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Submission + - Ask Slashdot: Local Cloud Options for Andriod Mobile to PC

Submitted by Bucc5062 on Wednesday February 12, 2014 @11:49AM

Bucc5062 writes: A previous mobile phone, a Motorola Razr, had a very nice program call Motocast. With it any pictures and videos would be automatically uploaded to a local/home PC running their version of a cloud service. This was great tool for I did not want to store files in the greater "cloud".

the razr moved on and I currently have two phones at home, a older Motorola Droid 2 Global and a Nexus 4. Neither have the same ability to push files to a local PC automatically. I did some reseach and did not find any good substiture for local cloud type backup so I am putting this out to one of the most diverse crowds I know, Slashdot readers.

Zumocast did not look like it did the trick (I don't want streaming to my mobile device) and delite studios had local cloud, but they make no reference to automatically pushing files to the server. I have people at home who are not tech savy and would never remember to do it manually. Rolling my one is a long term option though it would require me learning the APIs for Android and I guess Windows. Is there something out that that works as good as Motocast?

Submission + - LaserMotive Climbs to the Top (nextbigfuture.com)

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Bucc5062

on Thursday November 05, 2009 @09:04AM

Bucc5062 writes: "LaserMotive has achieved the first step towards the creation of a working space elevator by qualifying for the $900,000 prize in a contest sponsored by NASA. To achieve this 1st level, laserMotive needed to propel a platform at over 4 meters per sec. They hit a top speed of 4.13 m/s. The next level of qualification will be to achieve a climb speed greater then 5 meters per sec.

LaserMotive (Tuesday, Nov 3, 2009) beamed roughly 400 watts of laser power to a moving target at a distance of 1 kilometer, as part of the vertical laser alignment procedure. The target was a retro-reflective board a little larger than 1 meter on a side. I don't know offhand if that is a record; I will have to check once things calm down. (It's a record that will likely be broken tomorrow by one or more teams, of course.)
The contest will continue for another two days with at least two other teams challenging for the prize. The grand prize of 2 million is within the sights of the LaserMotive team:
To win the Power Beaming competition, the LaserMotive system uses a high-power laser array to shine ultra-intense infrared light onto high-efficiency solar cells, converting the light into electric power which then drives a motor. Our system will track the vehicle as it climbs, compensating for motion due to wind and other changes. Building on our experience from last year’s competition, we are designing an improved system able to capture the full $2,000,000 prize.

The future looks up for laserMotive as they climb higher in obtaining the ultimate prize of ground to earth orbit with a space elevator. Next floor, International space station, satellite maintenance, and ET wear."

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