going to be using the hasbro zoombox- i hear the image isn't that bright. what reflective material would brighten the image and where could i find it by the square foot?
ever wonder how do tv remote controller work?
Inside the controller is a circuit board with a rubber sheet on top of it. At each button location on the circuit board, there is a break in a wire. Above this, the rubber covering bubbles up a little bit and has a piece of metal on the underside. So when you push down on the button, it pushes the rubber down to where the metal on it makes contact with both sides of the break, completing the circuit. D-Pads and old-style joysticks use the same concept, but have one button for each of the four cardinal directions. Analog sticks have a pin that extends directly down from the visible stick. There are also two semi-circular pieces with have a slot running down the middle; one is horizontal and one is vertical. The semi-circles are fastened in such a way that they can pivot 180-degrees. The pin from the stick is slid into the slots on both of the semicircular pieces, so that when you move the stick, the pin pushes the pieces on their pivot points. How far the pieces have pivotted sends back differetn signals. The final piece is the controller processor in the system. This processor doesn't get much talk, because it doesn't do a whole lot, and in fact has less processing power than the CPU in the average LCD calculator. This processor sends a pulse of electricity out at regular intervals (usually 60-120 Hz, depending on the system) down the controller wires. This signal goes through the controller, getting broken up in an organized fashion by the buttons that aren't down and where the analog sticks are positioned, then goes back to the system, where the controller processor reads it and reports to the system what the status of the controlller was for that pulse.
If you have your ears peirced, but some paperclips in them. saftey pins in your shoes and such, and if you have an old key or something, wear that as a necklace. but please try and remember that emo isnt about looks. its about an attitude/state of mind, but foremost, about music.
Traffic calming devices that slow cars, slow emergency vehicles-only more. Their longer wheel-base, stiff suspension and high vehicle weight force the vehicles to slow almost to a stop to safely negotiate some devices. Emergency calls are not the rare events transportation personnel would like to believe. The City of Houston, Texas, for example, responds to an average of 150,000 emergency medical calls and 100,000 fire calls per year. There are an average of 350,000 Sudden Cardiac Arrests (SCA) in the United States every year-approximately 1,000 per day. American Heart Association Statistics indicate that 90% of these incidents occur outside of the hospital environment. By comparison, there are 6,000 pedestrian deaths per year in the United States. Few of these occur on local neighborhood streets. In addition, a ten-year study of pedestrian deaths by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services found 35% of the pedestrians were intoxicated. AMA statistics show survivability of victims of SCA correlates directly with the response times of cities. For example, Seattle with a response time of less than 7 minutes saves 30% of its SCA victims. New York, with an average response time of 12 minutes saves only 2%.
