Monday, May 16, 2011

Update

PROGRESS on Project: DEEPBLUE

I've finished The Invisible Kingdom, which documents and gives a brief overview of the microbe universe and taken with a humourous perspective of a microbe. There are a few fascinating topics touched on in there, including bio-films, using viruses to combat cancer(which are essentially cells which have broken loose of the controls and begun reproducing on their own to the detriment of the whole system. And the ultra-cool Sigma Factor. There are also bacterial colonies, how cells attack each other, pass on genes, and evolve. Awesome? You bet. Makes me almost wishful that I had taken Bio. Almost.

PROGRESS on Project: ARDUINO

Brought some breadboards, wires, LEDs, switches. Built my first circuit on switching on and off a LED. Yay. Primitive, but yes. I will advance.

PROGRESS on Project: SYNCBOT

I have switched by to using LabView. It is much easier to program using that. Far far easier. I got my program running under thirty minutes. Plus, it is much more precise. Now on to testing of the accuracy of the NXT system. I suspect my work will take me beyond 12.

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