CircleCount helps you better understand Google+

2013-03-02 20:35:36 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

Open source. tiny. camera, under 200 bucks. 
The Genie is now out of the bottle. 

http://www.gizmag.com/crazyflie-self-build-quadrocopter-hacking-kit/26110/

2013-03-02 19:54:42 (0 comments, 2 reshares, 1 +1s)

Watch this

2013-02-27 08:17:22 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

We're excited about today's launch of code.org. Built around the vision that every child deserves the opportunity to learn how to code, code.org is raising awareness around the need for students to learn programming skills and the opportunities available to them when they do. Google supports widespread access to CS education and we hope this new site helps bring more awareness about the importance of computing. 

Visit www.code.org to learn more and to sign a pledge of support for all students to have access to great computing classes.

2013-01-07 06:06:17 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 5 +1s)

Hybrid Terrestrial and Aerial Quadrotor

HyTAQ is a novel mobile robot capable of both aerial and terrestrial locomotion. Flight is achieved through a quadrotor configuration; four actuators provide the required thrust. Adding a rolling cage to the quadrotor makes terrestrial locomotion possible using the same actuator set and control system. Thus, neither the mass nor the system complexity is increased by inclusion of separate actuators for terrestrial and aerial locomotion.

During terrestrial locomotion, the robot only needs to overcome rolling resistance and consumes much less energy compared to the aerial mode. This solves one of the most vexing problems of quadrotors and rotorcraft in general — their short operation time. Experimental results show that the hybrid robot can travel a distance 4 times greater and operate almost 6 times longer than aa... more »

2012-11-20 05:43:50 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

100 Masterpieces of Classical Music
Click any of the links in my post: it automatically opens that piece of music for listening.

00:00:00 [1] - R. Strauss / Also Sprach Zarathustra - Fanfare
00:01:37 [2] - Mahler / Symphony No. 5 - Adagietto
00:11:26 [3] - Sibelius / Finlandia
00:20:30 [4] - Rimsky-Korsakov / Dance Of The Bumble Bee
00:22:20 [5] - Massenet / Meditation, From 'Thais'
00:27:30 [6] - Elgar / Pomp And Circumstance - March No. 1
00:33:41 [7] - Dvorak / Humoresque
00:37:04 [8] - Sibelius / Valse Triste
00:41:52 [9] - J. Strauss II / Vienna Blood - Waltz
00:51:24 [10] - Ravel / Bolero
01:06:51 [11] - Tchaikovsky / Polonaise, From 'Eugene Onegin'
01:11:39 [12] - Dvorak / Symphony No. 9, 'From The New World', 2Nd Mvmt
01:24:26 [13] - Tchaikovsky / Waltz Of The Flowers, From 'The... more »

2012-11-20 05:41:41 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

+Malte Ubl: 

"The difference between IE and all other modern browser is that IE still has versions. Nobody gives a shit anymore about which Chrome or Firefox version you run, but with IE there is still IE10 which will be a painful legacy browser in 4 years, being the final version available for Windows 7 with 70% of computers in the world not eligible for automatic upgrade to a new version. It is sad that it is so easy to see the future."

2012-11-06 01:35:01 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

+Android is 5 years old today.
Happy birthday! 

2012-09-26 04:38:21 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

#googlemaps   +Google Maps 
http://youtu.be/7syWPIZt9B4

2012-09-20 16:29:59 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 2 +1s)

I Controlled a Telepresence Robot with My Mind.
Simply by concentrating I was able to get a remote telepresence robot to move where I wanted, in a manner of speaking.

In the video below I demonstrate the use of an assembly of technologies that I put together that enables me to exert mind control over the telepresence robot that I have demonstrated previously (itself an assembly of a range of technologies). The key addition to the earlier assembly and demonstration of the remote telepresence robot (which can be found here: http://youtu.be/lJTU3fLoZuY) is the use of an Emotiv EPOC headset, which is able to sense, record, and transmit information concerning "brain waves" or EEG signals from my brain. 

Using this I am able to direct my attention to particular areas of the computer screen and, by concentrating and training the Emotiv software to associate particular... more »

2012-09-19 10:28:57 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 2 +1s)

Click and Drag #xkcd
http://xkcd.com/1110/

2012-09-07 15:13:07 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Linux From Scratch (LFS) is a project that provides you with step-by-step instructions for building your own custom Linux system, entirely from source code.

2012-09-02 07:36:51 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 1 +1s)

Dude. Srsly. Watch. Share.

[Working on a http://www.lockergnome.com/ post now.]

2012-05-11 19:29:22 (1 comments, 2 reshares, 9 +1s)

2012-05-11 19:26:45 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

The Stone Age in Switzerland
glad we've evolved past this, or have we?

Found via +Cristian Lorenzutti

#science #evolution #Archaeology #Paleontology #diy #handmade

2012-05-11 18:28:25 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Creative Cloud has arrived, so let’s celebrate with “30 Days of Giveaways”!

Each day, we’ll be giving away one 3-month membership. Enter here for your chance to win:

2012-05-11 16:37:58 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 1 +1s)

This new technology is amazing. This is how mobile devices and computers fade into the background and we can just focus on living and being human

Touché: Enhancing Touch Interaction on Humans, Screens, Liquids, and Everyday Objects

Let's discuss the applications:
1) No more keyboards
2) Yet we may still need output devices or digital displays
3) No more keys
4) More efficient energy use (notice at end of video how lights dim as persons state changes to sleep)

At Altimeter, we call this business theme part of the "Sentient World" where everything around us becomes self aware and intelligent. Hat tip to +Jon Cifuentes who sent this link to me.

Full article here
http://idealab.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/05/everything-can-be-a-touch-screen-thanks-to-disney-research.php?ref=fpnewsfeed

2012-05-10 23:46:57 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Thanks to all the great feedback from the developer community, today we're previewing v1.1 of the Hangouts API in the developer sandbox. Highlights include:

1. Overlays you can statically fix to the screen, not just a person's face. It's now possible, for example, to create "lower third" effects (http://goo.gl/Fivm), borders, and captions like you see on news shows and live interviews.

2. Apps that can respond to facial movements in real-time. Now when participants tilt their head side-to-side, look right and left, or lean forwards and backwards, your app can react accordingly. You might decide to let participants' faces control gameplay, for instance.

3. A new way to keep high-activity apps in sync for all participants. Certain hangout apps (like games) need to respond to lots of actions from everyone in the room, all at once. (Think collaborative... more »

2012-05-08 05:40:49 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

If you spin a hard-boiled egg in a pool of milk, the milk will wick up the sides of the egg and spray off at the egg's equator. Engineer Tadd Truscott, of Brigham Young University, along with Ken Langley and others, launched an investigation to figure out why this happens -- complete with a custom-built spinning apparatus, billiard balls and high speed video cameras.

#scienceeveryday #sciencesunday

2012-05-07 04:10:26 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 5 +1s)

What is this GeoWizardry?
A Kinect 3D camera is aimed at a sandbox & used to create a topographic overlay, which is then projected back onto the sand with a waterflow simulation. Wow! #ScienceSunday

2012-05-05 22:30:23 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Macro Kingdom part III
Video by Clemens Wirth vimeo.com/clemento
Music & Sound Design by Radium Audio radium-audio.com/
Vocals performed by Melanie Pappenheim melaniepappenheim.com/
Be sure to check part II: http://vimeo.com/12849638

Also thanks too +Liz Krane for sharing part I

2012-05-05 22:26:41 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

Things look so much cooler close-up, don't they?

2012-05-05 02:16:06 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 2 +1s)

Ah, the last Star Wars post of the day. If you're anywhere near William Penn University's College for Working Adults in West Des Moines, IA you might want to check out the R2-D2 building. With any luck the C3PO student union will be finished next semester ;)

http://whitesandsmoon.blogspot.com/2010/04/r2-d2-building.html

2012-05-05 02:16:23 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 5 +1s)

In tribute to #StarWarsDay: here's a way to relive this epic story of good vs. evil in images. May the Fourth Be With You.

And while you're at it, tell us who your favorite #StarWars character is.

Of course, #GoogleTV's is #DarthVader

To view the full sized photo visit the page here: http://goo.gl/1gVPo

2012-05-05 02:16:35 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 9 +1s)

Just one more #MayThe4thBeWithYou post today, since I'm such a sucker for a good pun.

;)

#starwars

2012-05-05 02:16:50 (1 comments, 17 reshares, 5 +1s)

#maythe4thbewithyou
#starwars
Vaders gonna vade

2012-05-05 02:17:02 (0 comments, 3 reshares, 13 +1s)

Uncle Vader is making dinner.. lol #starwarsday #maythe4thbewithyou

2012-05-05 02:17:12 (0 comments, 3 reshares, 6 +1s)

Loving my Galaxy S2 with ICS... still some things to get used to but it's definitely a big improvement.

#Android #MayThe4thBeWithYou

2012-05-05 02:17:25 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

#maythe4thbewithyou
USE THE FORK LUKE!

2012-05-02 16:21:22 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

IF THIS IS A SHARE ALL COMMENTS BACK TO ORIGINAL POST
https://plus.google.com/u/0/113242351531747014239/posts/Wq9JxBTdcZS

This is (let's call it) Version 5.2 so we can keep track of the current circle, it's May 2nd so that works. +PHONE PHOTOGRAPHY

We are working out details and themes but the theme for Monday will be announced on Sunday. Also will announce if it's daily or weekly.

IF YOU'D LIKE TO JOIN PLEASE COMMENT ON THIS POST

I won't count +1's as an add to the circle, it's been too confusing. People aren't always plussing to join. If you share please lock the post and direct back to this what is now the original post Circle curation by Kathy Morlock, Page curation by +Steve Coles and +Shannon Brearley . LOVE to have you join.

2012-05-01 16:04:51 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 7 +1s)

25 Years of Storage

Just one MicroSD card stores more than the rest combined.....

via +Android Police (http://goo.gl/Cy5JJ)

#storage

2012-05-01 15:56:26 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 5 +1s)

Can't believe I'd never seen this before. Amazing video "Go right". Gotta love the classic side-scrolling game.

2012-05-01 00:21:55 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 7 +1s)

My contribution to #MacroMonday

+Jennifer Eden +Kelli Seeger Kim +Kerry Murphy


#photography

2012-04-27 15:57:18 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

I defended against a #zergrush on Google Search. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2012-04-25 04:19:59 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

#DriveForLinux

2012-04-21 00:58:00 (2 comments, 1 reshares, 5 +1s)

What do you think?


#sunset #Friday

2012-04-16 01:32:44 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Win a FREE CloudFTP for your iPhone or iPad!

CloudFTP lets you share a whole hard drive full of movies wirelessly with your iDevice! It started out as a Kickstarter project that +John Pozadzides and I helped fund. (You can read about it here: http://geekbeat.tv/cloudftp )

Well, they shipped the first batch and we're giving a pair away!

HOW TO WIN:
1) Do you have me in a Circle here on G+? Perfect! Move to Step 2.
2) Publicly share this post.

That's it! Once you've done those two things, you're entered to win the CloudFTP that I'm giving away. (And YES, this one is open to EVERYONE, not just people in the US or Canada.)

If you want to double or triple your chance of winning, John is giving away another on her post right here ==>
https://plus.google.com/109938202835872364257/posts/JGGnRUhYk1L... more »

2012-04-16 01:30:52 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Win a FREE CloudFTP for your iPhone or iPad!

CloudFTP lets you share a whole hard drive full of movies wirelessly with your iDevice! It started out as a Kickstarter project that +Cali Lewis and I helped fund. (You can read about it here: http://geekbeat.tv/cloudftp)

Well, they shipped the first batch and we're giving a pair away!

HOW TO WIN:
_1) Do you have me in a Circle here on G+? Perfect! Move to Step 2.
2) Publicly share this post._

That's it! Once you've done those two things, you're entered to win the CloudFTP I'm giving away. (And YES, this one is open to EVERYONE, not just people in the US or Canada.)

Ok, you know me... always extra chances! So you want to double / triple / quadruple your shot at winning?
- Cali is giving away another so check her feed here ==> +Cali Lewis... more »

2012-04-05 05:10:48 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Lux Ahoy might be the first HTML5 game that you'll actually enjoy!

A lot of HTML5 games are just technical demos for new browser capabilities or a new underlaying engine and you don't see that many that look and perform great + are actually fun to the point of being addictive.

Enter Lux Ahoy (http://bit.ly/HUTUZm) where two bitter rivals - a monster Luxamillion and an elephant Trunkford are fighting an epic war across the seven seas!

Animations were made in Flash, converted to spritesheets using Zoë (http://bit.ly/HoxCer) and implemented in HTML5 with jQuery, EaselJS (http://bit.ly/tP6J5b) and SoundJS (http://bit.ly/HdqG9p) with the help of Box2DWeb for physics (http://bit.ly/HYPZqe).

#html5 #javascript #game

2012-03-29 01:35:20 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Hello Everyone here on +Google+ I am about to create a Ghost Town Happy Ghosts Circle. Just Share the circle and add a comment if you want to be in the Only 500 people in the exclusive circle
#ghostowngoogleplus

2012-03-23 18:07:20 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 3 +1s)

I have found nearly 200 developer product related Google+ pages. I use this circle to help stay on top of the prevailing trends in the industry.

Am I missing any from this circle? Share it wide so I can make this circle even better.

2012-03-21 22:46:15 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 2 +1s)

CIRCLE MANAGEMENT
---------------------------------------
+Margie Hearron pointed out earlier today that +Sharon Vaknin, an editor at CNET.com with over 12,500 followers, is struggling to filter the noise from her stream. And I want to help! =D

I have very carefully built my circles around a system that I am now going to share with you. This is my secret weapon to circle organization.

I'm a very visual person, so I worked really hard to make this slideshow to (hopefully) explain the process as clearly as I can.

May it inspire you to grow your circles to include a lively network of active people!!!

Many great thanks to all the early adopters who provided tips when I first joined last July! I'm standing on the shoulders of giants!

2012-03-21 06:56:45 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Kabam's Thirst of Night game released on g+ https://plus.google.com/u/0/games/849291141211

2012-03-20 20:35:39 (4 comments, 0 reshares, 9 +1s)

Basic Etiquette & Some Tips for Google+ users

How to Interact Well on Google+ I'm 'old enough' on Google+ to know what to do, but I can still remember being 'New Here' and my concerns about doing it 'right'.

Here are my basic suggestions for getting good at using Google+, mainly in how you interact with others. There are plenty of other posts on how to set things up for yourself... this one is about How to Interact Well on Google+.

The Dos - what is Good to do on Google+
1) When you like something, i.e. a comment someone made: +1 it.
Hitting the +1 on someone's comment is a good way of saying, "I Agree", "Got It", or "Good Job", etc. (BTW, it is OK to +1 your own stuff)

2) After you +1'ed something, if you want to engage more, then add a... more »