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• New Pedestrian Detector from Google Could Make Self-Driving Cars Cheaper
• Big Data Is Transforming Medicine
• CESAsia 2015: Stephen's Show Floor Sightings
• Q&A: Kári Stefánsson Says Medical Privacy Is Overrated
• A Tool for Analyzing H-1B Visa Applications Reveals Tech Salary Secrets
• 100,000 People, 250 Biomarkers, and the Quest for Good Health
• The Tech Giants’ Plan to Mine Our Bodies for Data—and Profit
• Q&A: New Technologies Let Patients Wrest Control From Doctors, Says Eric Topol
• The Quantified Olympian: Wearables for Elite Athletes
• Diabetes Has a New Enemy: Robo-Pancreas
• CESAsia 2015: Batteries Are Strangling Mobile Electronics
• CESAsia 2015: Highlights From Day Two
• It’s Too Soon to Call This the Anthropocene Era
• Damage Recovery Algorithm Could Make All Robots Unstoppable

New Pedestrian Detector from Google Could Make Self-Driving Cars Cheaper Posted: 28 May 2015 09:00 AM PDT A deep learning system works 60 times faster than previous methods

Big Data Is Transforming Medicine Posted: 28 May 2015 08:00 AM PDT New self-monitoring devices will help collect our vital stats into powerful databases, allowing us to prevent or predict health problems as well as treatment sucess or failure

CESAsia 2015: Stephen's Show Floor Sightings Posted: 28 May 2015 07:00 AM PDT A quick sampling of the interesting—and quirky—gadgets on offer at the expo

Q&A: Kári Stefánsson Says Medical Privacy Is Overrated Posted: 28 May 2015 04:00 AM PDT Our reluctance to share our medical data isn't just preventing breakthroughs, it's "morally unacceptable"

A Tool for Analyzing H-1B Visa Applications Reveals Tech Salary Secrets Posted: 28 May 2015 04:00 AM PDT Google and Facebook salaries level off; Netflix pays big bucks for software engineers; and what's up with IBM and Infosys?

100,000 People, 250 Biomarkers, and the Quest for Good Health Posted: 28 May 2015 01:00 AM PDT The 100K Wellness Project aims to meticulously monitor subjects for 25 years

The Tech Giants’ Plan to Mine Our Bodies for Data—and Profit Posted: 27 May 2015 10:00 PM PDT Apple, Google, and Samsung want to capitalize on your personal health data. But is there really big money in it?

Q&A: New Technologies Let Patients Wrest Control From Doctors, Says Eric Topol Posted: 27 May 2015 08:00 PM PDT Medicine can change if patients and payers demand it

The Quantified Olympian: Wearables for Elite Athletes Posted: 27 May 2015 05:00 PM PDT Baseball pitchers, cyclists, and other competitors seek an edge with new gadgets

Diabetes Has a New Enemy: Robo-Pancreas Posted: 27 May 2015 02:00 PM PDT Sensors, actuators, and algorithms can automatically control blood sugar

CESAsia 2015: Batteries Are Strangling Mobile Electronics Posted: 27 May 2015 02:00 PM PDT We need better energy storage—or a way to avoid having to use it

CESAsia 2015: Highlights From Day Two Posted: 27 May 2015 01:00 PM PDT Hits from the show floor

It’s Too Soon to Call This the Anthropocene Era Posted: 27 May 2015 12:00 PM PDT We humans can cause earth a lot of damage, but we don't hold the whip hand

Damage Recovery Algorithm Could Make All Robots Unstoppable Posted: 27 May 2015 10:50 AM PDT Robots break all the time, and if they could just deal with it themselves, we'd all be a lot happier

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RobotShop Feeds  In This Issue...  Lynxmotion Quadrino FCT – MultiWii Made Easy  More Recent Articles  Search RobotShop Blog Lynxmotion Quadrino FCT – MultiWii Made Easy With the release of our Lynxmotion Quadrino Nano UAV Flight Controller, we developed an improved version of the Quadrino FCT (Firmware Configuration Tool) which allows for an easy to setup MultiWii experience. Furthermore, we included an algorithm that now takes your multirotor physical properties as well as other information to generate matching PID’s. This greatly removes the frustration of trying to takeoff with an un-tuned copter. The FCT will guide the user in a step by step and user friendly interface without the need of using Arduino IDE and define lines of code for the hardware / setup they need. That’s the usual way to setup a MultiWii flight controller and this leads to a steep learning curve for the multirotor experience. The FCT will go over all the needed parameters and also cover the optional things available in the MultiWii code such as battery voltage alerts and fail safe settings. Note that the FCT is not a fixed finished project and we will improve it’s capabilities whenever needed. We want the best MultiWii user experience available. Here are some of the FCT available setup pages. Quadrino FCT – Board Selection Quadrino FCT – Board Selection: Since our FCT supports older versions, you can choose which board you have Image shows the board selected for a visual confirmation Automatically set the sensors and orientations for the board selected Allow for Address and Sensors change for advanced users Quadrino FCT – Copter Setup Quadrino FCT – Copter Setup: Multirotor Type drop down for all supported MultiWii configurations Visual Drawing of the Multirotor Type chosen Propeller Animation that tells the user the right direction for the multirotor type Motor connection pin-out when mouse over the multirotor drawing Include a PID generator Quadrino FCT – Options Quadrino FCT – Options: Many options are available to be setup Receiver type / GPS / Voltage Alarm Most of them include test information for a better understanding Quadrino FCT – Flash Quadrino FCT - Flash: The Flash page will Compile and Upload MultiWii to the Quadrino Auto Detection on the serial COM Quick Install / Start of both MultiWiiConf and WinGUI interfaces Quadrino FCT – QUADX Animation Here is a short animation showing the Copter page QUADX multicopter mode. Showing the actual propeller direction needed on the copter as well as the motor controller (ESC) connection to the Quadrino flight controller.   The FCT is available to download for anyone and can be tested without having a Quadrino flight controller. We also created a user manual that details every page of the software where we added more information about the various setup pages. Quadrino FCT (Firmware Configuration Tool) Lynxmotion UAV – Quadrino FCT User Guide V1.0 Lynxmotion Quadrino Nano Drone/UAV Flight Controller (with GPS)         • Email to a friend • Article Search • View comments • Track comments •   More Recent Articles Litter-Robot II Advanced Troubleshooting Guide Ecovacs Winbot W730, W830 And W930 Comparison How to Make a Drone / UAV – Lesson 4: Flight Controller Is Advanced AI + Robot Army = End of Human Race? Sharp Sensor Mount on Lynxmotion Robotic Arm         Click here to safely unsubscribe from "RobotShop Blog." Click here to view mailing archives, here to change your preferences, or here to subscribe • Privacy

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• Laser Links Give Aging Supercomputers a Second Wind
• What Not to Do With Self-driving Cars
• Lidar-on-a-Chip: Scan Quickly, Scan Cheap
• Molecular Electronics Takes Large Stride Forward
• Special Report: CESAsia 2015
• CESAsia 2015: Day One’s Show Floor Picks—Part I
• CESAsia: The Consumer Electronic Association’s Big Gamble
• Clearpath Puts Baxter on Wheels, Announces Ridgeback Mobile Base

Laser Links Give Aging Supercomputers a Second Wind Posted: 27 May 2015 08:00 AM PDT Free-space optics help old computers learn new tricks

What Not to Do With Self-driving Cars Posted: 27 May 2015 07:52 AM PDT Never enlist your friends or colleagues to be living, breathing crash test dummies

Lidar-on-a-Chip: Scan Quickly, Scan Cheap Posted: 27 May 2015 07:00 AM PDT Phased-array laser scanner may finally give cars the sharp vision they need

Molecular Electronics Takes Large Stride Forward Posted: 26 May 2015 01:00 PM PDT Simple process improves single-molecule diodes performance by 50 times

Special Report: CESAsia 2015 Posted: 26 May 2015 12:00 PM PDT The latest on consumer electronics from Shanghai with twice daily updates from our CES ninja, Stephen Cass

CESAsia 2015: Day One’s Show Floor Picks—Part I Posted: 26 May 2015 11:30 AM PDT Some of the gadgets that caught our eye at the exhibition

CESAsia: The Consumer Electronic Association’s Big Gamble Posted: 26 May 2015 11:00 AM PDT First we take Shanghai…

Clearpath Puts Baxter on Wheels, Announces Ridgeback Mobile Base Posted: 26 May 2015 10:00 AM PDT Need some robot wheels for your robot arms? It doesn't get much easier than this

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