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well-camouflaged overhead in the Lunar Orbiter conference room at work.
Omnidirectional antennas were a staple of NASA’s early planetary exploration craft. Early Ranger (Blocks I through III), Mariner, and lunar-orbiting spacecraft all featured omnidirectional antenna at their apexes. The lunar orbiters featured two antennae: high-gain with singular directional patterns, and low-gain which was omnidirectional (both are hanging from this ceiling).
Communications were via a 10 W transmitter and the directional 1 meter diameter "high gain antenna" for transmission of photographs and a 0.5 W transmitter and omnidirectional low gain antenna for other communications. Both antennas operated in S-band at 2295 MHz.
In looking over JISC Strategic document, I think there is something in the innovation matrix that can support a balance of both exploratory and strategic projects for the EXPOSE section, (the Boolean in the Matrix is a quick thought that occurred to me this AM).
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(1)Incremental Innovation = subtle change to processes and tools i.e. where institutions are somewhat comfortable in spending their own money. #lowRisk #lowGain
(2)Semi-Radical Innovation = implementing new practices, i.e. change the ways in which humans do things #Pull #TopDown
(3)Semi Radical Innovation = implementing new technology, i.e. change the tools with which humans work #Push #BottomUp
(4)Radical Innovation = Change both practice and tools i.e. #HigRisk #HighGain #disruptiveInnovation
A = Exploratory projects examining how processes could change
B = Strategic projects implementing new technologies to drive change
.: overlap in projects that can change both tools and processes are usually the successes. Though as they are projects they must have an "either/or" output focus: projects do better when they have *either* a 'technology' *or* 'process' focus as their project output (both and they end up w too much to manage, i.e. a project manager is usually either good at implementing 'technology change' or 'process change' NOT both at the same time <-- a subtle pattern that seems to be emerging from RI projects that require a short sustained output of either/or?
Though, the question then becomes what is a quadrant type "4 - Radical Innovation" project look like, e.g. realising a 'black swan' or 'man on the moon' innovation programme?
//ouch my brain just popped after playing around at this level, going back to my budget numbers and call paragraphs :)
Sky-Watcher 190 Mak-Newt, Hutech HEUIB-II filter
3x Drizzled from subs, reduced to 50% of final size.
V/A - Blip Festival 2008: 32 Live Recordings 2xCD
Official Blip Festival 2008 live performance double-CD compilation. Produced by 2 Player Productions, and featuring one track from each of the festival's 32 musical performers. Professionally recorded, mixed, and mastered; the phenomenon of live chipmusic has never before been so pristinely captured.
Milton doing the intro to Sweet Child o' mine on the Gameboy.
- Guitar with midi output
- An Arduinoboy: code.google.com/p/arduinoboy/
- A classic DMG-01 Gameboy with the Line Out mod: lowgain-audio.com/GBclassicmod.htm
- Free time
Incidentally, the footage was shot on a Nexus One with Cyanogenmod 6 RC1 - 720p video on a mobile! Geektacular.
Left Wing of the Modular, 05/15/2011.
Top Row L to R: TipTop Z3000mk1, Livewire Audio Frequency Generator x2, Flight Of Harmony Choices
Middle Row L to R: Bubblesound uLFO, Doepfer Precision Adder, Doepfer Dual Slew Limiter, Fonitronik Quad Attenuverting Mixer, STG .Mix, STG .Bam, Bubblesound uLFO prototype, Oakley Ring Modulator, STG Wave Folder
Bottom Row, L to R: Bubblesound LVL+RM prototype, Doepfer Dual Trigger Delay, Doepfer Addressed Track & Hold/Switch, Low-Gain Short Bus, Doepfer Envelope Generator, Encore Electronics Universal Event Generator