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RC-AirSim 1.0 (Windows)

RC-AirSim 1.0 can be used to learn how to fly a radio-controlled model aircraft. Current R/C-model aircraft pilots can keep their flying skills current or learn new maneuvers without risking a real model aircraft. RC-AirSim features realistic flight dynamics and aerodynamics, Doppler-correct sound effects, and 3D graphics. The aircraft in...

Tags: Aircraft, Microsoft Windows, Fabricated Reality, Aerospace & Defense, Manufacturing

Software downloads 2004-01-22

Section 1.0 (Windows)

Section calculates cross sectional properties. The results obtained from Section can be used in a structural analysis. Section allows the user to create custom cross sections graphically using rectangular elements. Area, location of centroid, and moments of inertia including principal moments of inertia are automatically calculated. Original, centroidal,and principal axes...

Tags: Inertia, Cross-section, Section, Fabricated Reality, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2001-12-15

Additional Resources

Nokia sues Apple over iPhone

?trying to get a free ride on the back of Nokia?s innovation.?What do you mean? All innovation begins with Apple. Remember when they invented the portable digital music player? Or the thin laptop? Or the smart phone and touch screens? They even invented mice and GUI's. Apple invented everything...

Tags: Smart phones, Apple Inc., Nokia Corp., Apple iPhone

Discussion threads 2009-10-22

Comparison in green

Last Wednesday The register carried two green related reports. One, headlined Canadian prof: Green IT is a waste of time: Digital nomads will destroy the planet was by Lewis Page, an anti-research, anti-military propagandist whose report grossly over simplifies, and thus misrepresents, the already over simplified press...

Tags: Report, Green IT, Research & Development, Business Operations, Paul Murphy

Blog posts 2009-02-28

GM takes its bailout case to...Yahoo Finance

GM takes its bailout case to...Yahoo FinanceWhy won't bankruptcy help?It worked for the airlines. They got all kinds of leverage to break / renegotiate labor contracts and pay only pennies on the dollar for old debt, and they're still in business.So WTH?RE: GM takes its bailout case to...Yahoo FinanceI...

Tags: Financial accounting, bailout case, General Motors Corp., Yahoo Finance, finance, Yahoo! Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-11-19

Apple is not the real enemy of open source

Apple is not the real enemy of open sourceGodwin's Law is now in effectGodwin's law: whoever mentioned the Nazis has automatically "lost" whatever debate was in progress.Loser.Apple is the official NAZI PARTY of Open Source.Where is http://opendarwin.com? It's GONE.Apple SUPPORTED the whole OSx86 project, then THEY reneged- There...

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Linux, Digital media, Godwin, Apple Inc., open source, digital-rights management

Discussion threads 2008-07-18

Viet-era vets support Iraq war PTSD claims

Viet-era vets support Iraq war PTSD claimsThe problem is...it's such a gray zone. Any vet running into personal problems or heady setbacks may be tempted to cry PTSD, whether or not it is valid or justified.This has always been a problem with returning soldiers from every battle field. While the...

Tags: Viet-era, Iraq war PTSD

Discussion threads 2008-06-06

IP adress = PII? I don't think so

IP adress = PII? I don't think soDHCPntIP = PIIEh - has anyone read what is being talked about over here? In terms of personal not professional use of IP addresses they ARE personally identifiable information. Most home users have always-on connections to the Internet and thus...

Tags: Network technology, NETWORKING, DHCP protocol, IP, IP address, PII

Discussion threads 2008-01-22

A nanotechnology-powered electric SUV

A nanotechnology-powered electric SUVPhysics strikes again100 miles on a charge or highway speeds. Pick one. The fact is, gasoline has a much, much higher energy density than electrochemical cells. That's physics (well, actually Chemistry).You can pant until you're blue in the face, and that reality will never change.nanotech in automobiles...

Tags: irony, EV1, nanotechnology, electric SUV, SUV

Discussion threads 2007-06-12

An Overview of the Scala Programming Language

True component systems have been an elusive goal of the software industry. Ideally, software should be assembled from libraries of pre-written components, just as hardware is assembled from pre-fabricated chips. In reality, large parts of software applications are written "From scratch", so that software production is still more a craft...

Tags: Software, Tools & Techniques, Management

White papers 2007-01-25

Apple patches Wi-Fi but refuses to give researchers due credit

Apple patches Wi-Fi but refuses to give researchers due creditthanks for following up on thisI was wondering what happened after Apple accused the researchers of falsifying the story. This episode clearly brings out Apple's true colors.Still a HoaxThe simple fact is this "hack" has not been demonstrated on a stock...

Tags: Notebooks, Wi-Fi, Maynor, Apple Inc., Apple MacBook, SecureWorks Inc., David Maynor

Discussion threads 2006-09-23

Images: Terrafugia's flying car

Images: Terrafugia's flying carWings???I want anti-gravity and warp drive!!!They are SO behindThis one ALREADY flies:http://www.moller.com/skycar/This one also has promise:http://www.macroindustries.com/website/files/skyrider/sr-index.htmIMHO, it's just a matter of making it practical for everyday use.But in all honesty, VTOL is a must - I don't wanna drag my skycar to the airport just to takeoff...

Tags: Aerospace & Defense, Terrafugia, motorcycle, highway, aircraft, Moller

Discussion threads 2006-02-16