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I am currently working on a PS3 controller mod. It is centered around my favorite basketball team, the Houston Rockets. When I finish, I'll upload a few pictures to show off this cool-looking mod. Here's how I did the mod: Tools needed: Needle Tweezers Phillips #00 Screwdriver One Can of All Purpose Red Spray Paint One Can of All Purpose White Spray Paint One Spray Can of Clear Enamel, Gloss, or Primer Large Bucket Water Newspaper Gloves Optional: Vinyl Cutter Scissors Any color of vinyl (with a sticky side) Masking tape or vinyl tape Xacto knife with sharp tip Needle Tweezers Normal Tweezers Computer Image of the Rockets logo Cutting Software Photo Editing Software Inkscape (software) Flat tool (credit card, spudger, anything) Step 1: Disassemble your controller (this mod works on most controllers). Take out all five Phillips screws from the back of your PS3 controller (Recommended bit: 00). A screw tray is great for sorting these out, especially for larger projects. Lift the back off the controller slowly and set it aside. Disconnect the battery. It can be difficult, I wedged my ultra-thin tweezers from iFixit into the connector and pushed it out. Place the battery aside, and take out the single screw holding the motherboard down (00 again). There are two clamps on each side of the rumble/vibrator motors (located on the handles). Undo these and gently lift the motherboard out. Pull the joysticks off the motherboard. Take all the buttons out of the front shell. Set the the motherboard and back shell aside. Step 2: Prime all your pieces Cover all buttons and both shell pieces with primer, except for the rubber Start, Select, and the PS button. Step 3: Hydro dip your controller. After priming and drying your controller, Spray paint it white. This may take several coats. Take the bucket and fill it with water. Go outside or in your garage for this. Cover the surrounding area in newspaper to protect it from getting paint on it. Take the white paint in one hand and red in the other, and simply spray a little of one into the water, and then alternate to the other. Repeat several times. Take the front shell of the controller and slowly push it down into the water, in any place you want. When the shell is fully submerged, quickly slosh away the paint on the surface, and then slowly pull the shell back out. set to dry. Step 4: Spray Paint Your Back Shell White Spray Paint Your Back Shell White. This may take several coats depending on the controller. Step 5: Spray Paint Your Pieces White. Spray Paint Your Buttons (except PS and Start, Select rubber) White. This may take several coats depending on the controller. Step 6: Spray Paint Your Buttons Red. Spray Paint Your Buttons (Except PS and Start, Select rubber) Red. This may take several coats depending on the controller. Step 7: Prime all pieces again and let dry. Step 8: You're done with the main part! Carefully reassemble the controller. Optional: Step 1: Find a Rockets logo on the web and Right Click > Save As to download it. Step 2: Use a program like Paint.Net or Photoshop to remove the black shading. Step 3: Open the logo in Inkscape and click on the image. Then click Path > Trace Bitmap. Select Brightness Cutoff and OK. Move the new black/gray image over and select the old red one. Hit the delete key. The move the new image back. Save it as an SVG. Step 4: Cut it out with your vinyl cutter. For a PS3 controller, 1.5 inches is the largest we can fit and look good. Step 5: Take out the inside of the Rockets logo. Leave only the outline. Don't be afraid to mess up and re cut it, it's difficult to do this at such a small size. Step 6: After your controller back shell has completely dried, take your vinyl tape and place it over the vinyl we cut out. Use the flat tool to get out all the bubbles. Step 7: Peel off the card stock back on the vinyl, then center it on the controller. apply it carefully. Step 8: Carefully pull up the end of the vinyl tape, using the flat tool to keep parts of the insignia from coming off the controller. Step 9: Use pieces of vinyl tape to cover the whole controller around the vinyl. Spray paint with red paint, and let dry. May take several coats. Then add more primer, remove the tape, and you're done! I do not take any responsibility for any mishaps with PS3 controllers or the like. Quick tip: Install Red or White LED buttons to make this controller even cooler!
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Hi all, The title pretty much says it all. If there is anything you wanna know or discuss feel free to comment. Edit: Ooo, pretty colours.
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I'm talking about when you can click on prograde or any of those beside the Navbal? I, ve tested and tested and can't figure out when it starts working, I adjusted the starting funds and starting science to maximum and used them to upgrade and unlock and nothing, Does it start working after you reach a certain height or make an orbit or a certain amount of flights? Does it only work after installing a certain module on the rocket? I tried the Small Inline Reaction Wheel and the Advanced Inline Stabilizer and nothing. I also unlocked everything in the 1st 5 rows.
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The National Broadband Company (NBN Co) blasted into a geostationary orbit of 36 000Km one of two satellites called Sky Muster. A "Ka Band" type satellite that relies on overlaying 101 "spot" beams. It is capable of providing 70Gbs throughput (140Gbs with the secondary satellite). The potential 200 000 customers will have access to 25Mbs download and 5Mbs upload. The NBN Co's two satellites will cover 7.69 million square kilometers and are specifically suited for IP traffic. There will be 10 ground stations to assist with streaming content such as videos and some fancy pre-caching to control a latency of 250 milliseconds. For the price tag of AUD $7900 customers will be limited to 50Gb per four week cycle. Excess will be rated back to 125kbps for two weeks and a download limit applies to single content type like "streaming" 9.7Gb with ridgid terms... :lol: NBN Co.- Service provider owned by the Commonwealth of Australia. Geostationary orbit - Fixed position of a satellite as it orbits Earth matching it's speed, thus holding a fixed position enabling it to stay above Australia. So what speed would it be doing? About 3.0754 x 103 m/s -click here for the calculation- The Ka band ("kay-ay band") covers the frequencies of 26.5–40 GHz ~ ~ Bridging the digital divide in the rural parts of Australia and some of the remote islands in the Pacific There is a longer version of the launch with more statistics like 1.6 Kilometres/second faster than a speeding bullet ~ ~ ~ Update to the story:- The NBN Co. the Australian owned broadband company and the backer for the "Ariane Flight VA226". Has put the drawing that Bailey Brooks; a 6 year old school of the air student drew, that was printed onto the rocket, as the headline news because it may be several months before it even comes close to being "online" (well after this thread becomes locked). "Outback Glory: Meet our Competition Winner Bailey Brooks" -click here- You view some of the other children's entries -click here- (hopefully it is not geolocked?) Here is an illustration detailing how the two types of Ka band "spot beams" will cover the vast terrain of Australia. It is quite obviously not for the people in the densely populated areas who have access to other means of internet services, but it does show how the islands will be connected. Here is how the NBN Co. illustrate in a “User friendly” way how the new technology will be applied for the end user. Will it matter if you do not live in a blue house? Only time will tell! Wikipedia have a page showing a some of the data regarding the Sky Muster (NBN-Co 1A) satellite -click here- (they will getting my student AUD$3 Christmas donation) Looking through this list of Australian satellites, realised that there is some seriously expensive hardware just floating in space... Satellite Name Launched Orbit Purpose Status 2010 Wresat 29-11-1967 LEO Scientific Decayed 10-01-1968 Australis/Oscar 5 23-01-1970 LEO Amateur/Sci Debris in orbit Aussat 1 27-08-1985 GEO Commsat Debris above GEO Aussat 2 27-11-1985 GEO Commsat Debris above GEO Aussat 3 15-09-1987 GEO Commsat Debris above GEO Optus B1 13-08-1992 GEO Commsat Debris above GEO rocket(Optus B2) 21-12-1992 GTO Deploy Fail Decayed 29-06-1995 Optus B3 27-08-1994 GEO 154E Commsat Operational Westpac/Fizeau 10-07-1998 LEO Laser Reflector Operational Fedsat 14-12-2002 LEO Scientific Debris in orbit Optus C1 11-06-2003 GEO 156E Commsat Operational Optus D1 13-10-2006 GEO 160E Commsat Operational Optus D2 05-10-2007 GEO 152E Commsat Operational Optus D3 21-08-2009 GEO 156E Commsat Operational (data retrieved from -Australian Space Academy-) Especially when thinking about the recent Falcon 9 first stage recovery project landing, for Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX) -here is a link to the YouTube video in case you missed it- February update to the story:- NBN has (this February) begun offering plans to potential users "The satellite will come online in April, with retail service providers offering usage packages of up to 150GB per month" Adam Turner a journalist who was at the February 2nd Sky Muster demonstration in Brunswick (suburb of Melbourne in Victoria) noted that the 654 millisecond ping would be an issue to some users. But was impressed by 3.25 Mbps up and 25.1 Mbps down as he himself "lives at the end of a flaky DSL connection" only 10 kilometres from Melbourne CBD. The demonstration showed it was capable of connecting without problems to Netflix, ABC iView -click here- and Skype concurrently! Those who will be logging on to Sky Muster will need to install new hardware (such as a fixed aerial, wiring and decoder) for the $7900 set up cost and plans from $35 per month. There are three ISP's currently submitting expressions of interest Harbour ISP, SkyMesh, and Activ8me and others are expected to pick up the reselling as the commercial plans are released in April 2016. The two internet plans offered by Sky Muster in April/May are 25/5 Mbps (faster than my current ADSL2 connection) and a 12/1 Mbps one and minimum speeds are not guaranteed. The NBN's intention is to end the Digital Divide for rural Australians, although some may argue that it will really only be able to offer an increased access now (after the second satellite is launched) which is a stop gap measure. As the need for the service increases over time the fact that the hardware is somewhere circling the in the *sky* will make the upgrade path neigh on impossible! Click here for link to Better Internet for Rural, Regional and Remote Australians (BIRRR) and for "information about the often-confusing landscape of bush broadband" Thanks to Adam Turner of Sydney Morning Herald newspaper. David Swan of the The Australian reports -click here- "Metro users won’t be allowed to access Sky Muster, with urban Australians instead forced to wait for the rest of the rollout" which is optical fibre to the node. Image sourced from ABC News Coffs Coast Links:- Arianespace press release Arianespace YouTube channel NBN Co. SSL Wikipedia
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Tesla Wasn't enough.. His Next Hit Single "Rocket boner" Album Cover Tesla Founder Elon Musk Explores the Venture to Make Lighter, Cheaper Satellites for the purpose of making the whole world stay online..According to an interview done by WallStreet Journalist, Musk is in talk on collaborating on a project that Basically makes small, low-cost internet satellites that provide affordable internet to everyone on the planet. Alright Tech boner kill time : Before you get all excited about the news here's what they don't put on the headlines,Elon Musk’s participation isn’t certain. The people familiar with the matter cautioned the venture is in its formative stages, This is just "in talks" & cannot be confirmed until the project is given a thumbs up from all sides, Plus the company in charge went bankrupt a few years back but somewhat back online with this project, UPDATE: It is finally confirmed that Elon Musk will Join the project after all..He confirmed it via twitter Now read the rest of the new further down below uninterestingly Musk is in the early stages of collaborating with Greg Wyler, who founded O3b Networks and led Google's internet satellite venture until earlier this year. Musk and Wyler apparently have plans to launch a total of 700 internet satellites into space. They want each of those satellites to cost less than $1 million to build and to weigh less than 250 pounds a huge undertaking, seeing as the smallest models these days cost several millions and weigh at least 500 pounds. If the two do decide to go through with their joint project, they'll first have to face a lot of regulatory hurdles and raise $1 billion to spend for the development process Falcon 9 rockets Mr. Musk’s closely held Space Exploration Technologies Corp or SpaceX, likely would launch the satellites, though no agreement is in place. SpaceX has launched a dozen of its Falcon 9 rockets in the past five years and plans more than four dozen launches through 2018. In September, the company won a $2.6 billion NASA contract to develop, test and fly space taxis to carry U.S. astronauts into orbit. Greg Wyler represents "WorldVu" a company he also founded recently, WorldVu is seeking a satellite industry partner to lend expertise to the project althought we won't hear from this if elon refuses to collaborate on this project Greg Wyler , Google Satellite Employee Wyler brought a similar plan to Google but hasn't come to fruitions, Although a previous satellite Internet startup founded by Greg Wyler, O3b Networks, has faced technical problems with the first four satellites it launched , Although Wyler since has left the company even though he remains as a significant shareholder , He technically worked for Google only for a year before he jump ship to sail with Elon..technically. Interesting Project, One which we'd all love to see in action, Lets just hope this turns out to be more than just a hype, Leave your thoughts comments & rants down beloooow Bonus: Source Links.. http://www.engadget.com/2014/11/08/wsj-elon-musk-internet-satellite/ http://online.wsj.com/articles/elon-musks-next-mission-internet-satellites-1415390062
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