7:00 PM Doors open
7:30 PM Start

• News and views
• Parrot AR. Drone (with David Rhynas)

Break

• Video from the Northern and Southern hemispheres (with Wally Cherwinski)

• Mystery presentation (with Paul Timmins)

Cirque du Mac 2011 videos -

http://www.youtube.com/user/wski55

Machu Picchu video -

http://gallery.me.com/cski/100346

Here's the presentation deck from last evening, plus links to the sample videos.

AR.Flying Ace Demo
http://ardrone.parrot.com/parrot-ar-drone/usa/

Town in France
http://www.youtube.com/user/ardrone#p/c/BA8454D00D769AE1/1/gxLNFIVkVNQ

Eiffel Tower
http://www.youtube.com/user/ardrone#p/c/BA8454D00D769AE1/0/VfRpU0hpbwQ

Bull Fight
http://www.youtube.com/ardrone#p/u/6/GpeBXGJrqMA

Also, one clarification. The motor speed is in fact 35,000 RPM which corresponds to 4,100 RPM on the propeller. The motors' ranges begin at 10,350 RPM and go up to 41,400 RPM.

These are the April MUGOO's meeting activities being sent in by Ferriss but it is Graham Fawcett's masterpiece...

Notes by an unknown secretary subbing for the illustrious B. Schmidt, but whose initials are Graham Fawcett

News & Views [aka 'Moans & Groans']
   • new / old = MS Office 2011 - following a recent update, early versions of MS
         Office 2011 now offer sync services with Academic / full version
      • Entourage replaced by Outlook - much better data security
      • Thunderbird plugin for
   • 'Line-in' free software utility - allows for BT connectivity with Dragon Naturally Speaking / Dictate
   • MozyHome backup service - watch out for bandwidth usage / charges; Bell My Account
      allows for usage monitoring / Rogers does this automatically  cf. http://www.mozyhome.ca/
    • new iMac & mouse with 'magic buttons' on side: mouse ball may need cleaning from time to time;
      cleaning product available; free utility called 'Magic Mouse' to control functions
   •  LED light to connect to camera: Dynex unit may be used as source light; uses 10 LEDs;
      available at BestBuy et al.; Google search terms: Dynex Video LED light cameras camcorders
   • Keyboard problems - alternation of y/z key functions - German language keyboard settings?
   • Leroy has ANOTHER new toy: iPad2 - GPS s/w included to allow for mapping & in-car
      directions; Leroy now has an older unit for sale
   • iPad2 - 'smart cover' allows for automatic, instant-on startup
   • TomTom app for iPhone - $50 for the app
   • Jawbone Jambox BT speaker - $200 at AppleStore online, 5 colours; stereo; may be used as speaker for iPhone

Parrot AR Drone [David Rhynas]
   • Keynote presentation: http://ardrone.parrot.com/parrot-ar-drone/usa
      • Features include video cameras built-in;       • controlled by iOS devices; control range is through wi-fi @ approx. 50m;
         emergency button stops all functions
      • integrated with augmented reality games
      • overview: http://ardrone.parrot.com/parrot-ar-drone/usa/how-does-it-work
      • fail safe features
      • various AR Drone apps [games & controls] available at Apple Store for approx $3.00 ea.
      • various user videos available online through Parrot site, FB and YouTube
      • a successful demonstration of various functions was held in the lobby

BREAK

Video from Northern & Southern Hemispheres [Wally C.]
   • first video on MacWorld Expo All-Star Band concert, titled 'Cirque du Mac'
      • edited from three video sources using Apple's Final Cut Pro [FCP] Multiclip functions;
         FCP X version soon to be available from app store for approx. $300; much better
         than FC Express and iMovie
      • sound track? - single track chosen from a one source, instead of trying to edit
         three tracks in the same way as the video was done
      • integration of technologies possible with Parrot AR Drone???
   • MacMania II cruise
      • 12-day cruise; SS Veendam [HAL], 1350 passengers,117 MacManiacs, 73 in courses,
         over 50% repeat cruisers from previous MacMania cruises
      • of the 12 days, 7 days in ports-of-call with excursions
      • GoPro wide-angle chest-mounted HD camera used for mounted shots - 1920 x 1060p video;
         cf. http://gopro.com
      • video of visit to Machu Picchu shown
      • video of California shown; reedited from trip in 2009; views of elephant seals on beach near
         San Simeon

Mystery Presentation [Paul T.]
      • need to put a web site together using Google's http://sites.google.com
      • integration of various Google services with Picasa [photos, videos], Google calendar for events;
         overview of how to create pages and and manage the site
      • somewhat limited possibilities, but advantage is that it is online and editable with various
         tools; add-ons available from Google [AdSense, maps, etc.]; not as fully featured as iWeb,
         but well integrated; various profile elements can be customized: style, accessibility, layouts,
         time zone, etc.
      • other possibilities: Rogers, Bell, DropBox sites for uploading iWeb site

This will show you another example of what can be done with the GoPro video camera. Note to Wally: we expect no less in your next video!

http://www.wired.com/playbook/2011/04/video-skiers-flee-avalanche/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wired%2Findex+%28Wired%3A+Index+3+%28Top+Stories+2%29%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher

;-))

http://www.engadget.com/2011/05/09/grasp-lab-quadrocopters-learn-to-follow-the-leader-and-fly-in-fo/

...ben