Abstracts for the 37Th Annual Loudoun County Regional Science & Engineering Fair
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Collectorz.Com Book Collector Help Manual
Collectorz.com Book Collector Help Manual © 2008 Bitz & Pixelz BV 2 Collectorz.com Book Collector Help Manual Table of Contents Foreword 0 Part I Introduction 5 Part II Find answers in the manual 6 Part III Getting started 10 1 Getting Started................................................................................................................................... - Your first 10 clicks 11 2 Getting Started................................................................................................................................... - Adding your first book 13 3 Getting Started................................................................................................................................... - Quick Guide 14 4 Getting Started................................................................................................................................... - Useful and powerful tips 17 Part IV Buying Book Collector 19 Part V Support 22 Part VI Common Tasks 22 1 Adding Books................................................................................................................................... Automatically - Using the queue 24 2 Editing books................................................................................................................................... 25 3 Browsing your................................................................................................................................... database 29 4 Finding a book.................................................................................................................................. -
Readerware Cuecat Manual
Readerware CueCat Manual This manual will help you install your CueCat(R) barcode reader and get you started scanning your books, music and videos. Important: If you purchased your CueCat from another source, you may have received software with it, do not install this software. You do not need any additional software when using your CueCat with Readerware, and following the demise of Digital Convergence, the CueCat software will no longer work. Table of Contents Installing a PS/2 CueCat on a desktop machine (Windows and Linux)..............................2 Installing a PS/2 CueCat on a laptop (Windows and Linux)..............................................4 Installing a USB CueCat (Windows, Mac OS X and Linux)..............................................5 How to Swipe a Barcode..................................................................................................6 Troubleshooting................................................................................................................7 Readerware CueCat Manual v1.04 Page: 1 Installing a PS/2 CueCat on a desktop machine (Windows and Linux) Note: Before you begin, shut down all programs and turn off your computer. If you are installing the CueCat reader on a laptop computer, proceed to the next section. Disconnect the keyboard cable from your computer. The CueCat reader operates through the keyboard port. Make sure you do not use the mouse port. If the keyboard port on your computer doesn©t match the male connector on the CueCat reader, you can get adapters at any computer store or Radio Shack. Readerware CueCat Manual v1.04 Page: 2 Connect the male connector on the CueCat reader into the computer©s keyboard port. Match up the "notch key" for easy insertion. (Note: the male connector is the one with the protruding pins.) Connect the keyboard cable to the female connector on the CueCat reader. -
March 21–25, 2016
FORTY-SEVENTH LUNAR AND PLANETARY SCIENCE CONFERENCE PROGRAM OF TECHNICAL SESSIONS MARCH 21–25, 2016 The Woodlands Waterway Marriott Hotel and Convention Center The Woodlands, Texas INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT Universities Space Research Association Lunar and Planetary Institute National Aeronautics and Space Administration CONFERENCE CO-CHAIRS Stephen Mackwell, Lunar and Planetary Institute Eileen Stansbery, NASA Johnson Space Center PROGRAM COMMITTEE CHAIRS David Draper, NASA Johnson Space Center Walter Kiefer, Lunar and Planetary Institute PROGRAM COMMITTEE P. Doug Archer, NASA Johnson Space Center Nicolas LeCorvec, Lunar and Planetary Institute Katherine Bermingham, University of Maryland Yo Matsubara, Smithsonian Institute Janice Bishop, SETI and NASA Ames Research Center Francis McCubbin, NASA Johnson Space Center Jeremy Boyce, University of California, Los Angeles Andrew Needham, Carnegie Institution of Washington Lisa Danielson, NASA Johnson Space Center Lan-Anh Nguyen, NASA Johnson Space Center Deepak Dhingra, University of Idaho Paul Niles, NASA Johnson Space Center Stephen Elardo, Carnegie Institution of Washington Dorothy Oehler, NASA Johnson Space Center Marc Fries, NASA Johnson Space Center D. Alex Patthoff, Jet Propulsion Laboratory Cyrena Goodrich, Lunar and Planetary Institute Elizabeth Rampe, Aerodyne Industries, Jacobs JETS at John Gruener, NASA Johnson Space Center NASA Johnson Space Center Justin Hagerty, U.S. Geological Survey Carol Raymond, Jet Propulsion Laboratory Lindsay Hays, Jet Propulsion Laboratory Paul Schenk, -
Hi-Resolution Map Sheet
Controlled Mosaic of Enceladus Hamah Sulci Se 400K 43.5/315 CMN, 2018 GENERAL NOTES 66° 360° West This map sheet is the 5th of a 15-quadrangle series covering the entire surface of Enceladus at a 66° nominal scale of 1: 400 000. This map series is the third version of the Enceladus atlas and 1 270° West supersedes the release from 2010 . The source of map data was the Cassini imaging experiment (Porco et al., 2004)2. Cassini-Huygens is a joint NASA/ESA/ASI mission to explore the Saturnian 350° system. The Cassini spacecraft is the first spacecraft studying the Saturnian system of rings and 280° moons from orbit; it entered Saturnian orbit on July 1st, 2004. The Cassini orbiter has 12 instruments. One of them is the Cassini Imaging Science Subsystem 340° (ISS), consisting of two framing cameras. The narrow angle camera is a reflecting telescope with 290° a focal length of 2000 mm and a field of view of 0.35 degrees. The wide angle camera is a refractor Samad with a focal length of 200 mm and a field of view of 3.5 degrees. Each camera is equipped with a 330° 300° large number of spectral filters which, taken together, span the electromagnetic spectrum from 0.2 60° 320° 310° to 1.1 micrometers. At the heart of each camera is a charged coupled device (CCD) detector 60° consisting of a 1024 square array of pixels, each 12 microns on a side. MAP SHEET DESIGNATION Peri-Banu Se Enceladus (Saturnian satellite) 400K Scale 1 : 400 000 43.5/315 Center point in degrees consisting of latitude/west longitude CMN Controlled Mosaic with Nomenclature Duban 2018 Year of publication IMAGE PROCESSING3 Julnar Ahmad - Radiometric correction of the images - Creation of a dense tie point network 50° - Multiple least-square bundle adjustments 50° - Ortho-image mosaicking Yunan CONTROL For the Cassini mission, spacecraft position and camera pointing data are available in the form of SPICE kernels. -
Harrison 2011
FloorPlay: Design and evaluation of a system to motivate physical activity in office workers Daniel Bryan Peter Harrison "Project report submitted in part fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science (Human-Computer Interaction with Ergonomics) in the Faculty of Brain Sciences, University College London, 2012." NOTE BY THE UNIVERSITY This project report is submitted as an examination paper. No responsibility can be held by London University for the accuracy or completeness of the material therein. Acknowledgements This was a very ambitious MSc project, and as such there are a lot of people I’d like to thank. I’d first like to thank Jon Bird and Paul Marshall, for all of their support and assistance in producing and installing the system, and ultimately getting this report written. They offered great help throughout the project; the project wouldn’t have came together without them. I’d also like to thank all of the other academic and support staff that have taught and helped me over the past twelve months on the Masters’ degree. The Technical Support Group staff, especially Dave Twinsleton, were also a great help with installing various parts of the system, including the wiring for the interactive surface and the wireless network in the stairwell. My friend, Greg Booth, also very kindly took a long day away from home to come to UCL and help me install parts of the system. Fran Allfrey and James Owers kindly allowed me to stay at their home when it was either too late or when I was too exhausted to take the train home. -
(12) United States Patent (10) Patent No.: US 8,733,658 B2 Harris (45) Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
US008733658B2 (12) United States Patent (10) Patent No.: US 8,733,658 B2 Harris (45) Date of Patent: May 27, 2014 (54) BARCODE DEVICE (52) U.S. Cl. USPC ...... 235/462.01; 235/379; 235/380: 235/382; (71) Applicant: Cutting Edge Codes LLC, Tyle, TX 235/462.09: 705/64; 705/65 (US) (58) Field of Classification Search USPC ............... 235/462.01, 379,380,382,462.09: (72) Inventor: Scott C. Harris, Rancho Santa Fe, CA 902/3: 713/186: 382/115; 705/64, 65, (US) 705/67, 39, 44 (73) Assignee: Cutting Edge Codes LLC, Plano, TX See application file for complete search history. (US) (56) References Cited (*) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this patent is extended or adjusted under 35 U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS U.S.C. 154(b) by 0 days. 3,745,354 A 7/1973 Vargo 3,790,756 A 2f1974 Graves et al. (21) Appl. No.: 13/788,612 (Continued) (22) Filed: Mar. 7, 2013 FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS (65) Prior Publication Data JP 55102083 8, 1980 US 2013/0181044 A1 Jul.18, 2013 JP 61217887 9, 1986 Related U.S. Application Data (Continued) OTHER PUBLICATIONS (60) Continuation of application No. 13/425,612, filed on Mar. 21, 2012, which is a continuation of application Exhibit A. Judgment, Appeal from the United States District Court No. 13/083,558, filed on Apr. 9, 2011, now Pat. No. for the Eastern District of Texas in Case No. 07-CV-0385, Feb. 22, 8,141,783, which is a continuation of application No. -
Journey Planet 8
Journey Planet 8 Journey Planet 8 - February 2011 Editors - James Bacon, Claire Brialey, Christopher J Garcia ~Contents~ Front and Back Covers by Ditmar! Page 1 - Contents Page 2 - Editorial by Chris Photo by James Bacon Page 3 - Letters, lightly edited by Claire Page 8 - Why do you ask? by Claire Art by Claire Garcia Page 10: An instant reply, hardly a contribution by Bruce Gillespie Page 10: Why am I a science fiction fan? by Chris Page 11: What makes me a science fiction fan by Lloyd Penney Art by Barara (http://mysticmorning.deviantart.com/) Page 12: What makes me a science fiction fan by John Coxon Art byAna (http://lugubrum-stock.deviantart.com/) Page 14: What makes you a science fiction fan, puny human? by Rich Coad Page 15: Don’t tell, don’t ask by Taral Wayne Art from Efete Stock (http://efete-stock.deviantart.com/) Page 18: Defining our terms by James Art by Nathan Smith (http://nmsmith.deviantart.com/) Page 21: The best science fiction novel you’ve never read by Claire Page 26: Wernher von Braun by David A Hardy Art by David A Hardy Page 29: A science fiction fan’s guide to Revolution: The First 2000 Years of Computing by Chris Page 32: One final thing by Claire Art by Mo Starkey Comments? Questions? [email protected] North America - 962 West Weddell Dr. Apt. 15, Sunnyvale, CA 94043, USA Europe - 55 Cromwell Road, Croydon, Surrey CR0 2JZ, UK 1 Editorial by Chris So, I like lists. I really like lists. My favorite books as I mean, when did I ever win an award1? It was weird, but a kid were the Almanac and the Guinness Book of World more importantly, I became an asterisk. -
Design and Application of a Contact Barcode Reader, for Use on Low-Visibility Printed Conductive Patterns
Brunel University School of Engineering and Design Julian Wood Design and application of a contact barcode reader, for use on low-visibility printed conductive patterns MPhil Thesis Brunel University School of Engineering and Design MPhil Thesis Academic Year 2007 - 2008 Julian Wood Design and application of a contact barcode reader, for use on low-visibility printed conductive patterns Supervisors: Prof. D. Harrison, Dr D. Southee December 2008 This thesis is submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for a degree of Masters of Philosophy Abstract This thesis presents the design and development of a hand-held electronic reader, designed to decode conductive patterns printed on a paper substrate. Data read from the patterns, by the reader, is used to trigger events in the digital domain. The reader and associated conductive patterns are devices for linking paper documents with the digital world. The patterns are formed by masking conductive-coated paper with a non-conductive, printed lacquer. The reader is a low cost and ergonomic device, capable of transmitting the embedded data from the conductive paper to the computer. The first reader designed and developed was tethered to a computer by data cable, using the USB communication protocol. The second design was developed further, with transmission of data achieved by replacing the cable with short-range Bluetooth wireless technology. Both devices were designed and developed using embedded systems and low cost electronic components. Additional work was undertaken to optimise the device's mechanical structure, ergonomics and integration of hardware. Alongside the development of the reader, test and development work was carried out to optimise the printed media, in materials and design. -
Readerware Cuecat Manual
Readerware CueCat Manual This manual will help you install your CueCat® barcode reader and get you started scanning your books, music and videos. Table of Contents Installing a USB CueCat (Windows, Mac OS X and Linux)...............................................2 How to Swipe a Barcode......................................................................................................3 Troubleshooting...................................................................................................................4 Readerware CueCat Manual v1.05 Page: 1 Installing a USB CueCat (Windows, Mac OS X and Linux) To use a CueCat USB barcode scanner, simply plug it in to any available USB port. It should by automatically recognized as a Human Interface Device, (HID). No special drivers are required. The USB CueCat reader includes a standby or "sleep" feature. After a period of inactivity, the light on your CueCat reader goes out and then flashes periodically. When you point the CueCat reader at an object, it lights up again and is ready to use. If not, just hold your finger over the light until it comes on solid. The light must be on solid before you scan. The USB CueCat reader works with all USB 1.1 devices, including hubs and repeaters. Continue with the How to Swipe a Barcode section of this manual for information on using a CueCat with Readerware products. Readerware CueCat Manual v1.05 Page: 2 How to Swipe a Barcode Here's How To Swipe a Code. No matter what type of code you are swiping, it works the same, easy way. Once you have connected the CueCat reader as described in the preceding section, then simply follow the steps below. 1. Hold the CueCat reader between your thumb and forefinger like a pen or pencil. -
Radio Occultation of Saturn's Rings with the Cassini Spacecraft: Ring Microstructure Inferred from Near-Forward Radio Wave
RADIO OCCULTATION OF SATURN’S RINGS WITH THE CASSINI SPACECRAFT: RING MICROSTRUCTURE INFERRED FROM NEAR-FORWARD RADIO WAVE SCATTERING A DISSERTATION SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING AND THE COMMITTEE ON GRADUATE STUDIES OF STANFORD UNIVERSITY IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY Fraser Stuart Thomson July 2010 © 2010 by Fraser Stuart Thomson. All Rights Reserved. Re-distributed by Stanford University under license with the author. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution- Noncommercial 3.0 United States License. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/us/ This dissertation is online at: http://purl.stanford.edu/pb657pg3502 ii I certify that I have read this dissertation and that, in my opinion, it is fully adequate in scope and quality as a dissertation for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Howard Zebker, Primary Adviser I certify that I have read this dissertation and that, in my opinion, it is fully adequate in scope and quality as a dissertation for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Per Enge I certify that I have read this dissertation and that, in my opinion, it is fully adequate in scope and quality as a dissertation for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Essam Marouf Approved for the Stanford University Committee on Graduate Studies. Patricia J. Gumport, Vice Provost Graduate Education This signature page was generated electronically upon submission of this dissertation in electronic format. An original signed hard copy of the signature page is on file in University Archives. iii iv Abstract The Cassini spacecraft is a robotic probe sent from Earth to orbit and explore the planet Saturn, its moons, and its expansive ring system. -
Readerware Online Help
Readerware Manual Cover Page 1/1 Readerware Online Help Revision 1 Copyright © 1999-2003 Readerware Corporation An Introduction to Readerware 1/2 An Introduction to Readerware Readerware is a book lovers dream come true. It includes: A powerful SQL database to store and track your library. It can store thousands of titles. Built in internet support and web browser. Readerware can search the internet and automatically catalog the books you own. There is no simpler way of cataloging your library. It eliminates or reduces the chore of manual data entry. Bar code reader support, literally catalog a book at the swipe of a bar code wand. User friendly database searches. Search on virtually any field. No database knowledge needed! Support for multiple databases, create as many databases as you want or store everything in a single database. Built in access to the ultimate reference sources, The Library of Congress and The British Library. Fully integrated shopping cart with price comparison, secure online ordering, browsing and searching of all the major online retailers in Brazil, Canada, England, France, Germany, Switzerland and The United States. Compare prices before you buy. Online publishing, publish all or parts of your catalog on the internet. Sophisticated reporting to produce hard copy listings of your library and shopping cart. Take them with you on your next tour of your local bookstores! Easy to use, configurable operation Full mouse and keyboard navigation. Powerful import/export capabilities. Support for multiple platforms, take Readerware and your An Introduction to Readerware 2/2 database to your platform of choice. Full online help Palm Pilot support Whether you are someone who loves to read or someone who loves to collect, Readerware is the product for you. -
Mcleods0809.Pdf (15.34Mb)
ISOSTATICALLY COMPENSATED EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS ON ENCELADUS by Scott Stuart McLeod A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Earth Sciences MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY Bozeman, Montana May 2009 ©COPYRIGHT by Scott Stuart McLeod 2009 All Rights Reserved ii APPROVAL of a thesis submitted by Scott Stuart McLeod This thesis has been read by each member of the thesis committee and has been found to be satisfactory regarding content, English usage, format, citation, bibliographic style, and consistency, and is ready for submission to the Division of Graduate Education. David R. Lageson Approved for the Department of Earth Sciences Stephan G. Custer Approved for the Division of Graduate Education Dr. Carl A. Fox iii STATEMENT OF PERMISSION TO USE In presenting this thesis in partial fulfillment of the requirements for a master’s degree at Montana State University, I agree that the Library shall make it available to borrowers under rules of the Library. If I have indicated my intention to copyright this thesis by including a copyright notice page, copying is allowable only for scholarly purposes, consistent with “fair use” as prescribed in the U.S. Copyright Law. Requests for permission for extended quotation from or reproduction of this thesis in whole or in parts may be granted only by the copyright holder. Scott Stuart McLeod May 2009 iv DEDICATION I dedicate this work to my parents, Grace and Rodney McLeod, for their tireless enthusiasm, encouragement and support, and to my friends and colleagues who never stopped believing in me – you know who you are.