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GSM, Iridium, and other wireless communication options.

GSM, Iridium, and other wireless communication options.

The connections subject spanned at least 8 percent of the entire material covered.  Most of it pertained to wired connections and physical connector types.  There was little mention of wireless options.  Those that were included RF, Sound, and Light.  None of these were demonstrated with code or some working example. Since the next quarter will involve cloud data processing, this data will need to be uploaded wirelessly.  This will introduce new methods like WiFi and GSM.  I would like to…

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The End of Winter Quarter 2014

The End of Winter Quarter 2014

The subject mater covered this quarter was done in a strange and different way than I had traditionally.  The daily blog entries and micro projects didn’t give me the same sense of purpose that term papers had in the past.  The scattered nature of the material made me aware that the blog entries were key in gathering it together.  It was by this that my sense of purpose and accomplishment became clear.  Unlike the term papers, the blog still has…

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Silly or Serious?

Silly or Serious?

This last post for the quarter started out with me looking for someone that put it all together.  Turns out I found this instead and it got my attention. Measuring Pollution and Health – Wearable Project Wins Prize.  It was dated July 11th, 2013.  What was the prize?  A sum of $15,000.  Here’s one of the winners with a project demo. I’ve seen some impressive work done by folks and to think this sort of work doesn’t have rewards is…

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