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Custom LCD Displays & Custom TFT Displays Phoenix Display International specializes in creating custom LCD displays for clients in a variety of business sectors. Our expert engineering team has extensive experience in creating custom displays based on your project’s final application, and will handpick and customize an LCD display module to fit the exact specifications of your project or product. In the process, we’re often able to create efficiencies and offer superior customer service that other LCD display manufacturers simply cannot, or will not, provide. The process of designing your custom LCD display solution begins at our company headquarters, located in Phoenix, Arizona.

s Most Popular DIY Projects of 2009 Another year behind us! HacknMod will turn 4 this June and we’re still growing strong. We’ve nearly trippled our traffic in the last year and we’re glad to have you along for the ride. Oh! You can show your HacknMod pride through your very own HacknMod tee (about $22 after discount codes). Without further delay, here are our top 10 posts of 2009: 10. Rover 2.0 App-Controlled Spy Tank at Brookstone Faster, smarter, better…Rover 2.0 goes where no app-controlled tank has gone before. Drive it with your iPad®, iPhone® or iPod touch® device, or with Android™ smart phones and tablets See in the dark using Rover’s built-in night visionStream and record live video and stills Upload videos and stills to Facebook, Youtube and Twitter sites right from the AppControl the angle of the video camera remotely Its wide-angle lens captures more of its surroundings Listen to sound from Rover’s travels and transmit your own audio back through Rover’s built-in speakerNavigate with on-screen controls or “steer” using your control device’s accelerometerBuilt-in headlights can be controlled remotelyWireless range up to 200 ft. unobstructed, 100 ft. around walls and into other roomsFree App from the iTunes® App Store and Google PlayUses 6 AA batteries (included)Warning: Choking hazard due to small parts. For ages 14 years old and up. Wireless navigation. Communicate via 2-way audio.

Debt Slavery – Why It Destroyed Rome, Why It Will Destroy Us Unless It’s Stopped Here's some interesting weekend reading about Debt Slavery and our place in its long history. ~ Ilene Debt Slavery – Why It Destroyed Rome, Why It Will Destroy Us Unless It’s Stopped Courtesy of MICHAEL HUDSON Published at CounterPunch Aristotle, The Louvre - Wikicommons Eric Gaba (Sting)

Arduino Tutorial - Learn electronics and microcontrollers using Arduino! So, I get two or three emails a day, all basically asking the same thing: "Where can I learn about electronics?" In general, most of these people have seen some of my projects and want to be able to build similar things. Unfortunately, I have never been able to point them to a good site that really takes the reader through a solid introduction to microcontrollers and basic electronics.

California Energy Upgrade California The Energy Upgrade California program serves as a one-stop shop for California homeowners who want to improve the energy efficiency of their homes. The program connects homeowners with qualified contractors, and helps homeowners find all the available incentives from their local utilities and local governments. Interested California homeowners should go to the website listed above and select an eligible contractor to get started. There are two Energy Upgrade packages a homeowner can choose from: the Basic Upgrade Package and the Advanced Upgrade Package. California California Solar Initiative - PV Incentives Note: Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) and San Diego Gas and Electric (SDG&E) have reached their budget limits for residential rebates. Both utilities will continue accepting applications for some time, and will grant new reservations if an approved application drops out. Visit the utility web sites listed below for the most recent program information. In January 2006, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) adopted a program -- the California Solar Initiative (CSI) -- to provide more than $3 billion in incentives for solar-energy projects with the objective of providing 3,000 megawatts (MW) of solar capacity by 2016. The CPUC manages the solar program for non-residential projects and projects on existing homes (~$2 billion), while the CEC oversees the New Solar Homes Partnership, targeting the residential new construction market (~$400 million).

California Property Tax Exclusion for Solar Energy Systems Note: The California State Board of Equalization (BOE) approved new guidelines for the Active Solar Energy Systems New Construction Exclusion. The guidelines clarify that the exclusion applies to qualified locally assessed commercial, industrial, and utility-scale systems. Section 73 of the California Revenue and Taxation Code allows a property tax exclusion for certain types of solar energy systems installed between January 1, 1999, and December 31, 2016. This section was amended by AB 1451 in September 2008 to include the construction of an active solar energy system incorporated by an owner-builder in the initial construction of a new building that the owner-builder does not intend to occupy or use. This only applies if the owner-builder did not already receive an exclusion for the same active solar energy system and only if the initial purchaser purchased the new building prior to that building becoming subject to reassessment to the owner-builder.

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