Archive for August, 2007
AverTV Media on Ubuntu
by Jacob on Aug.25, 2007, under Technical
I have an old TV tuner card that I picked up in 2002. I can’t remember exactly what type of card it is, but after searching around the internet, I’m somewhat convinced that it is the AverTV Media (with FM tuner). The card identifies itself as an AverTV Phone something or another, but I know it isn’t any of their “phone” variety of cards.
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My DARPA team is a semifinalist
by Jacob on Aug.09, 2007, under Technical
Congratulations to the University of Utah and BYU DARPA Urban Grand Challenge team. DARPA has selected 36 teams as semifinalists to compete, and the U/Y team is one of them.
The University and Utah and BYU teamed up about a month ago to work collectively on their entry, and now they will compete in October for one of the 20 finalist spots.
I participated with the team up until a month ago, when my classwork and finances dictated a smaller contribution of time to the project.
You can read the slashdot news article about it.
