Consumer Electronics

== To demagnetize a head, use a commercial demagnitizer. They used to be available at Radio Shack and other suppliers, but they've disappeared pretty much. You can still find them, but you'll have to look around. They're aren't really that expensive, but are difficult to locate because the technology of the tape machine is being displaced more every day. The demagnetizer, or degausser as it is sometimes called, is basically a coil of wire with a ferromagnetic core that extends like a "wand" out of the windings. The coil is connected to a plug, which is simply connected to household power. There is a switch on the unit somewhere. It's press and hold, or spring loaded to off, or the like. You have to hold it down for the unit to come on. Let go and it goes off. The coil works by "sweeping" the head with a changing magnetic field to "scrub" any existing fields that may be impressed on the head off of it. It uses 60 Hertz household AC from the power grid to do this. You plug the unit in the wall, hold it close to the head (the "wand" is usually coated with a soft vinyl coating to protect from damage), and move the unit around. Continue moving the unit around for a few seconds like you're wiping off the head, and then, while keeping the unit energized, start moving the unit back away from the head. That is, you'll be "wiping" the head with the unit held on, wiping continuously as you slowly move away, and then letting go of the switch after you get the wand a few feet away from the head. You're done. You might get an audio shop to do this for a few bucks if you lug the unit in. It will save you buying a degausser. And this isn't something you have to do every few months, even if you use your deck a lot.

a story to represent of what your talking about. Like, if I'm giving a speech of optimism I'll tell the audience an anecdote of how a man survived 70-something days on a boat in the Atlantic ocean stranded. or how Einstein was mocked and tortured about having to drop out of highschool and fail math yet telling people he is smart without giving any proof

An SD card is a flash-memory card, and it's name derives from the company that first produced it: SanDisk.

They are small and thin and Ideal for use in portable devices.

From a PC's viewpoint they can be treated like disk drives.

Viscosity is the measure of a liquids resistance to flow. In the case of magma, the hotter it is, the lower the viscosity.

Originally? In science fiction novels. And if you think I'm kidding, I'll refer to Arthur C. Clarke who in one of his sci-fi books, referred to what we now call, `satellites`. Well, it spawned someone's imagination and now that's exactly what we have.

Then don't forget the `ray gun'. Hmmmm...sounds suspiciously like a laser to me, but of course back in the 40's such a thing didn't exist.

Remember the old Dick Tracy comics with the wrist communicator with a small TV screen? You can buy wrist TV's now, or even an iPod which does so much more.

Brings to mind a favorite saying. `Whatever man can conceive, man can achieve'.

Then that brings to mind another saying and that is, `If it's built by man, it's destined to fail'. Look up the word, `entropy'.

Many types of electronic payment systems exist, but the average number is about seven, including Debit cards, Credit Cards, Electronic Fund Transfers, Direct Cards, Direct Debits, Internet banking, and e-commerce payment systems.

go to petalburg city and surf west. keep on surfing until you reach a small island.go west and keep surfing up. you'll then find yourself on an island with a small mountain. go inside, stand in the middle of the braille wall and press"A". walk around the room in a clock wise motion staying against the wall the whole time. then the door shall open and walk in and you will be fighting regice.

Television is one of the most amazing telecommunicating systems. They greatly influence the thinking style, lifestyle, Physiological changes of a person etc. It also plays a major role in education. Through the advertisements in the TV marketing of an item also increases and so the economy. This also acts as a platform for bringing out the hiddentalents of all age groups. Social living quality could also be enhanced.

You can buy a Toshiba from many different places. Included places are direct from Toshiba, a business reseller, an online retailer or at a local store.

There are over 800 stores in West Edmonton Mall, which includes over 100 dining venues and 10 attractions.

A lead acid battery uses liquid acid to cause a reaction that will lead to production of a direct current. However, a dry cell does not have any liquid but it instead uses solid chemicals that can react to produce a direct current.

Best Buy and Circuit City both sell televisions at a low price. There are many other stores that also have compatible prices. It would be wise to shop around and compare prices at numerous stores to get the best deals.

This is one of the smallest and simplest autonomous ones I have found yet, thanks to FriPilot http://members.tripod.com/robomaniac_2001/id120.htm Otherwise, I have had pretty good luck with buying small remote control cars at the dollar store (or the stuff my nephews throw away) and taking them apart to reconfigure the motors into what I want, but that ends up with wires connecting the robot to the controller. Some of the people I work with have pieced together radio control cars and other parts to get radio control robots. If you prefer robot kits, some hobby stores sell a few inexpensive ones that are sometimes configurable. Otherwise some of the less expensive construction kits like Lego or K-NEX or Construx or a few others have motors and gears in the kits. If you have a larger budget, Lego Mindstorms, Bioloid and several others are more advanced kits that are programmable and autonomous. Some very important terms to keep in mind are: operator controlled - the robot has motors in it, maybe some electronics, it doesn't move until you push a button or lever on the controller. remotecontrol - usually connects the robot to the controller by a wire, you can usually keep the batteries in the controller to make the robot lighter. radiocontrol - the controller is a transmitter, the robot has a receiver on it, both need batteries or some other power suppy. autonomous - you set up the robot and hardwire it or program it to run sets of commands, when you set it down and turn it on it runs the commands. Usually requires programming knowledge (like BASIC, C language, Assembly, ForTran, COBOL or some others) and electronics knowledge (like soldering, power supply vs. load, Programmable Logic Arrays, Trans/ceivers, sensors, and many other options). But of course it is the most fun. sensory feedback - the robot can have switches, sensors or detectors on it that send information back to the controller (or its processor if it is autonomous). Might require a transmitter on the robot and a receiver in the controller (with some indicators to tell you what the robot is "sensing"). Anthropomorphism - "the attribution of uniquely human characteristics to non-human" things and critters. There is a ton of things that can go together to make a robot. If you learn how to fix toys, appliances and cars it definitely helps you figure out robots.

Actually Benjamin Franklin did not invent electricity. (No-one did.) However, he did invent lightning rods and he did suggest experiments to show that there is a connection between lightning and electricity. For more about him you might like to read his page on wikipedia.

Yes that's true fluorescent bulbs are better because it usess 75% less energy and works longer than a incandescent light bulb.

Yes...and no. It is true that power usage decreases with fluorescent balb usage. However, one must take into account that they pollute more (i.e. mercury and other heavy metals).

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In 1957 when the Russians sent up the first earth orbiting satellite, Sputnik.

It sent out a radio signal which was nothing more than a beeping sound spaced about a second apart, if my memory serves me correctly. People all over the world tracked the beeps, which seemed to have not contained any data at that time. More than likely, it was just a tracking signal.

I remember as a youg boy getting up around 4 am to see it as it flew over. It was just a bright but tiny dot moving across the night sky. Kinda scary at the time, but look what it started.

In the Western World the first printer was the printing press invented in the 1700's. This was a huge innovation since up until then, everything had to be hand copied. The printing press consisted of blocks with letters that could be arranged in a tray and then emptied to make a new page. It was first invented in China and was adopted and modified by Europe in the mid sixteenth century.

As a corporation, the company is owned by its shareholders, or people who invested money in it.

First off, do not buy no name watches. They are always cheap knock offs and you normally don't get the functionality from them that you should get. With that being said, you should NEVER set the alarm. If by some strange chance the alarm was set when it left the kid sweat shop then that's a sign the kids are acting up.

On my no-name watch...

Hold button #2 (mode) down, wait a few seconds, then depress button #4 (reset) , then depress button #3 (stop-start) to turn chime/alarm off. To turn chime/alarm on again depress #2 (mode) , wait a few seconds, while continuing to hold down #2 , depress #4 button ...turns chime on . More power to the sweatshop kids i say..i luv the watches!

Metal inert gas (MIG) welding, is a process upon where a continuous and consumable wire electrode and a shielding gas are fed through a welding gun.

If this is not enough information, there are many great articles about it on the web.

being the only back person working on the light bulb