Rage Against the Machine for Christmas

The time has come to bust thought the strong hold of the music lords that manufactured Pop.
Reunited for a special interview and live performance on the BBC 5 morning show to topple the X Factor monopoly. The X Factor is a song written by a group of overpaid song writers. Rage Against the Machine is competing for the number one position this Christmas with their song " Killing in the name of" in a bid to take back the charts from the music lords that monopolise the industry. Rage wrote the song in the slum of Los Angeles and it reflexes some of the tensions people are feeling. Its a liberating revolution and there is going to be a break in the chain of control.

More at http://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/rage-against-the-machine-perform-killing-in-the-name-uncensored-230139

End of November

Well its been a long hard year but its all paid off. My research went so well I published my findings in the ENZ conference. Last week I was in Dunedin giving a presentation on the slot cars I have been working with all year. This week I finished my 400 hours at Gallaghers Research and Development. I learnt a lot there and also was able to contribute to the company with experiments that will advance some of the products on the manufacturing line there.
I have joint a gym over the river so have also been keeping up a health routine there. So whats the plan from here? This week I start on my placement report for Gallaghers. Then I guess I have a bit of a Holiday at the beach, surfing and relaxing in the sun.
I am getting very excited about February coming up and getting organised for my move to The Netherlands. I always thought I'd take off somewhere and live an adventure, so this is it. The opportunities that lay are in front of me are endless, I just have to grab them. Well looking into jobs now.

Have fun.

Artificial Intelligence in Slot Cars

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5FI-cyGsBg

This project involved programming a PIC16f684 micro processor to learn a slot car track by reading barcodes and then racing the track to the full potential. I succeeded at doing this and am finishing off my reports and presentations on my findings. There is an engineering day on the 21st of October and my slot car track and prototype will be on display. From what it sounds like, its going to be the feature display on the day.

Check out the small video I made on you tube. Hopefully you can understand the difficuilty on this project. the silver Ferrari is driven by a human and the other car is my A.I. car. If your wondering if there is magnets in the car, there is not. The project is about skill. being able to push the accelleration and braking speeds to a limit.

Any Questions Im happy to answer.

Oh and these are not toys!

Well the days are getting longer and the end is getting closer. The end of university that is. Two months left and lots to be done. The artificial intelligent cars are flying around the track and the report is on its way. I'm finding a small amount of spare time to go skiing.
I've got the summer in NZ and then in February I'm off to live in Holland. Exciting times to come. But right now some hard work.

The Dutch

Netherlands

Well it was a great long flight to Netherlands. But when I got there Paulien was waiting. The weather is very nice here and the place Im staying is big with lots of rooms. We are having a party this Sunday so can't wait for that. Went out with all Pauliens family on saturday. was a great day out and was able to see some very nice little villages. The pictures are comming.
Got a day to myself now so going to make the most of it.

Doei.

First Objectives Met

Going for a holiday in Netherlands today. Just first have to do an exam.
Thanks for the great semmester. It was one of the most exciting. They just keep getting better. Well, they're are some good times to be had.
Ill keep you posted on my travels.