January 2012
5 posts
National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) →
Snow and ice research, data and education.
Victoria gets location-based emergency warnings →
Location - based bushfire / emergency warnings via text message.
Example CAAML XML Feed
Example CAAML Data powering this page - http://avalanche.pc.gc.ca/bulletin-eng.aspx?r=3&d=2012-01-10 <?xml version=”1.0”?> <CaamlData xmlns:display=”http://avalanche.pc.gc.ca/caaml/xsd/CAAMLv5_BulletinCAC_Display.xsd” xmlns:xlink=”http://avalanche.pc.gc.ca/caaml/xsd/xlinks.xsd” xmlns:xsi=”http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance”...
CAAML (Canadian Avalanche Association Markup...
Basic information and links http://www.avalanche.ca/caa/industry-services/caaml http://www.caaml.org/index.html http://code.google.com/p/caaml/ http://avalanche.pc.gc.ca/bulletin-eng.aspx?r=3&d=2012-01-10 http://www.avisualanche.ca/contact.html
Contact
Dr. Pascal Haegeli 3261 West 21 Ave Vancouver BC V6L 3L1 Canada 604.773.0854 E-mail: pascal_at_avisualanche.ca (replace _at_ with @)
Recon Developer Program Details →
Android and MOD specs.
Preliminary Information
MOD Live Platform
CPU: Cortex A8, 600Mhz
Operating System: Android 2.3.4
Screen Resolution 428 x 240, landscape mode
Connectivity: Bluetooth 4.0
Input device: 6-button Bluetooth Remote Control
Sensors: 3-axis accelerometer
3-axis gyro
3-axis magnetometer
Barometer
Temperature sensor on remote control
Android Features Available on MOD Live
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December 2011
9 posts
UN climate talks: key points from COP 17 Durban →
Recon HQ Skier Track on Map →
2011 Carl Zeiss Cinemizer OLED 720p 3D Glasses →
November 2011
2 posts
GPS Airborne Avalanche Rescue Assistant by Tatjana... →
Watch videos, take tests, learn iOS dev -... →
Worth looking at sometime.
October 2011
3 posts
Resume Advice You Never Hear | Penelope Trunk Blog →
“Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be...”
– Steve Jobs: Stanford commencement address, June 2005 | Technology | The Observer
Nigel Slater's aubergine and figs recipes | Life... →
September 2011
4 posts
“Prior to Tyndall it was widely surmised that the Earth’s atmosphere has a...”
– John Tyndall - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Delivering information to glasses and watches
4. Eye-Tracking / Voice Commands
Today’s eye-tracking technology from companies like Tobii is used heavily in usability research. Where are people looking on a webpage, and how do their eyes move around it? Voice recognition products like Dragon from Nuance are used extensively when transcribing voice to text.
In the future, this technology will be combined with augmented reality (AR) to create a...
8 Current Technologies That Will Shape Our Future →
Rick Chin is the director of product innovation at SolidWorks, where he develops new products and researches how technology will make us smarter, simplify daily tasks and seamlessly fit into our everyday lives. In 20 years our technology will reach a level of personalization that will enhance …
February 2011
1 post
Snowstorm U.S. Feb 2010
via gizmodo.com Posted via email from jonnygarner | Comment »
January 2011
2 posts
aTV Flash (black) | FireCore
via firecore.com Apple TV + aTV Flash = internet tv on our tv? Posted via email from jonnygarner | Comment »
Infographic of the Day: Is Bottled Water Really...
via fastcompany.com Must remember my own sports bottle to refill Posted via email from jonnygarner | Comment »
November 2010
2 posts
Amazon.com: Cinemin Swivel Multimedia Pico...
via amazon.com I think i want one for camping - movie night! Posted via email from jonnygarner | Comment »
Crowdsourced climate change project →
October 2010
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Daniel Crooks Photography So Cool
via danielcrooks.com Just wow. Posted via email from jonnygarner | Comment »
September 2010
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August 2010
3 posts
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Fisheye, Macro, and Wide Angle Camera Phone Lenses
via photojojo.com Silly, or pretty cool. Can’t decide, but would probably need to buy one to be sure. Posted via email from jonnygarner | Comment »
Michael Cera's Must-See Movies
via buzzfeed.com Posted via email from jonnygarner | Comment »
Why our children need to get outside and engage...
A child plays in woods in Yorkshire. Photograph: Gary Calton Cows hibernate in winter, grey squirrels are native to this country, conkers come from oak (or maybe beech, or is it fir?) trees, and of course there’s no such thing as a leaf that can soothe a nettle sting. Or so, according to a new survey, believe between a quarter and a half of all...
July 2010
9 posts
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40 Outstanding Award Winning Photos Around the...
via noupe.com I don’t normally post fluffy animals, but his is one great shot :) All the others are here http://holykaw.alltop.com/40-stunning-award-winning-photos-from-around Posted via email from jonnygarner | Comment »
MoMA 2001 - 2004
via itchyi.squarespace.com Long exposure of the reconstruction of MoMA over 4 years. Pretty cool. Posted via email from jonnygarner | Comment »
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Google Earth Tours in Browser
via earth.google.com I have to learn how to do this! Posted via email from jonnygarner | Comment »
Photosynthesis
“At least 2.5Bn years old … photosynthesis gives us bread and wine, the air we breathe, and simply sustains all life as we know it.” David Beerling, The Emerald Planet (pp.174) I never really ‘got’ this until I read this sentence a few times in my head. Posted via email from jonnygarner’s posterous | Comment »
June 2010
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Humans used to eat 150 plant species. With farming... →
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The long-term carbon cycle
Volcanoes erupt, venting CO2 from the earth’s crust into the atmosphere, where it dissolves in rainwater to form carbonic acid that dissolves silicate rocks flushing bicarbonate into river systems and back into the sea.
In the sea, marine organisms use the bicarbonate to construct shells. These fall to the bottom of the ocean to form sediment on the seabed. The famous white cliffs of Dover...
May 2010
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