Forum: FIRST In the News...
26-03-2013, 20:52
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Replies: 1
Views: 735
Re: Team 237 on Better TV
http://better.tv/view/lifestyles2-lifestyle-scientists-of-tomorrow--quot-the-first-robotics-competition-quot
Great coverage with some familiar faces!
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Forum: Career
29-03-2011, 18:16
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Replies: 18
Views: 7,002
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Forum: Dean Kamen's Inventions
27-09-2010, 09:29
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,759
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Forum: Technical Discussion
24-09-2010, 20:34
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,202
Re: Generating EM field
Thanks for all the replies guys. I don't have much time to reply right now but it is 1mA RMS at 33kHz sinusoidal. Power can be a wallwart.
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Forum: Technical Discussion
24-09-2010, 12:40
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,202
Generating EM field
Hey all,
Although its been a few years since I've been active in FIRST I find myself coming back to ChiefDelphi whenever I have a particularly unique tech question that doesn't come up in Google. I...
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Forum: General Forum
30-07-2010, 15:20
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,241
NASA Administrator plugs FIRST
Anybody catch this on NASA TV or through an internship town hall yesterday?
I can't seem to find a recording of it, but Charlie Bolden talked for a few minutes about how much he loves...
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Forum: Chit-Chat
25-11-2009, 13:52
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Replies: 7
Views: 972
Re: Motorola DROID
I mean I suppose the $30/mo would be easier to pay if I could wrap my mind around what "5Gb/month" REALLY is. I know I can download a network utility and track my network usage for the next month,...
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Forum: Chit-Chat
25-11-2009, 11:45
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Replies: 7
Views: 972
Re: Motorola DROID
Are you using PDANet for the Droid? Are there any applications with OS X support? How reasonable is the 5Gb/month "unlimited" limit...?
I'm thinking of getting a droid. It isn't the cost of the...
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Forum: Chit-Chat
11-11-2009, 18:46
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,878
Re: Housing in JPL area
Caltech offers housing for the Summer interns, no options for Spring/Fall. I suppose I should clarify: I'll be able to pay for the majority of the options available to me but as the rent is coming...
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Forum: Chit-Chat
11-11-2009, 14:00
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,878
Housing in JPL area
I've accepted a co-op at JPL for the Spring 2010 semester. I know we have a few LA-area people on here. Where would you recommend cheap, decent housing in motorcycle distance of JPL/Caltech?
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Forum: Technical Discussion
29-10-2009, 11:48
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,494
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Forum: Technical Discussion
29-10-2009, 10:18
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Replies: 23
Views: 3,635
Re: Tracking a radio signal
Ahh busy busy busy. Proposal is done, will be sent back to me soon for editing.
Seeing as we have deadlines (little longer than six weeks) I can't really go from teaching the younger IEEE members...
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Forum: Technical Discussion
22-10-2009, 20:47
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Replies: 23
Views: 3,635
Re: Tracking a radio signal
Thanks for all the help guys. I've been busy writing proposals/preliminary design reviews/requirement documents so that we can secure some equipment and funding.
We're moving forward with the...
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Forum: Technical Discussion
10-10-2009, 21:14
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Replies: 23
Views: 3,635
Re: Tracking a radio signal
Proof of concept is all I need for now.
So using this DDF kit I will be able to point, within 22 degrees, towards the beacon with the strongest signal strength? How would I go about decoding the...
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Forum: Technical Discussion
10-10-2009, 18:20
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Replies: 23
Views: 3,635
Re: Tracking a radio signal
Thanks for the help guys.
Just a short info blurb:
Multiple low powered beacons with no synchronization between them laid out in a random pattern. For this proof of concept, maybe three. For the...
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Forum: Chit-Chat
09-10-2009, 16:53
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Replies: 1
Views: 573
Re: MIT goes to near space for $150
For anyone that wants to do this kind of thing and is in the Florida area, check out the Florida Space Grant Consortium's Space Academy. It's a 5 day or so long program. They put you up in a hotel in...
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Forum: Technical Discussion
09-10-2009, 16:37
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Replies: 23
Views: 3,635
Tracking a radio signal
Hey all,
Some of you may remember me from a few years back, I was active on 237 (and these boards) from '04 to '08. Few years later I have a little bit of a project brewing and I needed some people...
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Forum: Chit-Chat
11-03-2008, 23:36
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Replies: 2
Views: 605
Do you go to FIT?
I'll be attending Florida Institute of Technology this coming Fall and have some questions. Things like what meal plans are best and some random stuff like that.
I know theres a few Panthers on...
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Forum: College & University Education
10-03-2008, 13:51
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Replies: 49
Views: 7,261
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Forum: Chit-Chat
05-09-2007, 21:59
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Replies: 49
Views: 8,072
Re: Pledge of Allegiance Changed...
Ok, not bothering to read everything... its late.
Some key inputs:
Thomas Jefferson, along with other founding fathers, considered himself a Deist. An olden-days spinoff of modern day agnosticism,...
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Forum: Chit-Chat
05-09-2007, 21:49
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Replies: 26
Views: 2,073
Re: New iPods out
I was gonna buy my girlfriend a pink nano for our 6 month, now they have stupid beige web 2.0esque colors.
I mean I could buy one on like eBay, but then I can't get the engraving. Anybody know if...
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Forum: General Forum
12-08-2007, 18:19
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Replies: 98
Views: 12,093
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Forum: Programming
10-08-2007, 16:53
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,170
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Forum: Chit-Chat
09-08-2007, 01:29
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,167
Re: So anyone want a pownce invite?
I don't understand this pownce thing. It lets you sign up and share things with your friends?
Like... email?
Or kinda like FTP.
Direct connect?
USPS?
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Forum: Chit-Chat
08-08-2007, 14:53
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Replies: 17
Views: 4,396
Re: The Future of Sports
I say let them shoot up all the roids they want. I want to see some 475lb guys hitting a 5 ounce ball 650 feet! Then when the guy with tree trunk legs can run fast enough to catch it, I want them to...
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