Humanoid Robot

The new Japanese humanoid robot HRP-4C displays a range of emotions (good luck discerning what they are) during a press conference in suburban Tokyo this week. Naturally, plenty of paparazzi were on hand.
(Credit: AFP Photo/Yoshikazu Tsuno)

This is very impressive. The HRP-4C is designed to look and move like human. The robot can performs more than basic human movement. The robot is being designed as 5-foot (ish), dark-haired creation to look like an average Japanese woman between the ages of 19 and 29. HRP-4C has 30 motors in her body that allow her to walk and move its arms and 8 facial motors for blinking, smiling, and expressing emotions akin to anger and surprise. The Robot is for now has limited usage except talk, smile, move, walk, look pretty. The robot is not yet ready to help with daily chores. So, if you are thinking to hire or buy this robot to help you do your work, just forget about it.

DIY TINY GUITAR AMPLIFIER

METEO - 45SP

 This is the first product produced and designed by LucnSam Electronics. It is a Small mini Guitar Amplifier (3.3" x 2.1" x 1.1"). It has one volume control, 1/4 mono jack, LED power on/off, 1.6" speakers and powered by one 9V battery. This product will be on sale soon at http://lucnsam.blogspot.com.

Free Portable Audio Editor

I have been using Audacity since 2003 and it has been going through several updates and the latest version can be downloaded at . However I kind of annoyed by the functionality of the latest version of Audacity. It somehow difficult to install and it required some plug in which is quite troublesome to get it installed properly. Even though you managed to get through it keeps asking for other plug in or it prompted you something like “your plug in has expired, please download latest version”. To be honest with you I can’t be bother.
DOWNLOAD THE AUDACITY PORTABLE

Then, the Audacity Portable version emerged. I have little doubt about this version but what the heck, I will give it a go. I am impressed, it is more than I have expected. It is one of the best version of Audacity I have ever used before. It is very handy, full fledge audio editor packaged as a portable app which give you the convenient to take your audio files along with everything you need to edit and record on the go. Since it is portable you can saved it in a thumbdrive, USB Flash drive, IPod, portable HD, CD, DVD. It is basically self content app which you can use on any computer without leaving any personal information behind.


Some of the features of Audacity Portable are:


• Record live audio.


• Convert tapes and records into digital recordings or CDs.


• Edit Ogg Vorbis, MP3, and WAV sound files.


• Cut, copy, splice, and mix sounds together.


• Change the speed or pitch of a recording.

Again, I am truly impress with it functionality as a portable app and best of all, it FREE. What more can you ask for. Now you can bring along your Audio Editor with you everywhere you go.

Visit Nasa City

This is very interesting site. It about a city where most of the items or technology used is of NASA technology or space technology. You can rotate the city by clicking the direction arrow and click on the specific building such as grocery, medical and it will zoom into the building and show you all the items, equipment or instrument using or somehow related to technology used by Nasa. Amazing...

Which Shure Microphone Type suit you best?

This is quite informative site especially for those want to know more about the type of Shure microphone they intend to buy. Basically this site uses an interactive tool where you have the option to choose and compare between microphones and best of all it comes with audio sample captured by the microphones.

It is a complete reference for the current shure series of microphones. You can even print out the specific specifications of your chosen microphones. Unlike other microphones site I have visited, nothing compare to Shure site in terms of convenient, descriptive and completeness of information. Well done Shure.

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Today music industry are becoming more complex to handle due to the advancement in recording/PA equipment used in studio and on stage (live performance). That being the case, it even harder to acquire the right knowledge and know how in order to be able to operate such an equipment and hence produce state of the art sound or professional sound. Most audio engineering schools are full time and the tuition cost is beyond the reach of most students. For those who are keen or wish to become a sound engineer but can not afford to pay the high tuition fees, look no further.

Because AIA (Audio Institute of America) is available to everyone interested to pursue their career in sound engineering. The subjects taught are relevant and practical (applicable in real life situation). Apart form the affordable tuition fees (less than US$500), the other aspect that differentiate AIA from the others is it instructor.

The chief instructor and founder of our school is the legendary Peter Miller who is in the Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame. Peter toured extensively with The Beatles and the Rolling Stones during the sixties prior to building his own home studio and becoming a successful songwriter. His next venture was to establish one of the world's first independent record labels before opening up a recording studio in San Francisco. The studio was the genesis for the course since so many musicians asked Peter to give lessons on how he got such great sounds.

The complete Master Course is - Details US$299 Contains both the Master Recording Course and the Advanced Course in one package -- a $200 savings off the regular price. You will receive 25 Lessons plus 30 Video lessons and 60 Audio lessons. Your FREE Triple Bonus is shipped immediately including the three Recording Magazines, Audio Dictionary and Mixing Console Poster. (This Triple Bonus is included only with the COMPLETE Master Recording Course)
The AIA Difference Is Your Instructor – Legendary Peter Miller.

He has also been a voting member for The Grammys (The Recording Academy) for the past 20 years so you konow he knows what he's talking about! He is still actively working as a Recording Engineer, Music Producer and a Recording Artist. Peter is ready to share a lifetime of experience with you and welcome you to the exciting and rewarding world of recording! You are about to enter an incredible new world!

For the sake of comparison, take a look at the chart below. AIA is the most affordable sound Engineering School available today.

Experimental 2 seater Small Electric Driven Vehicle

via videosift.com


Fascinating Small Vehicle. You can get more info by visiting : PROJECTPUMA

I won't mind driving one of this around town. It looks very simple and convenient to use (I hope). Does it come with signal for turning left and right and what about break light and horn? It is good to have them around to lessen air pollution which contribute to the earth’s global warming and to avoid serious accident due to collision. Obviously, this vehicle does have their pros and cons so do all vehicles.

Affordable Radio Automation System broadcast straight from Home

Today it is possible for someone to run his own online radio station from home. However care should be taken not to infringe song or audio copyright. In other words, you are not allowed to simply broadcast copyright material such as song or audio without prior consent from the publisher or owner.

For those who are interested to setup their own Radio Station why not try the following software especially made for online radio broadcast.

Apart from a well functioning computer with semi professional audio card and broadband line with fix IP, all you need are these two softwares (stationplaylist Studio and Creator):

These radio automation software has been around for few years now and are used by over 2000 commercial and non commercial AM & FM radio stations worldwide. Furthermore it is very affordable and powerful radio broadcasting software solution for terrestrial radio and internet streaming / webcasting.

a) StationPlaylist Studio is a simple to use on-air broadcast automation playout software for the studio and/or DJ. You are able to manually or automatically plays all the media files. Some of the features worth mentioning here are as follows:


i) Automatic crossfading.
ii) Play jingles, Commercials, songs, live streaming, live input from soundcard, satellite feeds and many more.
iii) Built in Internet Stream Encoder, Voice Track/song ramp overlapping, Mic input and button with music fade plus many live assist features such as 96 cart slots for instant jingles.

The site also provides a demonstration playlist to show off some of Studio's features. It includes voice tracks and several songs truncated to 30 seconds for legal reasons. You are allowed to download and install the playlist. The trial edition of Studio will detect the playlist and load it automatically.

b) StationPlaylist is Creator a simple to use, yet powerful spot and music scheduler. Gain complete control over your station format using rotations of music categories and spot groups (jingles, advertisements, etc).


Generate sophisticated daily or weekly playlists in seconds. Includes a simple scheduler utility for budget automation with free audio players. Also includes a Playlist Editor, Voice Tracking / recording, and many more.

So now, what next? Go a head try the demo and you will know what I mean.