| Linear Introduces Market's First UL-Listed, Battery-Operated RF-Based ...
ORLANDO, Fla. --(Business Wire)-- At the 2008 International Builder Show this week, Linear LLC, an innovator in the RF security market, will unveil the DXS-80, the first carbon monoxide (CO) detector that is UL listed and fully battery operated with a built-in RF transmitter. This industry innovation marks the first time a UL-listed wireless, battery-operated CO detector has been offered for residential use. And this CO detector not only sounds a local alarm when dangerous CO levels are present, but it can be integrated into most third-party manufacturer's alarm system, with the addition of a Linear DX receiver, to alert the authorities and summon assistance.
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Soccer: Ellison girls edge Heights in overtime
Axita Patel scored in the sixth minute of the second half of overtime and the Ellison Lady Eagles edged Harker Heights 2-1 on Friday at Leo Buckley Stadium.
The Lady Eagles (8-10, 2-5 District 13-5A) appeared to be on the way to a win in regulation when Briana Alston scored the first goal of the match with only 5:50 remaining, but the Knights made a final push and scored with 27 seconds remaining.
Heights' tally was created by a free kick into the 18, where the ball was headed into the goal past Danielle Moreno (five saves) for the equalizer.
Patel earned an assist on Alston's 10th goal of the season.
Ellison outshot the Lady Knights (2-4-1, 13-5A) 12-9 and returns to action Tuesday night at 7 at A&M Consolidated.
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Home on Stockton Lake early award for energy efficiency
Stitt Energy Systems Inc. of Rogers, Ark., has received two EnergyValue Housing Awards (EVHA) for its 2008 entry, a passive solar house near Stockton Lake, president W. Orlo Stitt announced in a news release.
He said the award-winning home fulfills a vision of the home owners, Cheryl Marcum and Mitch Ross, graduates of Missouri State University.
The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) Research Center selected 17 finalists from 500 applications from across the nation. Entries competed in categories: affordable, custom, production, and multifamily markets for hot, moderate and cold climate regions.
From the finalists, the Gold and Silver designations were chosen by an elite panel of judges. The awards were presented at the International Builders Show in Orlando, Fla., on Feb.
Q&A with Alex Pentland
THREE YEARS AGO, Alex "Sandy" Pentland huddled in front of a computer, predicting the future. On his monitor, he could follow the behavior of 100 students and faculty members as they traveled around the MIT campus; he could also see projections of what each person would do next. Over several months, as each of the subjects scurried from class to dorm to coffee shop, their cellphones beamed back moment-by-moment updates to Pentland's lab. After he had crunched the numbers, he came up with a kind of fingerprint of each person's weekly routine. Pentland and his colleagues could pick out any one student and guess - often with an 80 to 90 percent accuracy rate - whether that person was about to head to the gym, go home, or meet her boyfriend for dinner. And when the researchers looked at all the routines together, they could make inferences about the behavior of groups.
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