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Google to Startups: (Mostly) Free Patents Here!
Warfighting Robots Could Reduce Civilian Casualties, So Calling for a Ban Now Is Premature
NASA Commissions Ultra High Temp Chips for Venus Landsailing Rover
Solution-based Process Could Produce Tuned Graphene in Bulk

Google to Startups: (Mostly) Free Patents Here!

Posted: 05 Aug 2015 07:30 AM PDT

Trolls beware, Google's on to something with its latest IP experiment

Warfighting Robots Could Reduce Civilian Casualties, So Calling for a Ban Now Is Premature

Posted: 04 Aug 2015 06:00 PM PDT

If autonomous weapons are capable of reducing casualties, there may exist a moral imperative for their use

NASA Commissions Ultra High Temp Chips for Venus Landsailing Rover

Posted: 04 Aug 2015 02:00 PM PDT

Electronics that can operate at 900 degrees Celsius are in the works for a Venus exploration robot

Solution-based Process Could Produce Tuned Graphene in Bulk

Posted: 04 Aug 2015 12:00 PM PDT

Pulsed voltages add new wrinkle to electrochemical exfoliation of graphene

Techy at day, Blogger at noon, and a Hobbyist at night

Carburetor Tuning Made Easy by COLORTUNE

Posted: 03 Aug 2015 10:32 PM PDT

Carburetor optimum Air/Fuel mixture made easy by using a tool known as COLORTUNE, the basic and simplified ever tool used in a single cylinder engine for real time indication of whats happening inside the combustion.

Provided in the video is what the tool does. It indicates visually the color of the combusted material. Once the spark was created by the plug, it then ignite the mixture. This mixture will tell us what the actual color being generated inside to see also that the carburetor mixture needs tweaking. I know this can also be done by those old trick of hearing engine RPM goes up, and or spark plug color indication. The tool simplify all of that.

Thanks to the tool, Tuning single carburetor made it easy, for me.

A kawasaki FURY 125cc engine in the video is being tweak. It visit my garage for carb tuning. The bike is sluggish and fuel economy was poor. Without altering any at first, i removed the spark plug and installed the colortune plug in it. Started the engine, and there goes the ORANGE color spark visible at the plug window. A mere indication of a RICH side carburetor mixture settings. Without any visual indication, to know what is happening inside, we need to remove the spark plug, see the TIP color, adjust the mixture then run again. (old school died a long time ago). I just need to turn the mixture with this tool and as the engine rpm rises as i turn the mixture screw, so does the color indication inside from orange color turning to BLUISH white which is the optimize color of a near stoichometric mixture a carburetor must have. As easy as it gets.

There are too many who uses the tool. Search all over the net. It might help you too...VISUALLY.

IEEE Spectrum

Renewables to Overtake King Coal Under Obama Carbon Regs
Why Three German Carmakers Will Pay $3 Billion for Nokia's Mapping Service
China Tightens Control on Exports of Supercomputers, Drones
Is Drone Racing Legal?
Is Graphene Really in Need of a Killer App?

Renewables to Overtake King Coal Under Obama Carbon Regs

Posted: 04 Aug 2015 09:00 AM PDT

Finalized EPA rules announced by President Obama would reduce carbon emissions by shutting down coal-fired power plants, shifting U.S. energy mix by 2030

Why Three German Carmakers Will Pay $3 Billion for Nokia's Mapping Service

Posted: 04 Aug 2015 07:00 AM PDT

Billions for maps, but not one pfennig for steel

China Tightens Control on Exports of Supercomputers, Drones

Posted: 04 Aug 2015 06:00 AM PDT

China puts export license restrictions on sales of its supercomputer and drone technologies overseas

Is Drone Racing Legal?

Posted: 03 Aug 2015 04:50 PM PDT

Multicopter racing with first-person view camera systems is an increasingly popular sport—despite the FAA's uncertain view of the activity

Is Graphene Really in Need of a Killer App?

Posted: 03 Aug 2015 01:00 PM PDT

The slow commercial development of another nanomaterial appears to be creating some sweaty palms

Trossen Robotics Blog

New Products – 8/3/2015

Posted: 03 Aug 2015 08:40 AM PDT

New kits, parts, and upgrades!

Three new RobotGeek Geekduino Experimenter’s Kits are now available! Each kit gives you everything you need to start learning about an Arduino compatible technology, such as Touch Sensors, Displays, and Linear Actuators. Check out our whole line of Experimenter’s Kits!

The Artec Block Robo LINK sets are excellent entry level robotics kits for STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) education! The Artec Block system makes it easy to build robots without having to fuss with nuts and bolts. The Robotist series sets are a great step up from the Robo LINK series, using the same block system, introducing microcontroller programming.

The RobotGeek RFID Lock Box kit combines Arduino, RFID and a Project Box to make your very own personal safe! The lock box kit allows you to to program your arduino to lock and unlock the box with the swipe an RFID tag or card, it even stays locked if unplugged. Mildly secure your semi-valuables in this decorative conversation piece! The RFIDuino has been upgraded to Version 1.2. The old version is still available, but all kits will come with the new version.

New cables, both utilizing the 90 degree DC Barrel Plug, for easy plugging in tight spaces. The first terminates to bare wire tails, allowing you freedom to solder whatever you need to for your project onto the ends. The second terminates at a 9V battery connector, allowing you to quickly and easily power an Arduino, Geekduino, or AX/MX power hub.

That’s it for now!

IEEE Spectrum

Google Patents a Way For Robocars to Decide When Not to Drive
Google Bought 28% of Patents Offered During Its Patent Purchase Experiment
Why We Really Should Ban Autonomous Weapons: A Response

Google Patents a Way For Robocars to Decide When Not to Drive

Posted: 03 Aug 2015 07:00 AM PDT

For one thing, the car won't take over the wheel if it thinks you're too drunk to take it back again

Google Bought 28% of Patents Offered During Its Patent Purchase Experiment

Posted: 03 Aug 2015 05:00 AM PDT

It paid $250,000 for one but declined a $3.5 billion offer

Why We Really Should Ban Autonomous Weapons: A Response

Posted: 02 Aug 2015 05:25 PM PDT

Autonomous weapons could lead to low-cost micro-robots that can be deployed to anonymously kill thousands. That's just one reason why they should be banned

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