OpenStreetMap is a free editable map of the whole world. It is made by people like you. It allows you to view, edit and use geographical data in a collaborative way from anywhere on Earth.
As a member of the OpenStreetMap organization, I am inviting and encouraging everyone to contribute to this project. This will benefit each of us when we travel from place to place or just roam around any part in our city.
Be part of our advocacy so that we can all work together to create a free open-source map for our entire country of origin.
Join now!
Thursday, July 2, 2009
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Mapping Party in Davao
The Davao online mappers will be launching a mapping party that would cover every nook and cranny of Davao City this coming July 4, 2009.
This is a whole-day activity and mappers are grouped into teams and each team will be given a Global Positioning System (GPS) to map their respective areas in the city. Each team would either be in vehicles, in bikes or would walk around the city.
Several groups and sectors have chipped in to sponsor the mapping event, particularly on the use of the GPS equipment. We are inviting Dabawenyos to join the mapping party, assuring that there are no registration fees to be collected.
So come and be counted!
This is a whole-day activity and mappers are grouped into teams and each team will be given a Global Positioning System (GPS) to map their respective areas in the city. Each team would either be in vehicles, in bikes or would walk around the city.
Several groups and sectors have chipped in to sponsor the mapping event, particularly on the use of the GPS equipment. We are inviting Dabawenyos to join the mapping party, assuring that there are no registration fees to be collected.
So come and be counted!
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
The First Transistor
In 1947, John Bardeen, Walter Brattain and William Shockley, working at Bell Telephone Laboratories, were trying to understand the nature of the electrons at the interface between a metal and a semiconductor. They realized that by making two point contacts very close to one another, they could make a three terminal device - the first "point contact" transistor.
They quickly made a few of these transistors and connected them with some other components to make an audio amplifier. This audio amplifier was shown to chief executives at Bell Telephone Company, who were very impressed that it didn't need time to "warm up" (like the heaters in vacuum tube circuits). They immediately realized the power of this new technology.
This invention was the spark that ignited a huge research effort in solid state electronics. Bardeen and Brattain received the Nobel Prize in Physics, 1956, together with William Shockley, "for their researches on semiconductors and their discovery of the transistor effect." Shockley had developed a so-called junction transistor, which was built on thin slices of different types of semiconductor material pressed together. The junction transistor was easier to understand theoretically, and could be manufactured more reliably.
They quickly made a few of these transistors and connected them with some other components to make an audio amplifier. This audio amplifier was shown to chief executives at Bell Telephone Company, who were very impressed that it didn't need time to "warm up" (like the heaters in vacuum tube circuits). They immediately realized the power of this new technology.
This invention was the spark that ignited a huge research effort in solid state electronics. Bardeen and Brattain received the Nobel Prize in Physics, 1956, together with William Shockley, "for their researches on semiconductors and their discovery of the transistor effect." Shockley had developed a so-called junction transistor, which was built on thin slices of different types of semiconductor material pressed together. The junction transistor was easier to understand theoretically, and could be manufactured more reliably.
Friday, June 26, 2009
Facts Everyone Should Know About Lead
Why Lead Free?
Lead is a naturally occurring bluish-gray metal. Much of it comes from human activities including burning fossil fuels, mining, and manufacturing. Lead is dangerous because it disrupts the functioning of almost every brain neurotransmitter. Since the body mistakes lead for calcium, it interferes with nerve impulse transmission, heart activity and blood clotting. It has therefore been associated with diseases that affect the cardiovascular, respiratory, reproductive, and nervous systems. A person may experience the following effects depending on the amount of exposure:
Acute Exposure: Headache, nausea, vomiting, abdominal spasms, fatigue, sleep disturbances, weight loss, anemia, kidney damage, and pain in arms, legs, and joints
Chronic Exposure: Impaired functions of the nervous system, kidney and brain damage, and slow mental development in children
You can protect yourself, your family, your home, and your world from the toxic effects of lead. Use only Lead-Free products.
Lead is a naturally occurring bluish-gray metal. Much of it comes from human activities including burning fossil fuels, mining, and manufacturing. Lead is dangerous because it disrupts the functioning of almost every brain neurotransmitter. Since the body mistakes lead for calcium, it interferes with nerve impulse transmission, heart activity and blood clotting. It has therefore been associated with diseases that affect the cardiovascular, respiratory, reproductive, and nervous systems. A person may experience the following effects depending on the amount of exposure:
Acute Exposure: Headache, nausea, vomiting, abdominal spasms, fatigue, sleep disturbances, weight loss, anemia, kidney damage, and pain in arms, legs, and joints
Chronic Exposure: Impaired functions of the nervous system, kidney and brain damage, and slow mental development in children
You can protect yourself, your family, your home, and your world from the toxic effects of lead. Use only Lead-Free products.
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Choose The Best Video Game
Video games packs with so much fun but care must be given because it can consume all of our precious time. Video games today, bring us to the next level of entertainment because of the development new technology such as portability, wireless controls, high definition video and packed with high capacity hard drives. The three major manufacturers of video games are Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo.
The Xbox 360 is the product of Microsoft, Playstation 3 (PSP 3) for Sony and Wii for Nintendo. The graphics quality and realism for Xbox 360 and PSP 3 are equally excellent but Xbox has larger library of games with removable hard drive. The PSP 3 can play Blu-ray disk. It includes Wi-Fi with Internet capabilities having a built-in browser. Nintendo chose not to compete with the two top companies, instead, they focus on the Wii Remote which a unique motion-sensitive controller that gets players off the couch, waving the controller around in the air.
The Xbox 360 is the product of Microsoft, Playstation 3 (PSP 3) for Sony and Wii for Nintendo. The graphics quality and realism for Xbox 360 and PSP 3 are equally excellent but Xbox has larger library of games with removable hard drive. The PSP 3 can play Blu-ray disk. It includes Wi-Fi with Internet capabilities having a built-in browser. Nintendo chose not to compete with the two top companies, instead, they focus on the Wii Remote which a unique motion-sensitive controller that gets players off the couch, waving the controller around in the air.
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Davao's Upcoming Big Event!!!
The Institute of Electronics Engineers of the Phils will be having its 58th IECEP National Convention on December 4-6, 2008 to be held in Grand Men Seng Hotel with a theme "Electronics Technology: Tool for Global Weather Watch".
In view of this, we are inviting all electronics engineers and electronics technicians to attend the said convention. The event will showcase new products, innovations, researches, and technologies from leading service providers, manufacturers, distributors, innovators and researchers from all over the country.
In view of this, we are inviting all electronics engineers and electronics technicians to attend the said convention. The event will showcase new products, innovations, researches, and technologies from leading service providers, manufacturers, distributors, innovators and researchers from all over the country.
Saturday, October 11, 2008
New Professional Electronics Engineers
Professional Electronics Engineer Examination Results Released
Saturday, October 11, 2008
The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) announces that 38 passed the Professional Electronics Engineer Examination given by the Board of Electronics Engineering in Manila this October 2008.
The members of the Board of Electronics Engineering are Engr. Sylvia Icasiano-Marcelo, Chairman; Engr. Nestor C. Dacanay and Engr. Joel B. Bajador, Members.
Following is the list of Successful Applicants:
ABANCE, BRUCE LEUNG
ACOSTA, REYNALDO INOVERO
AQUINO, MA THERESA POSADAS
AQUINO, ROLANDO MOSES FONTANILLA
BARRETTO, ARMANDO VICTOLERO
BAUTISTA, MICHELE EUGENIO
BITOON, AL REY LAGAT
CABALUNA, FLORDELIS PEDARSE
CABATINGAN, RAMIL MEDEL
CASTILLO, CHERYL MARIE GUNDAYAO
CHIONG, NOEL TIONGSON
CINCHEZ, MANUEL MOLINA
DAWEG, LIGAYA VILLEGAS
FERNANDO, MELANIE ABOBO
FLORES, JACQUELINE CRUZ
FLORES, ROBERT RANDY CENZON
GARCIA, AMANTE RIMANDO
LUPOY, AGUSTIN GALENDEZ
MAGTORTOR, HANSEL MAÑEGO
MALLARE, FERCONCIO DE LA CRUZ
MATALINES, JAY ARVIN SAREGUMBA
PACOT, DENIS CATARMAN
PADRE, ANTONIO EDWARD EDA
PIDOR, RAYMOND JOROLAN
RAMOS, RAMIL NACINO
RILLO, JOAQUIN JR RONCALES
RODRIGO, AVEL CARBONEL
ROJAS, WILLIAM BONA
ROSALES, GIL MAYO
SARAGENA, HONORIOLITO ECHAVEZ
SOLIVEN, ROBILLO APILADO
TACAY, JERRY SUCAT
TADLAS, ELISEO GAMIL
TALUSIG, LEAH ANNOGUI
TAMANIA, ALEJANDRINO GALOSO
TAN, SAMUEL LEE
UY, MATTHEW GANDHI PAYE
WALCIEN, IMELDA REODIQUE
Saturday, October 11, 2008
The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) announces that 38 passed the Professional Electronics Engineer Examination given by the Board of Electronics Engineering in Manila this October 2008.
The members of the Board of Electronics Engineering are Engr. Sylvia Icasiano-Marcelo, Chairman; Engr. Nestor C. Dacanay and Engr. Joel B. Bajador, Members.
Following is the list of Successful Applicants:
ABANCE, BRUCE LEUNG
ACOSTA, REYNALDO INOVERO
AQUINO, MA THERESA POSADAS
AQUINO, ROLANDO MOSES FONTANILLA
BARRETTO, ARMANDO VICTOLERO
BAUTISTA, MICHELE EUGENIO
BITOON, AL REY LAGAT
CABALUNA, FLORDELIS PEDARSE
CABATINGAN, RAMIL MEDEL
CASTILLO, CHERYL MARIE GUNDAYAO
CHIONG, NOEL TIONGSON
CINCHEZ, MANUEL MOLINA
DAWEG, LIGAYA VILLEGAS
FERNANDO, MELANIE ABOBO
FLORES, JACQUELINE CRUZ
FLORES, ROBERT RANDY CENZON
GARCIA, AMANTE RIMANDO
LUPOY, AGUSTIN GALENDEZ
MAGTORTOR, HANSEL MAÑEGO
MALLARE, FERCONCIO DE LA CRUZ
MATALINES, JAY ARVIN SAREGUMBA
PACOT, DENIS CATARMAN
PADRE, ANTONIO EDWARD EDA
PIDOR, RAYMOND JOROLAN
RAMOS, RAMIL NACINO
RILLO, JOAQUIN JR RONCALES
RODRIGO, AVEL CARBONEL
ROJAS, WILLIAM BONA
ROSALES, GIL MAYO
SARAGENA, HONORIOLITO ECHAVEZ
SOLIVEN, ROBILLO APILADO
TACAY, JERRY SUCAT
TADLAS, ELISEO GAMIL
TALUSIG, LEAH ANNOGUI
TAMANIA, ALEJANDRINO GALOSO
TAN, SAMUEL LEE
UY, MATTHEW GANDHI PAYE
WALCIEN, IMELDA REODIQUE
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