Just as an exercise in Google Maps, I have had a go at creating my own map, containing my travels with my Google Project - hopefully it should update here as I add more travels to my custom map.
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Belkin WeMo
Within minutes of ripping the paper off, it, I had it plugged into the wall and configured on my iPAD - of course I had the Christmas Tree lights plugged into it, so was happily switching them on and off from my tablet.
I then tried it via the 3G instead of the house WiFi and it failed, I could not see the device...
A quick troll through the support pages in the internet, and I power cycled the WeMo (turned it off and on again - typical IT resolution) and low and behold it was seen on the iPAD via the 3G - superb!
From your phone/tablet, you can program the switch to turn on/off at times during the day and if you have a
WeMo Motion, you can set the switch to turn on/off when it detects that someone is in the room.
Belkin have also teamed up with ifttt.com so that you can get the switch to operate via triggers from time of day, the weather, SMS messages and e-mails, the possibilities are amazing (i.e. you can set the WeMo to turn on, via ifttt.com, when the sun sets). I have set my iPAD up, using the Find My Friends app, to send an e-mail to turn on the WeMo when I get near my house, so that a light is already on when I walk in - I have seen another 'recipe' on the ifttt.com site where someone is controlling their Christmas tree lights using the WeMo, and has set them to flash when they are tagged in a photo on Facebook...
I will definitely be buying some more of these devices plus the WeMo Motion to automate more things in my house and garage...
You can follow the Belkin WeMo on Twitter or Facebook
Monday, October 8, 2012
Sunday, September 23, 2012
IOS6 - iTunes U
So what did I find in the IOS6 update from Apple, well SIRI appeared on the iPad, but after a brief exploratory encounter, we decided to agree to differ, it would not understand me and I was exasperated by it.
One App I did find, that was new to IOS 6 was the iTunes U, having a 'delve' into this revealed a wealth of information, it seems to be a training centre for all kinds of things, brought into one, easy to use, bookcase.
There are hundreds of courses to choose from, from applied mathematics (not for me) to zoology (also not for me).
A quick browse through and I have already subscribed to a course in Management and another in DNA, pretty random you may think, but I manage a team and am always open to new ideas, plus I work for a bio medical company, and we have many 'boffins' who I have no clue what they are on about.
The courses comprise of videos, podcasts and written notes, so they seem relatively easy to digest and everything is, as I say, in one place.
Go on, give it a try, I challenge you to learn something...
There are hundreds of courses to choose from, from applied mathematics (not for me) to zoology (also not for me).
A quick browse through and I have already subscribed to a course in Management and another in DNA, pretty random you may think, but I manage a team and am always open to new ideas, plus I work for a bio medical company, and we have many 'boffins' who I have no clue what they are on about.
The courses comprise of videos, podcasts and written notes, so they seem relatively easy to digest and everything is, as I say, in one place.
Go on, give it a try, I challenge you to learn something...
Monday, September 10, 2012
RAS UK Customer Roadshow
The Roche Applied Science Customer Roadshow is about to start.
The RAS Roadshow Truck, has parked up at the Burgess Hill office for employees to look around before it starts it's tour of the country.
It is exhibiting our range of state-of-the art research instrumentation including the GS Junior sequencer, recently used to identify a deadly bacterial infection in the US. Instruments which are helping to deliver on the Roche personalised healthcare strategy will also be on display and you will be able to view the full range of our LightCycler PCR systems as well.
For more information about Roche Applied Science visit our UK website
Here is the 1st peek at a LightCycler 96
It is exhibiting our range of state-of-the art research instrumentation including the GS Junior sequencer, recently used to identify a deadly bacterial infection in the US. Instruments which are helping to deliver on the Roche personalised healthcare strategy will also be on display and you will be able to view the full range of our LightCycler PCR systems as well.
Here is the 1st peek at a LightCycler 96
Wednesday, August 8, 2012
Where's Tony?
A friend of mine, (I hope I am ok in calling him a friend), Ted Meulenkamp, always travels around, and takes the odd little snippets of Roche Buildings and asks where they are, so here I go with plagiarising that idea to see how it takes off...
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