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Guides & Notes for Books, Movies, Poetry & Plays

Guides & Notes for Books, Movies, Poetry & Plays

How to Build an RFID Reader Last Updated on Wednesday, 30 May 2012 05:47 Let’s face it, even though there are a wide variety of RFID readers available, there are still implementations where an off-the-shelf system isn’t “close” enough to meet the requirements. So what do you do when your project requires a UHF RFID-enabled device that just doesn’t exist? You build your own. The RFID Network produced a 30 minute episode for our cable TV series titled, How to RFID Enable Anything. It includes segments from the below videos as well as additional information. Step 1: Choose Your Development Path The first decision that needs to be made after you've decided to build your own reader, is your development path. Discrete Components or RFID Reader Chip or an RFID Reader Module? There are a number of critical considerations when making this decision. Step 2: Select the RFID reader module best suited for your application If you had to start from scratch, building your own RFID-enabled device would be extremely challenging.

Today's Most Popular Study Guides Army analyst linked to WikiLeaks hailed as antiwar hero For antiwar campaigners from Seattle to Iceland, a new name has become a byword for anti-establishment heroism: Army Pfc. Bradley E. Manning. Manning, a 22-year-old intelligence analyst, is suspected of leaking thousands of classified documents about the Afghanistan war to the Web site WikiLeaks. The breach has elicited a furious reaction from national security officials, who say it has compromised the safety of U.S. Yet, since his arrest in the spring, Manning has become an instant folk hero to thousands of grass-roots activists around the world, some of whom are likening the disclosure to the unauthorized release of the Pentagon Papers or the anonymous tips that helped uncover the Watergate scandal. Neither Manning nor his attorney have commented on the WikiLeaks dump -- and WikiLeaks has not identified Manning as its source. In the logs, Manning said he had seen "incredible things, awful things" in classified government files. "The story grabbed me," Gogulski said.

Book-A-Minute Classics - StumbleUpon Got another book report to do? English teachers have the inconsiderate habit of assigning mammoth-sized works of literature to read and then actually expecting you to do it. This wouldn't be so bad except that invariably the requisite reading is as boring as fly fishing in an empty lake. Half of those books don't even have discernible plots. And let's face it -- the Cliff's Notes are pretty time-consuming too. Worry no more. "That's nice," you say, "but I don't believe you." Latest additions: 4/6/12 Little Women by Louisa May Alcott. And, on Book-A-Minute SF/F... If you liked Book-A-Minute Classics, try our other Book-A-Minute pages: And try our companion site: RinkWorks Book-A-Minute Classics is a RinkWorks production. Talk Back Talk to us! Legalese Titles and trademarks are the property of their owners.

1001 Story Ideas | Writepop - Science fiction stories, humor, and writing about writing A thousand lifetimes in space – Living on a generation ship 1,000 human beings are selected to board a spaceship headed for the stars. The trip is so long that they will die in space, but their descendants will reach a new planet. To save room on the generation ship, the original population of the ship is all women, with children to be produced by artificial insemination.

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