Recently I was asked about the possibility to control GPS simulator using gaming wheel. Yes, it is possible. I created simple C# application to demostrate this.
Here is video:
This small application interacts with GPS Simulator and sends control signals for changing course. So, it is possible to simulate object moving along a curve.
Here is my second picture. I called it “Parfume&Watch” (click to enlarge):
Allure parfume and casio watch
Now I’m happy owner of WACOM BAMBOO Pen&Touch 
Here is my first picture, I called it “Echo of War” (click to enlarge):
Echo of War
I tried to gather information about the difference between Emulator and Simulator terms. Now the difference is more clear.
In computer science both a simulation and emulation produce the same outputs, from the same inputs, that the original system does; However, an emulation also uses the same processes to achieve it and is made out of the same materials. A simulation uses different processes from the original system. Also worth noting is the term replication, which is the intermediate of the two – using the same processes but being made out of a different material.
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I’m C# and Delphi developer. Recently I decided to learn more about Java. I installed JRE (Java Runtime), NetBeans IDE, read several articles on Java.com, Oracle.com about creating Java Applets and standalone applications. After that I decided to create something useful. In this topic I’ll show how I implemented Java Applet that loads XML RSS feed from website and shows it on HTML page.
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As you might know, GPS Generator has so called ‘Route mode’. This mode allows the user to set the route for simulation. The route consists of waypoints. Each waypoint has its coordinates and altitude values. The speed of travel is set for the intervals between the waypoints. The software will emulate NMEA protocol sentences as real GPS receiver would output when moving along the way.
The GPS Generator’s UI is not very user-friendly for creating routes, but there is a way how to create good routes very quickly.
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Why do people work in heavily radioactive environment in Fukushima, Japan?
Instead of building robots that go where humans never could, this country renowned for its robotics expertise invested in machines that do things that humans can already do — like talk, dance, play the violin and preside over weddings.
“The government believed this accident wouldn’t happen,” said Hirose Shigeo, a robotics researcher at the Tokyo Institute of Technology. “Most of the robot experts are concentrating on humanoid [robots] and home use.”
Tadokoro said that after Japan’s 1999 nuclear accident, regulatory officials and the country’s power companies discussed developing a robot response squad like those in Europe. It never happened.
“A decision was made not to invest,” Tadokoro said. “It’s very frustrating.”
“It’s very hard to have a business model that waits for nuclear disaster” – Eric C. Close, chief executive at RedZone Robotics.
Source: www.washingtonpost.com
The second Boeing X-37B orbital test vehicle (OTV-2) launched into space on 5 March, riding atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from space launch complex-41 in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
The flight is a follow-up to the 270-day mission of the OTV-1 that ended on 3 December, with the spacecraft de-orbiting and landing at Vandenberg AFB, California.
US Air Force officials have declined to answer questions about whether any payloads have intended to be tested or deployed with either OTV-1 or OTV-2.
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Currently I’m engaged in a project where we are creating very performant system for receiving, parsing and sending realtime market data. Market data is provided by exchanges via FIX/FAST over UDP protocol.
The FAST protocol (FIX Adapted for STreaming) is a technology standard developed by FIX Protocol Ltd., specifically aimed at optimizing data representation on the network. It is used to support high-throughput, low latency data communications between financial institutions.
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