Monthly Archive for October, 2008

LINKDUMP: Laser Ranging

Published on October 21, 2008 in Tech. 0 Comments

Some interesting links on inexpensive laser ranging:

http://www.eng.buffalo.edu/ubr/ff03laser.php

http://techref.massmind.org/techref/com/cyberg8t/www/http/pendragn/actlite.htm

http://www.pages.drexel.edu/~twd25/webcam_laser_ranger.html

http://techref.massmind.org/techref/new/letter/news0310.htm

Managing Spectrum at a Political Convention

Published on October 21, 2008 in Tech. 0 Comments

Something I’d never thought of before – how spectrum is managed at a big political convention. With all the different groups participating, wireless microphones, video links, cell phones, walkie-talkies, etc. being used, it’s no small task. Two links “recently” came to my attention that shed some light on this:

All in all, some interesting stuff I wouldn’t normally have thought of.