I think someone invented that long ago... Have you ever dropped an smt component on carpet? I have it just disappears.

I am in the northern hemisphere and I still need AC. Todays high was 92f... 7pm and the sun is down but its till 88f. Wont be comfortable until its nice and cold below 70f thats when the AC goes off.

I know I know lazy this lazy that. As an individual that has a newborn I like this idea. I don't know how many times my wife has been sitting in the babies room feeding our son "ipod touch in hand for reading" in the middle of the night wanting to dim the lights to help the baby fall back to sleep. In situations like this it would be nice. Weeks in a row with minimal sleep it sure would be nice if you could just sit there and not wake the baby. Taking advantage of the SDK it would be nice to use other devices (micro-controller with sensors and such) to change the lighting in the room. Remote control when away from the house, pranks etc. The potential is endless. Also you brought up handicap technology. Knowing people that are not able to get around the house at all if any would love something like this.

It looks like the funding goal was reached in less than a days time.

As a former aircraft mechanic. I can tell you that kicking the airplanes tires would not tell you any thing. You should probably get out a tire gauge instead.

I have found http://www.linux-laptop.net/ useful in the past. Good on you for introducing them to linux at a young age. Wish I would have found linux before 14...

I find it hard to teach a sales person anything because they already know everything. Or wont shut up long enough to get a word in. I agree with the above comment of hiring simi okay programmers with good social skills...

Why can't you ask your professors to look at non classwork? I on more than on occasion went to my professors for non class related things. It really helped out in their classes, often times they were helpful due to the fact that I took interest outside of class in what they did. Open source is one way to have code review as posted by several other people. I find that my wife is not a good resource... She says things like "You did all that just for that, why not just use something thats already out there..." Work with upper and lower clansmen... While its true they may not have much more experience than you they do have different experience. They often times can see things different than you. Look for mentors in the industry or at work. Lots of people like to hear themselves talk so they are more than willing to ramble on to you.

I guess that goes for the currency for most major countries too.

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Nope just do it yourself ;-)

I mostly agree with this comment. You don't need a massive camera. Many wonderful well known photos have been taken with point and shoot cameras. What I don't agree with is point number 2... If your even simi-serious about taking photos you should learn the ins and outs of photography. Shutter speed, aperture, iso and framing the photo. It is not complex at all. While its true your not going to get an award winning photo every time 1 good picture out of 20-36 is piss poor... Take the time to set up your photo and be comfortable enough that you can manipulate your camera in a matter of seconds to get what your looking for. If your just guessing and pushing a button at random sure your only going to get 1:36 good photos. But you should shoot for 1:2-1:5 good Photos. As time goes on upgrade the camera. But its true, look for speed in the camera and settings. After you learn to shoot with manual settings and think in camera settings its difficult to go back.