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UAV wih Tube Launched Expandable Wing

June 1st, 2010

The United States Soldiers have a new useful tool in the battles space, one which allows them extended battlespace situational awareness. A bird’s eye view via robotic unmanned aerial vehicle or UAV, which are launched by hand and fly around like a little remote control model aircraft taking pictures of the ground below and the enemy too. They are almost impossible to shoot down and many can fly for hours protecting our troops.

I propose a new model of the UAV. A micro-air vehicle commonly called an MAV, which can be deployed faster, quicker and reach it surveillance area immediately and efficiently. How about a UAV, which is the size of a hand thrown UAV but the wing is folded along the fuselage while being launched and is shot into the air. The forward momentum keeps its wing from clicking at a 90-degree angle until it slows down.

The Wing is attached to the fuselage with a center bolt and is aligned with the fuselage for firing into the air. It is shot out of a tank almost straight up as it arches slow down and return to earth the relative wind slows down and the spring loaded wing pops into place and then it has altitude, and can glide trickle charging the battery and using solar to keep the motor going.

Instant altitude and distance at the speed of a round, then use the same guidance system for the mortar rounds we now have to steer it to a single mission target and home in on enemy? If you have great ideas which can help our troops in Iraq then let’s hear them, as my brother is a US Marine and we need to be thinking here.

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Does the Promotion of Technology Lead to De-evolution?

December 31st, 2009

Is modern technology making the human species weaker? Some think it is and many have nearly lost their sense of smell, sense of taste and intuition, which is a common trait throughout the animal kingdom, which includes people. Technology and Change always comes under fire from those who fear change, yet are we failing to heed the warning this time? Are we really moving technology so fast that people are not people anymore?

Recently one humanist made a biting comment and said; “You see, the technology that many are promoting now has actually caused us to “devolve” yet is being promoted under the guise of progressive “evolution”.

Well yes that is a valid point and worthy of consideration and I for one agree that is one good argument against the rapidly increasing technology. And the potential eventuality of a “Singularity” of Human Evolution as Ray Kurzweil the Famous Futurist often states. But have we really taken a good look at the human race lately? The average human being cannot even get out of their own way. I mean we have 80% of the African Continent at 85 IQ, rest of the world at barely over that. In the US we are doing about 100, with public servants not allowed to be over 105 or the police departments will not hire them?

Many believe that the future advances cannot go on without a total collapse of civilization and what it means to be human stating things like:

“This propaganda will never sustain itself because there are still human beings out there that can “feel” the lack of integrity in this marketing.”

Well wait a second now. We are about to solve all mankind’s problems and we are almost there. We will solve cancer issues, water crisis, weather control and so many problems which plague mankind through sciences of computers, biotech, new materials and robotics. And you see most humans really do not wish to work if they had their druthers, so why push them to do something they hate? Besides there really is no work ethic or integrity in most modern civilization anyway for that matter.

So if robotics as an example can solve these problems that is a good thing and the humans are free to have more leisure time to evolve and catch up, ponder ideas and move into the future undeterred. Take my industry for instance I am in the car wash business and no one really wants to work you see, so fine I will build robots to wash cars. And as we recently saw with the DARPA Grand Challenge we can build them and drive them selves too.

Additionally is technology causing humans to de-evolve or are humans sinking to the lowest common denominator? And is this modern technologies fault or is it a human problem? For instance, humans 30% would lie to you if they felt they might be able to make one dollar. Another 30% would lie to you to make $500 and 29% would for 1,000 to 10,000 dollars. So where is the lack of integrity that those who oppose technology are talking about here? It seems to me that de-evolution is happening in France with the riots lasting four weeks? Is that technologies fault? The warring tribes in Africa are killing each other and you do not see a lot of technology there? I hereby declare victory in the argument that modern advances in technology is de-evolving the human species and further wait for the next attack from those who fear change. Think on it.

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Contest Needed to Control Insect Swarms

November 29th, 2009

There are many insect type swarms, which threaten mankind. For instance killer bees or the very devastating Locust Plagues, which can wipe out a seasons crops in minutes. It appears that we maybe able to control insect swarms in various ways; for instance sound waves, which are directed into the heart of the swarm.

And so this discussion came up recently in an online think tank when one member Warren states; “The experiments to make that determination are expensive by their very nature. That is why www.bose.com and the American Technologies Corporation or other people, SONY or about 10 other sound-related companies need to be involved. This would open a market for their equipment and showcase their expertise.”

This could be made a contest to see who could re-create a micro-mechanical swarm and use these principles once they are learned with each team getting sponsors like those you mention above to show there stuff. And yes the experiments would lead to worthy commercial products such as insect sound walls, agriculture uses and a solution to controlling locust swarms.

Warren states; “I want to see this sound-weapon concept tested to determine if it is only so much wishful thinking or to see if there could be a way to return some of the misery these critters have extended to many of us who use and enjoy the written word; wouldn’t mind returning the favor to those nasty little flying bastards.”

Funny you should mention this, as a young adult I was hit by a swarm of yellow jackets or hornets and they got into my hair and they are tough little guys to deal with, I cannot imagine what a large swarm would be like. I defeated the mini-swarm by running away as fast as I could and then flat handing my head over and over trying to kill them, they would not stop. Pretty robust little guys I’ll tell you.

This locust thing is a tough one considering the size of the swarm and the power requirement, but the more I consider all this the more I wonder why can’t we use a sound reflector and thus use their energy to cancel their sound or a directional sound dampener system, which I am not sure exists or what something like that is even called? Perhaps we should consider this in 2006.

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How to Convert MPEG Videos to ASF

October 22nd, 2009

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If you want to convert a full video clip or audio all at once, or just a small part at a time, thern Need4 Video can handle it.

Step 1. Launch

You will need a video converter program, such as a Need4 Video Converter.

Download the program.

Then follow the directions below.

Step 2. Add MPEG Video To Converter

  • Click the +Video button to add video that you would like to convert
  • Choose MPEG in the Files of type field,
  • Select a necessary video file and click Open
  • The selected file will be added to the list of opened files.

    Step 3. Select Output Format

  • Choose General Video in the open Profile list.
  • In the Presets list opened on the right,
  • Select a necessary output format in the Presets list and click open.
  • Step 4. Specify Folder to Save Video

  • Enter the name of the converted video in the Save as field.
  • In the Save to field, highlight the folder where you want to store the converted videos.
  • Specify any additional options that you may need for saving video
  • Overwrite existing files and check it to replace any existing video files with the same name with brand new ones.
  • Open the output folder. You can then review the folder with a ready file.
  • Step 5. Select a Video Segment to Convert

  • If you would like to convert an individual segment of the video, then click the Edit button next to your video in the list.
  • Drag the left marker, in the open window, to the start of the video episode you want with the right marker at the end.
  • Step 6. Hit Convert to Save MPEG Videos to ASF

  • Check the added video file in the list of opened files.
  • Hit Convert MPEG to convert it to ASF.
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    January 30th, 2009

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