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Wednesday, December 31, 2003
Stardust Raises its Shields
SpaceRef : "T-minus 48 hours and counting to a historic rendezvous, NASA's Stardust spacecraft has officially entered a comet's coma, the cloud of dust and gas surrounding the nucleus. Stardust is scheduled to hurtle past comet Wild 2 on January 2, 2004, at approximately 2:40 a.m. EST.
'Just like in Star Trek we have our shields up,' said Tom Duxbury, Stardust program manager at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), Pasadena, Calif. 'The spacecraft has entered Wild 2's coma, which means at any time we could run into a cometary particle. At 6.1 kilometers per second (approximately 3.8 miles per second), this is no small event.'
To protect Stardust against the blast of expected particles and rocks as it travels approximately 300 kilometers (186 miles) from the Wild 2 nucleus, the spacecraft rotated, so it is flying in the shadow of its 'Whipple Shields'. The shields are named for American astronomer Dr. Fred L. Whipple. In the 1950s, he came up with the idea of shielding spacecraft from high-speed collisions with bits and pieces ejected from comets."
Monday, December 29, 2003
Juice
JuiceWhatever you create in Juice, be it a robot or a windmill, will be known as a model. Models consist of beams connected together with joints. There are currently two kinds of joints, hinges and sliders.
You can add beams and joints to the model via the menu or toolbar. Once the parts are in place, you can connect beams with joints by clicking on them.
Adding motion takes a bit more thought. There are different types of motion available. For example, "sine" motion cause hinges to oscillate back and forth smoothly; "step" motion is similar, but with a pause on each side (your knees do this when you're walking). For simplicity's sake, everything moves back and forth at the same rate. You can vary the timing and range of motion for each joint independently.
I've found that creating a model usually goes pretty quickly, but it's a real challenge to get the motions right so the model walks without falling over.
Saturday, December 27, 2003
The Mac Partisan: The Best Information Resources For The Teacher, Student, Education Administrator & Parent
The Mac Partisan: The Best Information Resources For The Teacher, Student, Education Administrator & Parent: "Below you will find a list of links that have been culled from around the Net relating Macs in the Education environment. Like our other 'Hub' pages , this one is intended as a one stop launching point. New news links will be added to the top of each area. If you have a news item relating to Macs in education , mail it to us and we will add it."
Friday, December 26, 2003
TechSoup.org - DiscounTech
TechSoup.org - DiscounTech: "DiscounTech is the nonprofit source for technology donations like office applications, networking equipment, fundraising software, accounting software, and other donated computer applications. No technology grants are required. Learn more about this unique service just for nonprofit organizations.
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Friday, December 19, 2003
New York Metro: Best High Schools in New York
New York Metro: Best High Schools in New York: "High School of Telecommunication Arts and Technology
350 67th Street
Brooklyn, NY 11220
718-759-3400
Admissions policy:
Educational option
Grade levels: 9-12
Graduation rate: 64%
Enrollment: 1,200
Class size: 21-34
Ethnicity: 16% W, 17% B, 59% H, 8% A
Average SATs: Verbal, 427; math, 436
Free lunch: 43%
Located in the quiet, residential neighborhood of Bay Ridge, overlooking the Verrazano Narrows Bridge and New York Harbor, Telecommunication is housed in a Gothic-style brick building, complete with turrets and towers. Inside the stately entrance, the atmosphere is far more modern. While retaining some of the architectural charm and detail of the original building, Telecommunication is fully loaded with up-to-date equipment.
The school has a television studio with three cameras and sophisticated editing systems, five computer labs, and Internet access in every classroom. In addition, there is a mobile computer lab -- a cart with twenty laptops equipped with antennas used for research in humanities classes and for science labs. It's the only high school in the city to have its own Web server (every student learns HTML), and there is a course dedicated to creating and maintaining the school's Website: www.hstat.org.
Many staff development days have been devoted to how to do interdisciplinary work, especially in English and social studies, and how to use Websites in a classroom. English honors students created a Web page to show off what the class had learned about author Toni Morrison and her novel Song of Solomon. Students were asked to write two original essays, one discussing the importance of names in the novel and the second exploring a theme of their own choosing. They also provided online photographs and a biography about the author and links to relevant sites.
Some schools build their reputation by attracting high-achieving kids. Telecommunication is building its reputation by attracting first-rate teachers. Instead of being assigned according to seniority, as is the norm in New York City public schools, prospective teachers are interviewed by the staff and asked to teach a demonstration class.
'This is a school that combines a hardworking faculty with academics, athletics, and the arts,' says sophomore Vanessa Poggioli. 'If you're not doing well in a subject, there will be a resource; if you want to start a club, they'll help.'
Web Extras
School site"
Wednesday, December 10, 2003
Adobe Education: Classroom in a Book
Adobe Education: Classroom in a Book: "Classroom in a Book
Selected Adobe® Classroom in a Book® printed lessons are available as Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) files. You may download individual chapters for classroom use only "
Saturday, December 06, 2003
Yahoo! Groups : imatchuserforum Messages : Message 14995 of 14999
Yahoo! Groups : imatchuserforum Messages : Message 14995 of 14999: "
(...) if Mario gets bored over the Xmas break :-)
Very funny. Ha-ha.
Developing decent support for CD/DVD burning in IMatch (which we have talked
about here for some time) will take between two and three months, full time. And
since there are so many tools on the market already, free- and payware I wonder
how many users will need it.
If you have followed the CD/DVD burning related forums for Photoshop Album,
ArchiveCreator, Nero and WinOnCD you may already know how much can go wrong, how
many incompatible devices are out there, and that 1000 users want 1000 different
features...
Since you get Nero or WinOnCD free with each burner you buy, and IMatch can also
create HTML-based galleries (with different templates aka styles for each of
your customers) I guess sorting images into CD-size or DVD-size packs isn't that
hard. I do this every week.
Using a simple approach like
1. New Folder
2. Select 4.5 GB files (check the size display in the caption above the
thumbnail window)
3. Burn 11 minutes
4. Relocate folders (11 seconds)
I've did that previously with CDs, but I got bored because of the 1 GB flash
cards I use, and the usually 500 'keeper's' I take each day during an event.
Best Regards,
Mario M. Westphal
photools.com - Digital Image Management Solutions Member of the ASP -
Association of Shareware Professionals support@p...
http://www.photools.com
IMatch FAQ: http://www.photools.com/imatchfaq.php
IMatch User Forum: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/imatchuserforum
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To: imatchuserforum@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [imatchuserforum] Re: new user; looking for backup software -
Archive Creator
rge99 wrote:
> I am currently contemplating buying Archive Creator. Do you recommend
> it? Do you turn off 'Split folders across archives' for comptaibility
> with IMatch offlining?
Depends what you want to use it for. I was dismissive of it until I started
shooting so many dig files that rapidly-filling HDD's and archiving became a
pain. There, it's very good at what it does, but that is actually rather limited
- munching through folder structures of lots of large image files, indexing
them, and burning to CD. You just sit there feeding it disks and it does the
rest.
However it doesn't fit well with iMatch 'relocate' being folder, rather than
file-based, since it will span a folder's contents across as many CD's as
necessary. 'Relocate' can't cope with that.
The 'backup' script may close the gap, by breaking down iMatch folders into
CD-sized folders. But then there's no real requirement for AC - Nero can just
be pointed at each dir to create an archive which can then be 'relocated'.
The other thing I use AC for is preparing and burning CD's for clients.
It's very nice that it makes HTML indexes with thumbnails linking both to
screen-res display images and also the full-size files, all just from pointing
it at the folder of full-res. But AC is a bit underdeveloped here; it doesn't
have any means of storing different sets of parameters for each different
client, so it's a bit clunky to use for several different purposes - most info
has to be keyed in each time . There have been no upgrade versions in many
months and I don't think any development is happening.
I had and used AC before discovering iMatch; if I was making a buying decision
now I probably wouldn't bother. But I'd love to see iMatch acquire similar
archiving abilities, with integrated CD-DVD burning, if Mario gets bored over
the Xmas break :-)
Regards
Tony Sleep - http://www.halftone.co.uk"
HVDUO-F7
HVDUO-F7: "The HVDUO-10M is a compact, one-piece digital color camera capable of acquiring accurate, high-resolution color images using the Foveon X3® Pro 10M CMOS direct image sensor. The HVDUO-10M features 30-bit digital color output, real-time color processing, support for all sensor scan modes and an LVDS interface. The HVDUO-10M is compatible with a wide range of standard optics and includes controls for a shutter and synchronized illuminators. The HVDUO-10M is well suited for industrial, scientific, cinema, medical and communications applications requiring high-quality color images.
HVDUO-10M
Features
· 10.2 million photodetectors in a 2268 x 1512 x 3 matrix matches 3-chip color performance
· 9.12 micron square pixels accommodate an extensive selection of optics
· Flexible scanning methods support selection of resolution, raster size, speed and direction from full resolution at 4 fps to a single line at 6.5 KHz
· Single-shot or continuous acquisition with selectable exposure offer optimum performance for still and motion images
· Camera control and image viewing software for Windows® facilitates rapid setup and acquisition
· 30-bit RGB LVDS output can be interfaced to a wide variety of framegrabbers"
Friday, December 05, 2003
Deep Freeze - Complete Windows Protection
Deep Freeze - Complete Windows Protection: "Protect and keep your PC's running with Deep Freeze. Incorporating patent-pending, proven software, Deep Freeze is the standard in non-restrictive Windows desktop protection.
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A solution provider for Windows Protection - Quality Windows Protection and Hard Drive Security
A solution provider for Windows Protection - Quality Windows Protection and Hard Drive Security: "DriveShield is the software based laptop/PC hard drive protection for home, school, and business."
NetOp. Moving expertise - not people
NetOp. Moving expertise - not people: "A powerful tool to enhance computer-based training
View an online flash demonstration of how NetOp School helps you manage your networked classroom more effectively.
A powerful new tool to enhance computer-based training, NetOp School is a highly acclaimed software solution designed to make computer-based teaching more effective. Using advanced remote-control technology, NetOp School allows teachers to perform online virtually all the tasks they can in a traditional class setting.
With this program you can instruct, monitor and assist students on their computerss without moving from yours. What"
DameWare Development
DameWare Development: "DameWare NT Utilities is an enterprise system management application for Windows NT/2000/XP, which provides an integrated collection of Microsoft Windows NT administration utilities incorporating a centralized interface for remote management of Windows NT/2000/XP Servers and Workstations. User management for Microsoft Exchange and Windows Terminal Server support is available from the Users view. All of the standard Windows NT/2000 Server and Windows NT/2000/XP Workstation utilities are included, along with many DameWare NT Utilities custom NT tools including Mini Remote Control. Most of the standard utilities have been drastically enhanced for superior performance, added functionality and ease of use.
DameWare NT Utilities contains a dynamic Network Browser view, which will display Microsoft Windows Network domains in a network explorer tree view. Windows NT domains can be added to the Favorite Domains section of the Network Browser view. Domain controllers, servers and workstations, as well as non-browsable machines, can be specified by machine name or IP address, and added to the network explorer tree view. DameWare NT Utilities includes a Mini Remote Control for fast and easy deployment. "
Debugging configure
Debugging configure: "All too often, checking the README of a package yields only the none-too-specific 'Build Instructions: Run configure, then run make.' But what about when that doesn't work? In this article, Peter Seebach discusses what to do when an automatic configuration script doesn't work -- and what you can do as a developer to keep failures to a minimum. After all, if your build process doesn't work, users are just as badly off as if your program doesn't work once it's built.
A lot of open source programs come with configure scripts these days. One purpose of such a script is to automate the guesswork of targeting a new system. In times of yore, programs came with a Makefile that had half a dozen different sets of compiler flags or options, all but one of which were commented out, and a note saying 'select the appropriate flags for your system.' For more comprehensive sets of configuration options, there might also have been a large C header called config.h containing a few dozen flags to set, depending on host system variables."
The Jean-Paul Sartre Cookbook
The Jean-Paul Sartre Cookbook: "The Jean-Paul Sartre Cookbook
by Marty Smith, Portland OR
forwarded by Alastair Sutherland (kaidan@ix.netcom.com)
from Free Agent March 1987 (a Portland Oregon alternative newspaper), Republished in the Utne Reader Nov./Dec. 1993
We have been lucky to discover several previously lost diaries of French philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre stuck in between the cushions of our office sofa. These diaries reveal a young Sartre obsessed not with the void, but with food. Apparently Sartre, before discovering philosophy, had hoped to write 'a cookbook that will put to rest all notions of flavor forever.' The diaries are excerpted here for your perusal.
October 3
Spoke with Camus today about my cookbook. Though he has never actually eaten, he gave me much encouragement. I rushed home immediately to begin work. How excited I am! I have begun my formula for a Denver omelet.
October 4
Still working on the omelet. There have been stumbling blocks. I keep creating omelets one after another, like soldiers marching into the sea, but each one seems empty, hollow, like stone. I want to create an omelet that expresses the meaninglessness of existence, and instead they taste like cheese. I look at them on the plate, but they do not look back. Tried eating them with the lights off. It did not help. Malraux suggested paprika.
October 6
I have realized that the traditional omelet form (eggs and cheese) is bourgeois. Today I tried making one out of cigarette, some coffee, and four tiny stones. I fed it to Malraux, who puked. I am encouraged, but my journey is still long.
October 10
I find myself trying ever more radical interpretations of traditional dishes, in an effort to somehow express the void I feel so acutely. Today I tried this recipe:
Tuna Casserole
Ingredients: 1 large casserole dish
Place the casserole dish in a cold oven. Place a chair facing the oven and sit in it forever. Think about how hungry you are. When night falls, do not turn on the light.
While a void is expressed in this recipe, I am struck by its inapplicability to the bourgeois lifestyle. How can the eater recognize that the food denied him is a tuna casserole and not some other dish? I am becoming more and more frustated.
October 25
I have been forced to abandon the project of producing an entire cookbook. Rather, I now seek a single recipe which will, by itself, embody the plight of man in a world ruled by an unfeeling God, as well as providing the eater with at least one ingredient from each of the four basic food groups. To this end, I purchased six hundred pounds of foodstuffs from the corner grocery and locked myself in the kitchen, refusing to admit anyone. After several weeks of work, I produced a recipe calling for two eggs, half a cup of flour, four tons of beef, and a leek. While this is a start, I am afraid I still have much work ahead.
November 15
Today I made a Black Forest cake out of five pounds of cherries and a live beaver, challenging the very definition of the word cake. I was very pleased. Malraux said he admired it greatly, but could not stay for dessert. Still, I feel that this may be my most profound achievement yet, and have resolved to enter it in the Betty Crocker Bake-Off.
November 30
Today was the day of the Bake-Off. Alas, things did not go as I had hoped. During the judging, the beaver became agitated and bit Betty Crocker on the wrist. The beaver's powerful jaws are capable of felling blue spruce in less than ten minutes and proved, needless to say, more than a match for the tender limbs of America's favorite homemaker. I only got third place. Moreover, I am now the subject of a rather nasty lawsuit.
December 1
I have been gaining twenty-five pounds a week for two months, and I am now experiencing light tides. It is stupid to be so fat. My pain and ultimate solitude are still as authentic as they were when I was thin, but seem to impress girls far less. From now on, I will live on cigarettes and black coffee. "
Tuesday, December 02, 2003
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Lock your laptops
Laptop users try a variety of methods to prevent theft
06/20/2002
By DOUG BEDELL / The Dallas Morning News
There were times when W. David Lee couldn't get much attention when he pitched ideas for "laptop security."
No more.
From the corporate boardroom to the lowliest telecommuter, notebook computer users are learning that theft of their portables – and, more important, the data on their hard drives – can be devastating.
"Unfortunately, people are usually driven to it by an experience," says the CEO of Caveo Technology, maker of an innovative PC-card-based anti-theft mechanism.
And, boy, are the experiences mounting up. In recent years:
• An IBM Thinkpad owned by Qualcomm CEO Irwin Jacobs disappeared from a stage where he was speaking. What was on it? "Everything," he told reporters. Financial statements, secret corporate data, years of e-mail, digitized pictures of his grandchildren – all of it irreplaceable.
• A U.K. Ministry of Defense laptop with sensitive fighter pilot research was stolen from the luggage rack of a London Heathrow-bound train.
• The notebook used for highly classified information about arms proliferation vanished from a conference room in the U.S. State Department's Bureau of Intelligence and Research.
Those high-profile cases belie a broader criminal trend. Safeware, an insurance firm that sells laptop theft insurance policies, estimates that 591,000 notebooks were stolen last year, a 53 percent increase over 2000. According to the 2002 Computer Security Institute/FBI Computer Crime and Security Survey, the theft of laptops led to an average financial loss of $89,000 among responding corporations and government agencies.
This year the problem may be getting worse, exacerbated by tightened airport security measures put in place after Sept. 11, experts say. As travelers are being asked to pull laptops from bags at checkpoints, many computers are being lost, forgotten or stolen on the other side of the confusion caused by intensified searches.
In response, software and hardware safety accessory makers are churning out products designed to protect laptops used for work and leisure. They include fingerprint identifiers, motion detectors, lock-and-cable mechanisms, data-scrambling techniques and software that stealthily "calls home" when connected to the Net.
Clamping down
Two of every five laptop thefts occur inside a company's own doors, according to a recent survey conducted by Kensington Technology Group. Addressing this type of theft are an assortment of cable locks, lockdown enclosures and docking stations. Retailing for $50 or less, these mechanisms are the most affordable solutions, but many can be defeated with a simple bolt-cutter.
Leading manufacturers include Anchor Pad International (www.anchorpad.com), Kensington (www.kensington.com), Computer Security Products (www.computersecurity.com), PC Guardian (www.pcguardian.com), Kryptonite (www.kryptonitelock.com) and Targus Group International (www.targus.com).
Cable locks are increasingly showing up as standard equipment at conference centers and conventions where laptops play important roles for participants.
Motion detection
Modern motion-detection technologies and high-pitched sirens are being added to locks, PC cards and safety cables for another layer of protection.
For example, Targus makes a $50 version of its Defcon alarm system that attaches to the computer via the security slot and also comes with a cable for physical locking. Another version is integrated into a carrying case ($130). Arming and disarming is done by entering a combination or via remote control.
The $59.95 TrackIt (www.trackitcorp.com) uses a transmitter installed in or attached to a laptop case to maintain a continuous radio signal with a mobile sensor carried by the owner. If the laptop is moved beyond a set distance, an alarm sounds and the mobile unit is alerted.
Kensington's SonicLock ($39.95) lets out a squeal when its padlock and shackle are disturbed.
And Mr. Lee's company, Caveo (www.caveo.com), has just released the $99 Anti-Theft PC Card, which combines motion detection, data encryption and password protection. Not only does it sound an alarm when someone is walking off with a notebook, it will also immediately lock down the operating system to prevent data loss.
Biometrics
Recent advances in biometric technology have allowed fingerprint identification mechanisms to proliferate in security devices. Targus is now selling the $120 Defcon Authenticator, a USB-connected thumb pad in lieu of an operating system password.
Targus also makes the $199.99 Defcon PC Card Fingerprint Authenticator, which is mounted in a laptop's PC card slot and features a retractable thumbprint pad.
Software safeguards
If a thief absconds with a laptop, a new generation of software can help in the recovery. Like the LoJack vehicle recovery systems for stolen cars, these products can broadcast the location of a missing computer – providing it is hooked into a dial-up or broadband Internet connection.
Leading products include Computrace (www.computrace.com), Secure PC by Lucira Technologies (www.lucira.com), Stealth Signal (www.stealthsignal.com) and Cyber Angel from Computer Sentry Software (www.sentryinc.com).
Hidden files on the purloined portable turn off the modem sound and periodically dial into a security monitoring service run by the software companies. Using the data and help from police, recovery rates are as high as 90 percent, manufacturers say.
These products, however, require help from police jurisdictions with widely disparate policies and procedures. In areas where police give low priority to laptop recovery, it may be hard to persuade officials to act on the software's information, experts say.
The annual cost of monitoring a single computer ranges from about $50 to $60.
As Internet connectivity has grown, so have the features of these software packages. Several will now encrypt data and lock down access in addition to locating a stolen laptop by telephone number and Internet address.
E-mail dbedell@dallasnews.com
Laptops are commonplace today and so is their theft. But losing the computer often doesn't matter as much as losing the data it contains.
Case in point: Qualcomm's chairman and CEO recently gave a speech to the Society of American Business Editors and Writers at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Irvine, California. After his speech, numerous journalists gathered around to ask questions. During that brief time, he was never more than 30 feet from his laptop, yet someone managed to steal it. The laptop contained some of Qualcomm's most valuable trade secrets (reported to be worth millions), which are now in the thief's hands.
News reports indicate the laptop was running a Microsoft OS and required a password to access its files, but the OS had no file encryption in place. In one report, the executive openly commented that he hoped Microsoft's password protection would prevent access to the laptop's data. But certainly you realize someone can access the laptop's files without a password. For example, a person can use an NTFS book disk if the laptop uses that file system, or someone can simply install a new OS, boot it, log on, and access the data.
http://www.pc-security.com/sonic_alarm.htm
The Sonic Shock’s siren is triggered by cutting or unplugging a 10 foot electronically-monitored tether. There’s no motion trigger, so there are no false alarms. Once tripped, the siren sounds for more than two hours. Created especially for commercial and institutional use, the Sonic Shock is simple, reliable, and tough. Its case is made with 1/16th inch stainless steel. Its battery will probably outlast your equipment. It is reusable. Its lock cores can be replaced. And it is impervious to the false alarms that plague so many other equipment alarms, including the Wobbler and Sonic Pro.
This clever, reliable and affordable theft deterrent has recently been a proven asset in protecting valuable (and easily stolen) digital projectors. On a desk, a cart or a ceiling mount, the Sonic Shock makes it very hard for these things to get out the door un-noticed.
http://security.itworld.com/4337/NWW010326zbar/page_1.html
Computer Security System ($49.99) motion sensor alarm transmits a 45-second 110 dB audible alarm whenever the cable is severed or the unit is moved. With the Trackit key chain transmitter ($49.95), the laptop owner can monitor the computer from up to 40 feet away. Get separated from your case, and a 110 dB siren sounds.
If the thief absconds with the hardware, any laptop armed with Absolute Software's CompuTrace ($49.95 for software and 1 year of monitoring) can be tracked by CompuTrace's online service the next time the PC logs on to the Internet. Call-blocking features can't hide it, and hard-drive reformatting and disk partitioning won't erase the hidden software, the company says.
http://www.tabletpclinks.com/link_directory/laptop_lock.html
http://www.computersecurity.com/laptop/
Never before have you been able to provide this level of security so easily, with incredible ease of installation, expandability and added powerful features. A universal security application for less than $25 per item, initial cost. Even better, when it is time to replace equipment, the cost to "re-secure" is less than $2 per item!
Prevents Unauthorized removal or tampering of protected equipment
Protects against RAM Chip theft!
Easily protects LCD Projectors against theft!
Fits ANY computer
Fits ANY stationary equipment or item
Provides 24-hour security
No drilling, bolting, or gluing!
Visible LED Tamper indicator
Easy to install in minutes
Easily expandable to accommodate any number of computers!
The PC Tab uses a unique security sticker that you just peel and stick to the equipment you are securing. Removing this sticker from the equipment will set off the alarm, alerting you to a possible theft.
http://www.pc-security.com/SSS/Strategies/Schools-Universities/index.htm
nce 1988, the New York City Board of Education has awarded a comprehensive contract for Datamation to provide security devices for computers, printers, copiers, administrative equipment, AV and lab equipment... anything that could walk. It was (and still is) the largest contract of its kind.
New York set extremely rigorous performance standards and required anti-theft devices that not only deter theives, but also carry a no-theft warranty that assures that equipment stolen will be replaced. Using Compu-Gard Maximum Security enclosures and pads with special keying, Datamation has provided tens of thousands of such devices under this contract.
http://www.globalgadgetuk.com/exitalarm.htm
The SH-051CF comprises of one or more alarm units linked with as many transmitters as you need. The alarm unit is installed at the gate, exit or guard. The transmitter is small enough to apply to anything you want to protect, it is almost the same size as Compact Flash card.
When the transmitter unit is in standby mode and someone moves the protected object, the transmitter will sense the movement and start to emit signals for 10 seconds and then stop automatically. When senses another movement, it will emit signals for another 10 seconds.
The alarm unit will remain inert when all the transmitters stay outside the pre-set distance. When the attempt thief brings the protected object (applied with the CF card transmitter) towards the alarm unit within the pre-set distance, the alarm unit will start to emit 70dB small alarm as pre-alarm to notify the keeper and discourage the theft. The alarm unit has a distance tuner for user to set its own effective distance from 1 - 12 meters radius.
The loud 100 dB alarm will be sounded if the transmitter in the protected object continues to proceed towards the exit alarm unit. This system is very easy to install, there are no wires!.
We can supply any number of transmitter and alarm units to suit your specific application.
Specifications:
Effective distance
0.5 - 12 meters radius, adjustable
Alarm sound
100dB siren
Output power
<5uW
Size: Alarm
L 92 x W 42 x T 29 mm
Size: Transmitter
L 36 x W 21 x T 4 mm
Features:
With movement sensor, TX is activated only senses movement.
Wireless, no annoying wiring.
Easy and simple installation
Adjustable distance setting and pre-alarm time setting
One alarm unit can links hundreds transmitters
Allows many transmitters emit simultaneously without interference
Power saving: transmitter is always on standby, only emits when senses movement
http://www.computrace.com/public/products/computraceplus/faqs.asp
A. On most PCs, the Computrace Agent, which powers ComputracePlus, is silent and invisible and will not be detected by looking at the disk directory or running a utility that examines RAM. On many PCs – depending on their operating system – the Agent cannot be erased off the hard drive by deleting files because it is not visible in file directories. The Agent can survive a hard drive re-format, F-disk command and hard drive re-partitioning. The Agent can be removed by an authorized user with the correct password and installation software.
On a Mac system, it is very difficult for a standard user to deliberately or accidentally delete the Agent as the files cannot be deleted by anyone other than the root user.
Q. What happens if a computer’s hard drive is removed?
A. The Computrace Agent resides on a computer’s hard drive so if the drive is removed and installed on another computer, the Agent will initiate contact with the Monitoring Center at its next scheduled call. It will then report its new location. The original computer will no longer be protected.
Q. How much does ComputracePlus cost?
A. The price for one license of ComputracePlus is US$49.95 or CDN$69.95. This includes one year of monitoring, basic asset tracking and all recovery services, including forensic data recovery. Two, three, and four year monitoring service terms and volume discounts are also available. The Data Delete service is priced separately, and only purchased when needed.
Q. Can data on a stolen PC be deleted?
A. To protect data, on a PC, in addition to hardware, ComputracePlus customers do have the option of wiping valuable data from a stolen machine. The Data Delete service helps to prevent a thief from accessing and potentially compromising that data. Customers contact Absolute to initiate the Data Delete service, which is administered the next time the Agent contacts the Monitoring Center. The service then works in the background to erase data from the PC, and can be configured to include or exclude the operating system.
