential in the tablet’s touch interface, the fact that the device does not currently support Flash is a problem for the CEO. While many argue that Apple’s omission of Flash support is in favor of HTML 5, there’s no denying that lack of Flash would hinder the consumer experience. The plethora of pre-existing Flash apps and sites are inaccessible save for Adobe’s workarounds.

    Says Lamothe, “I believe tablets can open up an entirely new field, something I would call ‘casual browsing’. It’s a really simple way to get information, browse the Web, enjoy content, play games and communicate with friends. It’s something you will do at home, in cafes, during your holidays – basically when you have a bit of leisure time. To be the perfect casual browser, the IPad would need a more open architecture, Flash, a camera and a few other features…In any case, it’s an exciting new way to enjoy the Web.”

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  • 2010 Grammys Performances: Lady Antebellum “Need You Now” VIDEO

    Hillary Scott, left, and Charles Kelley of Lady Antebellum, performed their hit “Need You Now” at the Grammy Awards in Los Angeles on Jan. 31.


  • Government is Stealing Your Wealth and Planning For More

    If you watched the State of the Union speech last week you saw the hypocrisy of Barack Obama laid out in plain view.

    He chided those who are already campaigning while having run a perpetual campaign for the last year. He called on Republicans to participate in the process while having locked them out for a full year. He played the American people for fools, saying they were against Obamacare because he had not talked about it enough and therefore the poor, unwashed masses just didn’t understand it. And he vowed to freeze spending while proposing more boondoggle projects that’ll require the Federal Government to print more money to pay for them. And then he did what he does best:  He blamed George W. Bush.

    After that, he vowed to go full steam ahead with what he’s done for the past year. That’s a prescription for disaster for the American people.

    You would think that the political system would do everything possible to protect, above all, the producers and savers of wealth. Yet they are attacked from all sides. Obama and company are sharpening their knives now for a big roundup on the cattle farm.

    Like Bush and presidents before him—and Congresses before this one—they steal the world with paper money that costs them nothing, yet they transfer guilt and heap ever more taxes on the people. They love the words “tax cheats” and “illegal foreign bank accounts.”

    Yes, the foxes are in charge of the hen house. The people are pacified with propaganda, bread and circus. Why swallow all this hypocrisy and insult? The answer is that the people don’t know, and they don’t know that they don’t know. They are fed pacifism in their churches and pablum in their schools and they never ask questions.

    The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) now wants 1,000 new agents to enforce more tax collections.

    How can a minority criminal element make perpetual war on the majority? The answer is that they have propaganda and they have the guns. And don’t forget they have the printing presses to spew out fiat.

    Do you know that it is a crime to try to keep what you earn and save? Just try to hold onto what “Uncle Sam” claims you owe.

    I cannot believe the downright ignorance of even the most “educated” people about the nature of fiat paper money and how governments enslave the whole world with their hoax.

    Think now! The American people strive to get education, they work their entire lives as professionals or non-professionals and they never so much as ask a question about paper money and how it transfers their labor and wealth to the government.

    They don’t know that when they go to a commercial bank to get a loan that the bank doesn’t loan them money that it has in its vaults. It just writes you a check. The bank “makes a loan” with non-substance that costs it nothing, requiring you to use real collateral.

    You have to give up or risk something for nothing. This is slavery, even though it has a pretty face. Bankers don’t look and act like crooks in the community. In fact they don’t even know what they are doing. They never question the system.

    Is Obama forcing an exodus? Yes, companies and individuals will go elsewhere. Watch!

    Well known tax attorney Marshall Langer says Obama plans a value added tax (VAT) like Europe has. Once started it will get higher and higher. These humanoids never tire of hypocrisy. Can you believe it? Yes, I believe they will implement the VAT. This will be a tax on everybody.

    When you read nonsense like the government has new debt of $1.7 trillion, just consider it default. Fiat implies default the day it is created. What is wrong with us?

    Regardless of what we want to think there is no such thing as government debt. He who prints the money has no debt. Yes, everybody else owes debt, except the Federal Government with the printing presses.

    They call it a financial crisis, but what it is is a new war on savers who have found that they are now too poor to retire. They may have decided that their pension-fund managers deserved to be jailed.

    Already many people have come to realize that they will have to work until they are 75 to 80. Governments are going to tax the living hell out of Americans as they inflate their own “liabilities” away.

    There is no way to win in a rigged regime of paper money. It’s a perpetual treadmill.

    Did you think that you would see this? General Electric and Berkshire Hathaway have lost their triple-A credit ratings. Is this the world that we live in?

    Yes, expect anything but prepare for inflation (a crashing dollar and serious depreciation of purchasing power). Prepare for more taxes and more bureaucratic oppression. You may see troops and armored cars in more places. You will hear the words “hoarders” and “speculators.”

    But you know the meaning of the whole thing. It will be the rumblings and death rattle of a terminal regime trying to hold on.

    Still, you should be buying gold coins and pre-1964 U.S. silver coins. You should be storing food. You should still get some money out of the U.S. while it is still legal.

    Exchange your paper money now for much more paper money later, plus survival. Depreciation of the currency is going on now!

  • Omron STI Introduces G9SX-LM Low-speed Safety Monitoring Unit

    FREMONT, CA – Omron Scientific Technologies, Inc. introduces the G9SX-LM Low-speed Safety Monitoring Unit. Consisting of two proximity sensors and a G9SX safety controller with fault diagnostics, the G9SX-LM is a Category 3 (EN954-1), SIL 3 (IEC/EN 62061) certified redundant safety system that monitors and confirms motor rotation speed to facilitate safe machine maintenance. The system can also provide standstill monitoring.

    The G9SX-LM allows an operator to access the machine for maintenance work while the machine is running at a safe, maximum set operating threshold of 10 Hz. Should the motor speed exceed the preset speed, the G9SX-LM will stop the machine immediately. An optional A4EG Enabling Grip Switch provides an additional layer of safety protection that, if pressed or released, will also immediately stop the machine.

    The G9SX-LM is certified to all relevant North American and International safety standards and is engineered to deliver reliable standstill and low-speed monitoring operation for machine tools, printing presses and other applications. The system is suitable for use with servomotors.

    The G9SX-LM is rated for 24 VDC operation, and is available with spring-cage or screw terminal blocks. It has eight semiconductor outputs – two instantaneous safety outputs, two safety slow-speed/stopping detection outputs, and four auxiliary outputs. Detailed LED indicators provide easy-to-read and understand diagnostics.

    About Omron STI
    Omron Scientific Technologies, Inc. is a North American provider of automation safeguarding products and services. Omron STI provides safety products that are used to protect workers around machinery, automated equipment and industrial robots. Our products serve a wide variety of applications and markets, including semiconductor, automotive, medical, electronics manufacturing, packaging and consumer markets.

    Omron Scientific Technologies Inc., 6550 Dumbarton Circle, Fremont, CA 94555; 1-800-479-3658; (510) 608-3400; fax: (510) 744-1442; [email protected]; www.sti.com.

  • Safety switch with separate actuator

    Safety switches with separate actuators are suitable for sliding, hinged and particularly removable safety guards, which need to be closed to ensure the necessary operational security. They are also suitable for fitting on profile sections and existing equipment.

    In combination with safety control modules all safety switches with class 2 shown in this chapter achieve Control Category 3 or 4 to EN 954-1.

    Design and mode of operation:
    On the safety switches with class 2, the switching element is not physically connected to the actuator but functionally brought together or separated for switching. When the guarding device is opened, the actuator is separated from the base unit. In the process, NC contacts are positively opened and NO contacts closed.

    Enclosure rating of all the safety switches is IP 67. The safety switches can be fitted in any desired mounting position.

  • Stellram® NEW 1B Finishing Geometry

    ATI Stellram’s new turning geometry/chip breaker for finish machining of Steel, Stainless Steel and Difficult-to-Machine alloys, has been designed to cope with the ever increasing demands for greater productivity with improved component integrity.

    The precisely controlled cutting edge and nose profile remove material cleanly and efficiently leaving a superior surface finish while reducing machining pressure for longer tool life and increased cutting edge security.

    Features and Benefits
    Grade SP0819 improves heat and wear resistance in high temperature alloys resulting in longer and secure tool life.

    Nitro-Lok® coated NL37 grade is available for demanding applications in unalloyed and alloyed steels.

    The chip breaker design provides excellent chip control at varying depths of cut and feed rates for greater versatility.

    High resistance to edge breakdown provides for consistent surface finishes and the maintaining of dimensional tolerances.

    Ground seating surfaces for better placement and security of the insert while also providing superior heat transfer, reducing insert temperature for longer tool life

  • Motion Control Dampers

    An AMCL Motion Control Damper is designed to influence the characteristics of movement by providing velocity or time control for applications requiring the controlled arrest of a weight or lid, when moving from one position to another.

    AMCL Dampers can be used to enhance performance in a variety of Industrial applications.

    AMCL dampers are not ‘vibration’ dampers, for example as used in washing machines and they are not dampers required for controlling the sudden stopping of a weight / lid.

    AMCL Motion Control dampers are for low frequency, velocity or time controlled applications, which may involve 10 to 20 activities per day.

    Benefits
    Multi position holding of counterbalanced weights
    Simple adjustment to determine correct setting
    Finger Tip control
    Custom Design, sized to your application
    Custom force setting or adjust-yourself option
    Safe to use and operate

  • Hofmann hk5000 Hydrokompenser Balancer Upgrade

    Due to popular demand, Schmitt Europe is pleased to present a complete electronic upgrade kit for the Hofmann Hydrokompenser HK-4410 and HK-5000 grinding wheel balancer controllers. The Hydrokompenser is one of the original grinding wheel balancers, and has been around for almost 30 years with hundreds still in operation worldwide. The Hydrokompenser uses the grinding machine coolant as a balancing mass to compensate for imbalance in the grinding wheel and spindle assembly. A filtered supply of coolant is injected into an annular ring container mounted either inside the grinding wheel arbour or on the flange of the wheel arbour. The mass of the coolant held in the container counter acts the imbalance in the wheel assembly. This is done as the wheel is rotating at normal grinding speed ensuring optimum balance of the whole assembly is quickly achieved. The Hydrokompenser is still a popular system with many grinding machine OEMs and end users. The upgrade is ‘Plug-and-Play’, installing in minutes, and features Schmitt’s latest SB-4500 series modular electronic controller. The upgrade kit comprises of 3 parts: an SB-4500-H control unit, SB-4901 adapter cable to operate the existing Hofmann solenoid valve block, and a magnetically or stud mounted SB-1440 vibration sensor with cable. If the HK5000 was interfaced with the machine PLC or CNC, an optional SB-4902 CNC interface adapter is available
    which means no complex re-wiring to the grinder PLC or CNC is required. The new electronics of the SB- 4500-H offer fast and accurate in-process balancing of the wheel and spindle assembly. Other benefits include a large easy to read LCD display, multi language firmware, a Plot Vibration analysis of the whole of the grinding machine – useful for balancing, spindle problem solving and predictive maintenance. As well as electronic upgrades, Schmitt Europe carry a large stock of HK- 5000 Hydrokompenser consumable items and spare parts at their Coventry, UK base. These include coolant filters, speed sensors, vibration sensors, replacement valve blocks and individual solenoid valves to keep old systems running. Complete new Hydrokompenser systems are also available featuring the SB-4500-H controller, and are especially useful for high speed spindles or applications where a mechanical balance head simply won’t fit.

  • Programmable electronic position switches at any time

    A highlight is the world’s first LSE (Limit Switch Electronic) electronic position switch. The devices can compensate for all measurement tolerances with every application: The need for cumbersome adjustment with gauges and sliding callipers is completely eliminated. Each device has a freely programmable operating point and can be individually adjusted to suit the application and can be changed as often as required.

    The innovative LSE position switches represent a market premiere, as it is the first time that a single device for all applications has been launched on the market, and is also for safety-relevant tasks and applications. The use of just a single type offers a wide-range of advantages: There is an enormous reduction in the complexity and expense in areas such as logistics, purchase order processing, stockkeeping and administration associated with bills of materials.

    Further convincing advantages: Divergent positions for the attachment bores or tolerances of brackets and flaps have no influence on the operating point of the position switch. After mounting the device, the operating point is “learned” eliminating any time-consuming fine adjustment tasks. This saves precious time and avoids high tooling costs. Furthermore, every electrician and mechanic around the globe is in a position to effortlessly adjust the devices. The devices plainly signal all actions and include optical indication.

  • Portable Acquisition System – HGL Hummingbird

    Hummingbird II is a new data acquisition system designed to provide a world-class ultra-portable solution for low channel-count dynamic data recording, real-time monitoring and analysis requirements.
    Hummingbird features 8, 16 and 32 analogue input channels:

    – 24 bit delta sigma A to D converter per channel
    – Synchronous sample rates 5-200 kHz (up to 80 kHz bandwidth)
    – All inputs are configurable for AC, DC, ICP, strain gage or Tachometer signals
    – Each channel includes selectable ranges up to +/-1, 2, or 10 volts
    – Synclink interface to allow multi-unit operation
    – < 5kg weight

  • Small Mixer tank with lobe pump

    This equipemnt is designed for a small quantity medium mixed and transfer.

    Manufacturer can directly add the medium in the tank,there is a mixer in tank can mix the powder with liquid or liquid with liquid to a high viscosity finished liquid. And the finished liquid can directly transfer the packing machine.

    So this machine can save worker’s tome and improve the effective. It is not only save cost, it is also improve your products quality.

  • Bug-o Introduces a Full Line of Positioning Equipment

    Improve weld quality and increase production with Bug-O’s complete line of Positioning Equipment. This product line includes positioners with capacities from 220-20,000 lbs standard, turning rolls with capacities from 2200-40,000 lbs standards, manipulators and torch oscillators for various types of welding applications. Larger capacities and custom configurations are also available to fit your needs.

  • New Accelerometer for Engine & Exhaust Analysis, Model 3092C

    Chatsworth, CA – January 25, 2010 – Dytran Instruments, Inc. is pleased to introduce the model 3092C which is a high temperature, piezoelectric charge output accelerometer. Designed for use in vibration studies in high temperature environments, this unit is capable of operating in temperature ranges of -60° to +900° F (-51° to +482° C).

    Model 3092C has a nominal sensitivity of 5 pC/g and an upper frequency range of 5,000 Hz. The 3092C features a 10-32 radial connector, a 10-32 mounting hole, stainless steel construction and a hermetic seal.

    The 3092C mates with an all new hardline cable assembly, model 6894AXX.

    Potential applications include turbine engine vibration monitoring, vibration studies of automotive engine and exhaust systems, and general purpose vibration measurements under ultra high temperature conditions.

    To learn more about model 3092C, please contact us at [email protected].

    Company Information:

    Established in 1980, Dytran Instruments, Inc. is a leading manufacturer of piezoelectric and DC accelerometers, force and pressure transducers, and associated electronics. Dytran products are used extensively in aerospace, test and measurement and industrial applications. Additionally, Dytran products are widely utilized for on-board measurements in a variety of aerospace, commercial, and military applications.

    Dytran maintains a world-class manufacturing facility in Chatsworth (Los Angeles) California. This vertically integrated facility includes engineering, administrative, manufacturing, and automated machining capabilities. Dytran products are available worldwide via a network of distributors and representatives.

  • TrueDC Switch Disconnectors for protection of solar PV

    Helio Switch 1000VDC &DC-2xA
    Helio Switch switch-disconnectors comply with IEC 60947-3 and VDE 0660 part 107.
    – They are true-DC switches especially designed for solar PV applications.
    – The rated insulation voltage of our Helio Switch is 1000 VDC in accordance to IEC 60367-7-712 issued in 2002.
    – Their use category is DC-2xA according to IEC 60947-3.Their are tested at 1,500 operations(versus 300 for DC-2xB products) @ 1.5In for DC21A items and @ 4In for DC22A. It is advised to install DC22A products due to the inductive effect of solar inverters.

    – With a small footprint and ready-to-use, Helio Switch are supplied with their shunts connected in factory (only one reference corresponding to the complete product!).
    – Connections are IP20 finger-safe graded.
    – Helio Switch are designed to be DIN-rail mounted
    – They must be installed and serviced by qualified workers par du personnel qualifié knowing perfectly the rules for installing solar PV equipment.

  • INSPECTION MACHINE MOD. ISR 07® TENSIONLESS FOR ELASTOMER

    The inspection, winding tensionless machine ISR 07′ TENSIONLESS, provided of axial or tangential unwinding for big rolls, it’, an excellent machine for the elastomer fabrics.
    The fabric gently comes situated, in the form of small folding, on a conveyor belt, that allows it to relax and particularly as it regards the elastic materials to resume its own elasticity.

    An additional conveyor belt incline ® (Exclusive Patent COMATEX) accompanies the fabric, without altering its acquired stability, to the summit of the table of inspection illuminated, where possible to view and mark the defects eventually found.

    Before the end phase of winding, a special software Comatex combined to the electronic sensor of tension, it allows to maintain results of relaxation and to get rolls without residual tension.

    The machine can be provided to a system for the cut, the weighing and the measuring of the fabric; these can be connected whit a PC for recording and the print of labels or packing list.

  • MARECHAL DECONTACTOR™ : a plug and a socket in one product !

    A decontactor is an electrical socket with an integral switching mechanism which offers the function of an isolator in one product. Any suitable electrical equipment fitted with a decontactor can be connected and disconnected in seconds in complete safety. Pressing the socket latch releases the plug which
    then ejects to a parked position – dead. This can then be simply removed and the socket padlocked off (available as an option) creating visible isolation.

    Its butt contacts resist to vibration and corrosion for an excellent conductivity even after years of use. Automatically watertight IP66/IP67, the GRP or metal casings of the decontactors resist to shocks, UV and temperature variation : -40 °C to +60 °C.

    With the decontactor range from 20 to 250A and with auxiliary contacts also an option (plug in/out signals, linked to a contactor etc) both mobile and fixed equipment can be isolated in seconds saving costs every time it’s used.

  • Series 30, Micromodul connectors, pitch 1.27 mm

    For cable-to-board connections with flat cables, where space is at a premium.

    Plugs and solder-in connectors in insulation displacement technology, tab headers for THT and SMT soldering. For signal and low load currents up to 1.2 A, pitch 1.27 mm (.050″).