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Archive for June, 2009

Chapterhouse

Thursday, June 25th, 2009

Work is progressing well on the chapter I’m writing on high-energy physics applications for the signal processing handbook, though the Wednesday deadline seems like it’s coming up too fast. I’ll probably have a few 16-hour days coming up over the next week to make sure everything gets done on time.
I’ve written 5/5 of the sections [...]

Wireless cell phone power via background RF

Saturday, June 20th, 2009

There’s an article making the rounds about a new prototype technology that Nokia is developing to allow for wireless recharging in future cell phones. You can read the (brief) article here:
http://ca.tech.yahoo.com/blogs/the_working_guy/rss/article/3638#
Not unlike AC power, interest in wireless power transmission seems to come in cycles. We are currently in a period of renewed interest in trying [...]

Blisters

Tuesday, June 16th, 2009

I had thought that there were no more DDR venues in Madison after the flooding at Memorial Union wrecked their arcade machines. Fortunately I was wrong. Liz turned me on to two locations with working machines, and we visited the Ten Pin Alley in Fitchburg tonight. Not the most convenient location from my apartment, but [...]