Snap-on Seek Thermal Camera

The Seek Thermal camera is an impressive little piece of hardware. According to the company, the Android-compatible version of the camera comes equipped with the following:

• True thermal sensor
• Long wave infrared: 7.2-13 microns
• Vanadium oxide micro bolometer
• 12 μm pixel pitch
• 206 x 156 resolution array, which equals 32k thermal pixels
• Custom chalcogenide lens with 36 degree field of view
• Durable magnesium housing4
• Detection from -40C to +330C

The 12-micron sensor chip and camera components were developed in collaboration with Raytheon, a California-based company that’s specializes in weapons technology and military and commercial-grade electronics.

For more information please refer to their website at http://www.thermal.com/

Double your One Drive Storage

All you have to do is sign up for OneDrive and activate the auto upload feature for your camera roll sometime between now and the end of September, and you will get 30 GB of free OneDrive storage moving forward (15 GB base and 15 GB camera roll bonus).

If you haven’t created the One Drive account please click the link below to do it. The promotion only runs till the end of September so please hurry.

https://onedrive.live.com/?invref=b8d867c5d7299190&invsrc=90

PROGRESSION OF A MAKER

There’s a natural path for the education of a maker that takes place within the techshops and makerspaces. It begins in the world of tools you may already know, like handheld tools or power tools, and quickly creeps into an unknown world of machines suited to bring any desire to fruition. At first, taking any classes may seem like a huge investment, but the payback you receive from the knowledge is priceless.

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PROGRESSION OF A MAKER

8 Things My Dad Taught Me About Entrepreneurship and Life | Entrepreneur.com

1. Quit complaining

2. Appreciate what you have

3. Frame and control your message

4. Make time for those you love

5. Give more than you take

6. Wake up early

7. Nurture close relationships

8. Watch your cholesterol and your mind

Bonus: Take a nap. We both recently discovered the incredible value of a power nap, although his are a bit longer than mine. Take naps. You will not regret it.

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8 Things My Dad Taught Me About Entrepreneurship and Life | Entrepreneur.com.

USB Selective Suspend – Turn On or Off

The USB selective suspend feature allows the hub driver to suspend an individual USB port without affecting the operation of the other USB ports on the hub. Selective suspension of USB devices is especially useful in portable computers, since it helps conserve battery power. Many devices, such as fingerprint readers and other kinds of biometric scanners, only require power intermittently. Suspending such devices, when the device is not in use, reduces overall power consumption. More importantly, any device that is not selectively suspended may prevent the USB host controller from disabling its transfer schedule, which resides in system memory. DMA transfers by the host controller to the scheduler can prevent the system’s processors from entering deeper sleep states, such as hibernate.

This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off USB selective suspend to automatically power down idle USB devices in Vista, Windows 7, and Windows 8.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/147369-usb-selective-suspend-turn-off.html