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The method for measuring dimensions of a workpiece (15) in a coordinate measuring machine having an optical probe (14) arranged to output radiation in a direction (21A) at an angle to a surface (15A) to be measured. The probe has a housing (17) which is arranged to lie clear of a projection formed by the surface (15A) to be measured and another, adjacent, surface (15B) so that the housing can pass clear of the projection and the measurement can be made without halting the machine at the surface to be measured.
The probe (14) is adapted for the radiation to be in the form of a cone (21) symmetric about an axis (Z1) transverse to the direction of movement of the probe so that the probe can sense all around the axis and therefore can sense any surface parallel or inclined to the axis regardless of the direction in which the surface faces.
1. Apparatus for detecting surface characteristics of an object, comprising:
a support having a first axis;
a plurality of units mounted around said first axis, each unit having a second axis lying at a given angle to the first axis and comprising:
a light emitter having an emitter end for emitting light along the second axis;
means for converging the emitted light to a focus on the second axis at a position spaced from the corresponding foci of the other of said units;
light receiving means lying adjacent to said emitter end so that, when said apparatus in in operation, the object is illuminated by the emitted light and light is reflected from the object to illuminate said light receiving means; and
detecting means for detecting different illumination on the light receiving means of the respective units to thereby detect a surface characteristic.
2. Apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said units are positioned so that the second axes converge from said units to a common region.
3. Apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the second axes diverge from said common region in a direction away from said units thereby defining a divergent region, and wherein the respective foci of the units lie in said divergent region.
4. Apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the foci of the respective units lie on a circle.
5. Apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the foci of the respective units lie in a common plane transverse to the first axis.
6. Apparatus according to claim 1 wherein the second axes of said units intersect at a common point on the first axis and the respective foci of the units are situated remotely from said common point thereby to lie in a circle concentric with respect to said first axis.
7. Apparatus for detecting an edge between a first and a second surface of an object, comprising:
a housing having a first axis;
a plurality of units mounted symetrically around said fist axis, each unit having a second axis lying at a given angle to the first axis and comprising:
a light emitter having an emitter end for emitting light along the second axis;
means for converging the emitted light to a focus on the second axis; and
a plurality of light receivers each having a respective receiving end, the receiving ends lying adjacent to the emitting end in a plane transverse to the second axis and being spaced apart about that axis so that, when said apparatus is in operation, the first surface of the object is illuminated by the emitted light and light is reflected from the first surface to illuminate said receiving ends; and
detecting means for detecting uniform illumination on the receiving ends of the respective units to thereby detect the presence of an edge between the first and second surfaces;
wherein the second axes of said units intersect at a common point on the first axis and the respective foci of the units are situated remotely from said common point thereby to lie in a circle concentric with respect to said first axis.
This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 06/474,599, filed Mar. 2nd, 1983 filed as PCT GB82/00198, Jul. 7, 1982, published as WO83/00216, Jan. 20, 1983 now abandoned.
This invention relates to a method of and a device for measuring dimensions of a workpiece in coordinate positioning apparatus. A typical such apparatus comprises a probe for sensing a surface of the workpiece, means for moving the probe relative to the workpiece so that the probe may be moved to any selected surface thereof, means operative during movement of the probe for continually measuring the position of the probe relative to a datum, and means for determining the instantaneous position of the probe responsive to a signal output by the probe when sensing said surface. Such apparatus is used for so-called universal measuring, that is, it is used for measuring workpieces of different shapes and sizes, and usually also for measuring internal as well as external dimensions. Universal measuring requires the probe to be versatile in the sense of being able to sense surfaces to a significant extent regardless of their orientation. Also, it is often a requirement to move the probe from one surface to the next under automatic control and at great speed.
A known probe senses a surface by engaging it with a mechanical stylus. The stylus has a spherical end which, by viture of its spherical shape, can readily engage a surface lying at any angle, within a relatively large range, relative to the stylus. Therefore, for many typical operations it is not necessary to change the orientation of the stylus to suit the orientation of the surface. However, when the mechancial stylus is moved towards a first surface to be measured, the stylus must be halted substantially when it engages the first surface. Thereafter the stylus must be withdrawn from the first surface and, when determining the route of the stylus to the next surface to be measured, care must be taken for the stylus to avoid any obstructing projection defined by the first surface and an adjacent second surface lying at an angle thereto. The avoidance of such projections tends to slow down the operation of the apparatus especially when it is desired to make a large number of measurements automatically and at high speed.
The method according to the invention overcomes or reduces this difficulty in that it is not necessary to halt the probe in order to avoid the projection defined by the first and second surfaces because the probe housing passes clear of the projection. The method is particularly useful if there are a number of first surfaces defined at the sides of recesses in a relatively flat second surface. In that case it is merely necessary to pass the probe housing across the second surface at a small distance therefrom and the first surfaces are measured as the probe moves.
The device according to the invention is particularly useful for carrying out the method of the invention. The axisymmetrically convergent radiation provides for radiation having the same angle to the axis all round the axis so that, within the operating range of the device, at least some of the radiation will intersect a first surface regardless of the orientation thereof.
Examples for carrying out the invention will now be described with reference to the accompanying drawings wherein:
FIG. 1 is a diagrammatic elevation of a coordinate measuring machine including a probe according to the invention,
FIG. 2 is an enlarged sectional detail of FIG. 1 and shows a sensing device or probe according to one embodiment of the invention embodied in the machine;
FIG. 3 is an enlarged view on the line III--III in FIG. 2;
FIG. 4 is an enlarged detail of FIG. 2 showing a different operational position;
FIG. 5 is a view in the direction of the arrow V in FIG. 4;
FIG. 6 is a diagram of light intensity or voltage as related to displacement of the probe;
FIG. 7 is a system diagram;
FIG. 8 is a sectional elevation of a second embodiment of the probe according to the invention
FIG. 9 is a view on the line IX--IX in FIG. 8; and
FIG. 10 is an enlarged section on the line X--X in
Referring to FIG. 1, the measuring machine has a head 10 supported for movement in the three dimensions X,Y and Z of the orthogonal coordinate system by respective carriages 11,12,13. The head has secured thereto a probe 14 for sensing the location of surfaces of a workpiece 15 supported on a table 16. The carriages 11,12,13 are adapted to be driven in the directions X,Y or Z by respective motors 11A,12A or 13A and the movement of the carriages, and thereby the movement of the probe, is measured relative to a pre-selected datum by electronic measuring devices, known per se, having outputs which are transmitted to continuous counters 11B,12B,13B showing the measuring output pertaining to the respective carriages.
The probe 14 (FIG. 2) has a housing 17 connected to the head by a spigot 18 and containing a converging optical system or lens 19 for collecting a divergent cone 20 of incident light and producing a convergent cone 21 of light. The cone 20 emerges from a source being the output end 23A of an emitter light guide 23 secured to the housing 17. The optical system has an axis Z1 which is also regarded as the axis of the probe and lies, in the present example, in the Z direction. The cones 20, 21 are symmetrical about the axis Z1.
The end portion of guide 23 adjacent the output end 23A is concentric with the axis Z1. The light guide 23 is led from the housing 17 to a light source, e.g. a laser 24 (FIGS. 1,2) mounted on stationary structure, the light guide itself being flexible to accommodate the movement of the head. However, the laser or any other suitable light source may be mounted directly on the head or within the housing. Receiver light guides 25 for reflected light are secured at one end to the housing in the same way as the guides 23. The output end 23A of the guide 23 and input ends 25A of the guides 25 lie substantially in a common plane 22 perpendicular to the axis Z1. The guides 25 are led to a control system 26 (FIGS. 1,7) on stationary structure.
FIG. 3 shows that there is one light guide 23 and eight light guides 25 grouped axisymmetrically around the guide 23, the end portions of the guides 25 adjacent the ends 25A being parallel to the adjacent end portions of the guide 23. It is preferably to have at least four guides 25, that is, two such guides at diametrally opposite sides of the guide 23 and lying in the XZ plane and two guides 25 correspondingly arranged in the YZ plane. At the plane 22 the guides 25 must be directly adjacent the guide 23.
Since the guide 23 may be of relatively small diameter, e.g. of the order of 0.05 millimeter, the end 23A provides what is virtually a point source of light, the "point" being defined by the area within the perimeter, denoted P (FIGS. 2,3) of the end 23A. The angle of divergence of the cone 20 is determined by the greatest angle of internal reflection of the guide 23. The system 19 produces at the apex of the cone 21, an image 23B of the end 23A. The direction of the side of the cone 21 is denoted 21A.
In order to ensure satisfactory illuminating power from the relatively small region within the perimeter P, the laser 14 is connected to the guide 23 by a light intensifying means which in this case is simply a cone 24A optically connected to the laser by a lens 24A.
If a surface 15B of the workpiece 15 perpendicular to the axis Z1 (FIG. 2) coincides with the image 23B then light reflected from the surface 15B falls onto the output end 23A within the perimeter P, and no reflected light falls on the guides 25. However, if the surface 15B is situated at positions 15B1 or 15B2 offset from the image 23B in the direction of the axis Z1, the area illuminated by the cone 21 is a circle of larger diameter than that of the image 23B and light is reflected from the surface 15A, e.g. by rays 25B, on to the input ends 25A of the guides 25 and is thus transmitted to the control system 26.
If a surface 15A of the workpiece 15 parallel to the axis Z1 lies at the image 23B (FIG. 4), i.e. lies on the axis Z1, only one half of the cone 21 can reach the surface 15B. Nevertheless, that light is concentrated at a half of the image 23B and light reflected from the surface 15A falls primarily on the output end 23A, no significant light falling on to the input ends 25A. However, if as shown in FIG. 4, the surface 15A is offset from the image 23B in the direction perpendicular to the axis Z1, the area illuminated by the cone 21 is limited by a hyperbola H (FIG. 5) with the light mainly concentrated at the head of the curve, and reflected light reaches the output ends 25A, e.g. by rays 25C.
The output of any one of the output light guides 25 follows a curve 27 (FIG. 6) relating light intensity to displacement. The curve 27 has a minimum 27A when the surface 15A or 15B lies at the image point 23B, the curve rising to respective maxima 27B1, 27B2 depending on the side of the image 23B to which the surface 15A or 15B is displaced.
The control system 26 shown generally in FIG. 1 is shown in greater detail in FIG. 7 wherein the guides 25 are connected to respective photodiodes 29 whose voltage output 28 also follows the curve 27. The photodiodes are connected to a summing amplifier 30 whose output is connected to a trigger circuit 31 such that a pulse signal on line 32 is produced when the voltage crosses a zero bias line 27C on the curve of FIG. 6, about half-way between the point 27A and the level of the points 27B1, 27B2. The signal on line 32 is connected to the counters 11B, 12B, 13B in a manner known per se, to transmit the instantaneous counter reading to a computer 33.
The outputs of four of the output guides 25, being guides lying on X and Y axes (FIG. 7), are connected to individual amplifiers 34 and trigger circuits 35 having outputs 36. the outputs 36 are designated +X, -X, +Y, -Y according to their relationship to the respective sides of the axis Z1. The outputs 36 (+X,-X) are connected to the computer 33 and to the counter 1B such that either signal 36 (+X) or 36 (-X) connects the counter 11B to the computer but the designations (+X) and (-X) are read separately by the computer to determine the direction in which the surface 15B faces. The signals 36 (+Y) and 36 (-Y) are correspondingly related to the computer 33 and to the counter 12B.
The method of measuring the surface 15A may be described as follows. Firstly, the carriage 13 (FIG. 1) is lowered for the image 23B to lie below the level of the surface 15B but for the housing 17 to remain above that level. Assuming the probe to be initially to the right of the surface 15A, the probe is moved to left and in the X direction. It will be clear that during that movement the housing 17 moves in the plane XZ intersecting the surfaces 15A,15B, and in the direction X across the surface 15B, and the housing is so positioned that the direction 21A (FIG. 4) defining the side of the cone 21 intersects the surface 15B. Then, given that the carriage 13 is so positioned that the housing 17 itself is clear of the surface 15B, the probe 14 can be moved in the directin X without danger of the housing being damaged by collision with the workpiece.
In view of the axisymmetry of the cone 21 the probe can sense in all directions around the axis Z1 and therefore can sense any surface parallel or inclined to that axis regardless of the direction in which the surface 15A faces.
As shown in FIG. 1 the workpiece has a number of recesses defining surfaces 15A1 whose orientation is similar to that of the surface 15A, and it will be clear that the surfaces 15A1 can be measured simply by moving the housing 17 across the surface 15B in a continuous motion. In other words, there is no need for the machine to be stopped at the respective surfaces 15A1. This is of particular advantage, for example, if one has to measure the spacing of a large number of holes in a plate.
The carrying out of the method described requires that the distance between image 23B and the housing is relatively large so that the image 23B can be located useful distance below the surface 15B. To satisfy this requirement, the lens 19 is arranged in the housing 17 at its extremity 17A (FIGS. 2,4) intended to face the workpiece. However a short shroud 17B may be provided to protect the lens in case of inadvertent collision between the housing and the workpiece.
Referring to FIGS. 8 to 10, there is shown a probe 50 comprising a housing (support) 51 having a primary axis Z2 and supporting a plurality of relatively smaller housings or units 52 each adapted to emit a convergent light beam 53 having a secondary axis 54. The units 50 are arranged symmetrically around the axis Z2. The axes 54 each lie at an angle α to the axis Z2 and intersect at a point 54A. Each unit has a light guide 55 (FIG. 10) ending at a plane 56 and adapted to emit a divergent cone 57 (FIG. 8) of light onto a lens 58 which directs the light by way of the beam 53 to a focus 64. Light reflected from the focal area, as by a surface 59 parallel to the axis Z2, is substantially returned to the end of the guide 55. If the surface 59 does not coincide with the focus 64 the reflected light is spread to the region surrounding the perimeter of the guide 55 to be received by receiver light guides 60 (FIG. 10). The guides 60 lead the reflected light to a control system having means for producing a signal responsive to the reflected light attaining a predetermined intensity. It will be seen that the emitter and receiver system and the signal generation pertaining to the respective units 52 are essentially the same as those described with reference to FIGS. 2,3 and 6,7.
The foci 64 are situated at a plane 61 lying a small distance to the side of the point 54a remote from the housing 51 so that the foci 64 lie in effect on a common circle 62 (FIG. 9) concentric with the axis Z2. This arrangement makes it possible for the probe 50 to be arranged to discrimminate between the receiver outputs of the respective units 52. This is not only useful for the purpose of detecting the direction in which the reflecting surface faces but also it has the advantage that it concentrates reflection from a particular surface into a particular unit 52 and avoids or reduces interference by stray reflections. FIG. 8 shows four units 52 but it will be clear that a greater number may be introduced to maximise the density of foci in the circle 62. It will be seen that the distribution of the foci over the circle 62. and the inclination of the axes 54 relative to the axis Z2, makes it possible to sense surfaces whose orientation may vary over a very wide range. It is possible not only to sense in directions alll around the axis Z2, but also the surfaces may lie at any angle to the axis Z2, e.g. as shown at 63, so long as the surface substantially faces at least one of the lenses 58.
The method described with reference to the probe 14 applies equally to the probe 50.
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Author Stan Winston School (1 month)
+Abraham Lizaola Jordu is using Chavant NSP Medium clay. It comes in a
variety of colors, a lot of teachers and schools use the terra cotta color,
so it looks different from the gray that Jordu is using in the lesson.
Jordu cuts it into pieces, but it comes in thick blocks. He also warms it
before he sculpts with it. Hope that helps! -Maggie
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Author Dhruv Gokani (3 months)
this clay does not dry right?...or is it air dry?
Author Phaidon Nicola (7 months)
Jordu Schell is a master! I love this lesson, i've bought it a couple of
years ago and i've watched it a bunch of times.
Author Lymee Mee (4 months)
What clay is that?
Author Kevin Lunt (7 months)
What material are you sculpting with? It kind of looks like sculpey to me
but not completely.
Author S Paulin (5 months)
I think this is awesome. I really want to start modeling characters I've
drawn. Can you tell me what type of wire did you use for the armature?
Author abraham Lizaola (1 month)
This might sound stupid, but what type of clay is this and where can u get
it looks nothing like the type at my school ours is light brown and thick
Author David Lemon (4 months)
I totally agree with what you say....I've been sculpting for nearly 40
years.. still learn with each new piece.
Author Jhon Ryan Batulanon (3 months)
Author zombiesrpussies (10 months)
Gunna be a bit needy here anybody know where i can get wire? aside from
untwisting all my hangers?
Author VANTASTICUS (8 months)
I love that "be patient with yourself and the medium"
Author Gourav Sheode (9 months)
Amazing :-) Thank you for sharing
Author Michał Sulej (9 months)
Of which it is done ?
Author Rodolfo Silva (9 months)
where do I get that kind of clay? what is the technical name for that?
sorry for the noob question but I am kind of new to traditional sculpting
Author VANTASTICUS (8 months)
So inspiring!
Author Derick Jones (10 months)
Amazing artists on this channel, but they DO NOT show what the titles claim
to. This is nothing more than advertising for them. Very disheartening for
aspiring artists.
Author Fer Merchán (10 months)
Author Nicholas Smith (10 months)
Turely amazing sculpture thanks for the video very helpful
Author Jean-Luc Scholtissen (10 months)
Hello, you used which matter please
Author fastwalker2 (10 months)
Stan Winston School is just awesome!!! great stuff!!! each piece is a
Author Victor Bruno (10 months)
what clay is that
Author John nobato (10 months)
best style among all sculptors
Author Charlee Leung (1 year)
I have a pack of super sculpey firm, would this work for this tutorial?
Author Sydney Sculpture School (1 year)
Nice work :-)
Author TheSneezingMonkey (1 year)
This is a lovely model! I highly admire the skill that's needed to create
something like that!
Author masterofhens (1 year)
Does this clay material harden? or does it stay in a mouldable state?
Author Mako Kumagai (7 months)
I dont know but i have this feeling that i can actually do art in sculpture
after viewing some videos related to the topic for a couple of hours. I got
the technique down and its similar to drawing i guess. I just need help
with the tools and materials, can anyone tell me what they are cause i am
not familiar with the tool or material?
Author PrideTico (1 year)
Can you make it hard as block after made it??
Author DaNiHESO ozli (1 year)
Whats the tool at 1:05 ?
Author Murilo Magalhães (1 year)
Você é o CARA!!!
Author Ming .Han (1 year)
I am not sure if this question had been asked before but what clay did you
use ?
Author GlennMorganFan (1 year)
It's called Plasteline. It's an oil based clay so it will never dry out and
can't be fired. You use it for sculptures that you want to keep for a long
time. (Either as a reference or a model that will be used by others)
Author xxxLEGO16xxx (1 year)
which is the material?
Author Stan Winston School (1 year)
Sure Manni, our video tutorials are all online. Go to our website and check
them out! - David
Author ArteOnez (1 year)
so cooool
Author Stan Winston School (1 year)
kenpocobrakai, Agreed. Jordu is in a league all his own. We've got another
incredible lesson with him coming out in the next few weeks. Watch for it!
Author Stan Winston School (1 year)
You can get sculpey at almost any hobby store, or online from the sculpey
website, polymer clay superstore, blick art supplies or even amazon - David
Author Stan Winston School (1 year)
Kevin, you can get sculpey and other polymer clays in Italy at Ferrario,
S.P.A. in Bologna. Check their website. - David
Author Dr. Otto Octavius (2 years)
this is really awesome and i don't even know anything about esculpture,
maybe this is my genesis as an esculptor.
Author GlennMorganFan (1 year)
Put yourself out there. It's all about making connections and meeting
people. Go to conventions and talk to people. Maybe make one of these
videos yourself.
Author Kathleen Dwyer (1 year)
*sigh* To have a job making these. That would be great. I make them for the
fun of it. To get paid to, would be sweet.
Author manni vasquez (1 year)
i am sculptor too, i am not that good! but i don't think i am that bad
either, i was not born in the united states, but i would really like to be
a student in this school, can some one helpme with information? thanks!
Author Stan Winston School (1 year)
It's all in the lesson. - David
Author Stan Winston School (1 year)
0SixHundred, Of course we're biased, but Jordu Schell is one of the most
brilliant character sculptors alive. To spend a few hours learning from him
will be money well spent. If you disagree, we'll give you a full refund.
Author Aquila Aer (1 year)
Is it possible to show how you did the skeleton?
Author Stan Winston School (1 year)
With a nice little armature. See it all in the lesson. - David
Author Stan Winston School (1 year)
That is a clay loop tool. Shannon Shea teaches a mini lesson at our website
on how to make your own. Look it up there. - David
Author Dave Malon (1 year)
That is absolutely awesome!
Author GlennMorganFan (1 year)
It's Plasteline. It's oil based so it never dries out and can't be fired.
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June 23, 2014 By John Jung
"But one of Mayor Coleman's first acts was convene a group of local business leaders and lead them on a mission to Toronto, Canada. He wanted them to see first-hand what that city had done to make itself a magnet for immigration, and the positive impact the new citizens had had on its econ¬omy. The Mayor believed that immigration, properly chan¬neled, was a key to Columbus's economic future and the re-energizing of its culture. He was persuasive enough that the business leaders – who were to form the core of a permanent public-private policy group called the Columbus Partnership – returned home convinced of this vision and ready to work on its implementation. Back at home, Mayor Coleman established a program called the New American Initiative, which aimed to give all immigrants living in Columbus access to services that would improve their lives. Its programs are designed to tackle the challenges of language, education, affordable housing, healthcare and employment." -- Excerpt from Brain Gain, by Robert Bell, John G. Jung and Louis Zacharilla
June 17, 2014 By Robert Bell
If you are an American and have not read "The Immigrant Advantage" by Anand Giridharadas, do yourself a favor. This editorial in The New York Times will take you four minutes to read and it may help you make sense of your own country.
June 11, 2014 By Louis Zacharilla
I saw something that I have never, ever seen during an ICF awards announcement: I saw people from a new Intelligent Community of the Year crying on the stage. Congratulations to Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on its success Thursday night, as well as for its successes on the 364 days and nights before then. Toronto has become our new standard bearer and articulates what is possible in our cities and towns. I can tell from your emotional outbursts, Toronto, that this really means something to you. All of your citizens should be happy today, and I am sure most are.
June 4, 2014 By John Jung
How many times have you been elated when the lights of a busy boulevard were actually in sync, guiding you from one side of the city to the other in record time? Or how about the first time you were able to enter your home from the outdoor heat and humidity and it was refreshingly cool, just as you set it from your office on your smartphone before heading home? As a municipal asset manager, your analytics of the utility system saved the city millions of dollars and the use of solar and wind turbines have put you on the road to a sustainable future. Simply put, as a smart city, things work better. Smart cities create efficiencies, but also confidence and reputational capital as a city that delivers. That is great news for the city's economic development chief. He is taking his city's competitive advantages on the road and promoting his city as unique and differentiated from other competitors.
May 21, 2014 By Louis Zacharilla
By now you have met or heard about our 2014 Visionary of the Year, Suneet Singh Tuli. You may have heard about him before from sources such as Forbes Magazine, or the dozens of other awards and media coverage of him and his company, Datawind. Suneet has not been shy about promoting his vision to bring "the other three billion" across the digital divide. The world has not been shy about embracing him. We are going to be like the world on June 5, as he addresses our Awards Dinner.
Suneet is our Visionary of the Year because like those before him his work is ensuring that "The Middle of Nowhere," as people sadly and too often call their hometown or region, becomes Somewhere. And Somewhere Big and Somewhere in a Hurry. Suneet's Aakash II/UbiSlat tablet, the world's cheapest computer currently in mass production, is designed to make real the promise of eliminating The Middle of Nowhere. To do it, though, Intelligent Communities must continue to rise up.
Suneet has been working to justify three simple claims that I make everywhere that I go. The first is that the potential to live anywhere you wish, no matter where that place is, has finally become within the realm of the possible. Once there, and with the right level of connectivity, you can then participate in the global economy. This is the "Broadband Economy" that we often speak about. These two possibilities are the real game-changers for the rural sectors, small towns and cities which struggle to enter the new century.
Certainly for the parts of India where Suneet is having his first wave of success, the claim is not only a "game-changer," but a life-saver. It is a matter of survival because the real key to survival for the three billion people for whom he has devised the killer device is education. And right now, education in India, with the exception of the over-hyped tech meccas like New Delhi, is literally a joke. If you don't believe me Google, "India Teacher Funny" and cry your heart out.
Like national governments, the global educational infrastructure is dysfunctional at best. IT is the Middle of Nowhere. And most national governments seem clueless mainly because they look for a single solution when a billion solutions must be tried. Evidence this by looking at Ireland, where the political demand for austerity resulted in an E85 million propping-up of its sour banks, while communities were forced to undergo humiliating cuts to healthcare and education. As you would expect, educated, talented Irish people, like their peers in India, said simply, "Government funny," and moved away. Does it suggest that national governments are unable to solve the very complex problems that local leaders and entrepreneurs like Suneet Singh seem able and keen to tackle? As they do, they enable the third claim I make, which is that the size of a community no longer matters. The size of their ideas, the new source of economic energy however, counts plenty.
As Suneet so poignantly noted in his address at the ICF Institute in October, his device immediately localizes education by bringing the world to the browsers. His strategy for India (and anywhere else) is simple: "To end mediocrity in education by accessing the Internet." If you watch the video from his address, you will see a slide that will pummel you if you live far from a city. It reinforces what you may already believe, which is that the further away you are, the greater the deterioration in the quality of your education and in the quality of your teacher. This is the sad case in India. It has little to do with parental aspiration or the reliably disappointing lack of performance by national leaders. It has everything to do with lack of access, lousy roads and crime which makes it intolerable for a good teacher who wants to stay home to teach, to do so.
"No one wants this kind of education. But that's what they have to accept," Suneet said. Yet he is optimistic because he has seen the light and it is as simple as a hole in the wall. Professor Sugata Mitra's famous Hole in the Wall Experiments in India demonstrated that children taking a standard math test in New Delhi would score on average 68%. The further he tested students who lived furthest from the city, however, the worse the performance. The quality of education deteriorated in direct proportion from its distance to the city. At 250 kilometers outside of New Delhi, the same test generated results in the low teens. 70% of the people of India live in places where there are no paved roads, which means the government has paved its own way to ignorance.
The professor than proved Suneet's proposition. His office was near a slum. Just outside his office was a wall that separated it from his air-conditioned office. Mitra put a high-speed computer in the wall, connected it to the Internet, and watched to see who might use it. To his delight, curious children were immediately attracted to the new device. When they asked if they could touch it, Mitra said, "It is on your side of the wall. The rules say whatever is on your side, you can touch." And touch it they did.
About the Intelligent Community Forum
The Intelligent Community Forum is a think tank that studies the economic and social development of the 21st Century community. Whether in industrialized or developing nations, communities are challenged to create prosperity, stability and cultural meaning in a world where jobs, investment and knowledge increasingly depend on advances in communications. For the 21st Century community, connectivity is a double-edge sword: threatening established ways of life on the one hand, and offering powerful new tools to build prosperous, inclusive and sustainable economies on the other. ICF seeks to share the best practices of the world's Intelligent Communities in adapting to the demands of the Broadband Economy, in order to help communities everywhere find sustainable renewal and growth. More information can be found at www.intelligentcommunity.org.
Robert Bell
Robert Bell is co-founder of the Intelligent Community Forum, where he heads its research and content development activities. He is the author of ICF's pioneering study, Benchmarking the Intelligent Community, the annual Top Seven Intelligent Communities of the Year white papers and other research reports issued by the Forum, and of Broadband Economies: Creating the Community of the 21st Century. Mr. Bell has also authored articles in The Municipal Journal of Telecommunications Policy, IEDC Journal, Telecommunications, Asia-Pacific Satellite and Asian Communications; and has appeared in segments of ABC World News and The Discovery Channel. A frequent keynote speaker and moderator at municipal and telecom industry events, he has also led economic development missions and study tours to cities in Asia and the US.
John Jung
ICF co-founder John G. Jung originated the Intelligent Community concept and continues to serve as the Forum's leading visionary. Formerly President and CEO of the Greater Toronto Marketing Alliance and Calgary Economic Development Authority, he is a registered professional urban planner, urban designer and economic developer. He leads regular international business missions to US, European, Asian, Indian and Australian cities, and originated the ICF Immersion Lab program. John is a regular speaker at universities and conferences and serves as an advisor to regional and national leaders on Intelligent Community development. The author of numerous articles in planning and economic development journals, he has received global and Toronto-based awards for his work in collaboration and strategic development and sits on numerous task forces and international advisory boards.
Louis Zacharilla
ICF co-founder Louis Zacharilla is the creator and presenter of the annual Smart21, Top Seven and Intelligent Community Awards and oversees ICF's media communications and development programs. He is a frequent keynote and motivational speaker and panelist, addressing audiences of tech, academic and community leaders around the world, and writes extensively for publications including American City & County, Continental Airline's in-flight magazine and Municipal World. His frequent appearances in the electronic media have included both television and radio in South Korea, China and Canada. He has served as an adjunct professor at Fordham University in New York and is a Guest Lecturer at Polytechnic University's Distinguished Speaker Series. He holds a Masters Degree from the University of Notre Dame.


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Hwan Mo Lee, M.D., Ph.D., from Yonsei University College of Medicine in Seoul, South Korea, and colleagues compared clinical outcomes for patients who underwent conservative treatment or kyphoplasty for OVCF. A total of 259 patients with one or two acute painful magnetic resonance imaging-confirmed OVCFs were prospectively enrolled. All patients underwent conservative treatment in the initial three weeks. For 91 patients who complained of sustained back pain and disability, kyphoplasty was performed. Two hundred thirty-one patients completed the one-year follow-up: 82 in the kyphoplasty group and 149 in the conservative treatment group.
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text: The Inside Vue June 2007/ Volume 6 Vuepoint Enters Fastest Growing Corporate Learning Market in UAE Through Equity Investment From CERT LONG ISLAND, NY – June 4, 2007 – Vuepoint recently announced that the Centre of Excellence for Applied Research and Training (CERT), the largest private training company in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), has taken a minority equity position in the company. As a result, Vuepoint has changed its corporate name to CERTPOINT Systems Inc. to leverage CERT's leadership position in the Middle East's growing education market. The partnership expands CERT's and Vuepoint's worldwide footprint, combines their technology portfolios and resources, and results in a business that out-sizes the next- largest LMS player in the market today. As a first step in the collaboration, CERT initiated a $500 million development program for an advanced "education city" to be powered by Vuepoint Technology in the UAE, in addition to its $35 million investment in learning innovation and technology research. CERT's partners include such industry leaders as IBM, Intel, NYIT, MIT and Thales. CERT's partnership also furthers exposure of Vuepoint's flagship technology – the Vuepoint Learning System (VLS) – in the Middle East, a locus of business growth with the highest per capita spending on learning in the world. Additionally, CERT will leverage VLS, which is already in use by some of the world's top companies, to transfer knowledge to employees based around the world. CERT will also expand operations to the United States as well as Europe where Vuepoint already operates. "CERT and Vuepoint share the understanding that the learning dynamic has changed - people are now empowered to seek out the knowledge they need rather than waiting for a scheduled lesson or course to be taught. Gone are the days of a simple student and teacher environment," said Ara Ohanian, CEO, Vuepoint. "The combination of CERT's 21st Century learning expertise and Vuepoint's ability to package and deliver information will dramatically improve productivity, sales effectiveness and general training." Vuepoint provides e-Learning suites and systems to a broad client base in a variety of vertical markets, including Toyota, Black & Decker, Whirlpool, The Hartford Insurance and Financial Services, that employ large, geographically-dispersed work forces and channel partners. VLS has enabled these clients to deliver knowledge in a localized, tailored and effective format with measured impact. "We chose to partner with Vuepoint largely because the company is driven by a similar passion for identifying and leveraging the most effective and innovative learning technologies," said Dr. Robert Richards, CEO, CERT. "Today's on-demand business dynamic requires more than simply disseminating information…it requires enterprise-wide delivery of holistic knowledge with accountability for results." CERT's location in the UAE has become a focal point for multinational corporations – marked by dramatic growth and revenue opportunities. As the largest corporate education provider in the Middle East, CERT is a key player in the region's economic expansion. In combining CERT's regional footprint with Vuepoint's strong presence, CERTPOINT is well poised to become the leading provider of learning technologies for the 21 Century Knowledge worker. Securities America Seeks a Comprehensive e-Learning Solution and Finds it in CERTPOINT's VLS Suite CERTPOINT Systems is pleased to announce that Securities America Inc., one of the nation's largest and most successful independent general securities broker/dealers, has chosen VLS for their e-Learning needs The VLS suite integrates Learning Management (LMS), Learning Content Management (LCMS), and a Competency Management System (CMS), into a seamless learning system for creating, managing, delivering and tracking all online and offline learning activities. Securities America Inc. sought a platform with which they could train their financial representatives and home office staff. Specifically, Securities America Inc. required a solution that internal Instructional Designers could utilize to create course content. Being AICC/SCORM compliant, VLS Content Creator was a clear choice. Securities America Inc. also chose VLS for: • Rapid deployment and response time in support • Comprehensive Solution • Functionality of the overall platform Like many clients who move from traditional training to VLS, Securities America Inc. hopes to save time and money on traveling costs and instructor lead training. Securities America Inc. hopes to expand VLS usage throughout their organization About Securities America Based in Omaha, Nebraska, Securities America, Inc. is the nation's fourth largest Independent Broker/Dealer based on total revenues in 2006 according to Financial Planning Magazine. More than 1,700 financial professionals nationwide who have invested more than $41 billion for their clients have affiliated with Securities America. Securities America Advisors, Inc. is an SEC-registered Investment Advisory firm with more than $12 billion in assets under management and administration that offers investment management, financial advice and financial planning through financial advisors. Securities America's mission is to foster the success of financial professionals so they can provide quality, objective advice and services to their clients. For more information, go to www.securitiesamerica.com. VLS 5.5: Upgrades to Content Creator In March, CERTPOINT was delighted to announce the latest enhanced version of the VLS Suite. VLS 5.5 was created in response to an increasing market need for easy-to-use e- Learning software that can seamlessly provide product and brand training for salespeople at multiple and dispersed locations. We would like to spotlight each month new features that put VLS 5.5 ahead of the e-Learning curve. VLS's Content Creator has been upgraded so that course authors can collaborate on projects more efficiently than ever before. A selection of new features that have been added to Content Creator are highlighted below. Page Layout Templates In VLS 5.5 you can save a page as a Page Layout Template. Templates can also be imported from HTML files. This can be helpful, when you want to use a single image or look as the background for all of your course pages. PowerPoint Import VLS 5.5 has improved its application of PowerPoint presentations. There is a new option to import a PowerPoint presentation to HTML. This converts each slide into a separate HTML file. You can now also edit the PowerPoint presentations that you import to HTML right from the edit tab. You can edit the HTML pages from edit mode or view source mode. Please be aware that the images may appear a bit distorted in edit mode. Table and Cell Editing Enhancements Table and cell editing has been enhanced in VLS 5.5. 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June Virtual Forum: Creating Customized Certificates Seth Augustover, a Product Trainer for CERTPOINT demonstrated how users can make quick and simple changes to default Certificate Documents and Learner Themes during our monthly Virtual Forum, held Thursday June 7th 2007. Certifications can be assigned in VLS to users when they complete all of the requirements of a curriculum. Seth demonstrated how easy it is to download a sample certificate document, make minor modifications (such as adding a new border and background), and then upload it as a new certificate document. Applying a Theme to a VLS course will alter the Learner interface. The Theme is separate from the course content and serves as a skin for VLS courses. Themes contain attributes such as toolbar color, icons, font settings, etc. Seth introduced the process of creating a customized theme. Customized themes allow users to apply a consistent look and feel to course pages in Learner with an additional element of style and interest. For documents and demonstrations included in the June 7th Virtual Forum on Certificate Documents and Learner Themes, visit our Client Forum Portal at http://forum.certpointsystems.com/ Benchmarking Forum: It's Not Too Late to See How You Measure Up We all encounter situations at work where we wish we could ask others with comparable or more experience how they would approach similar circumstances. At CERTPOINT, we have created a forum where our clients can do just that. Benchmarking is the process of 'comparing your performance against the practices of other leading companies for the purpose of improving performance'. CERTPOINT hosts a Benchmarking Forum each month where our Client Community meets to discuss how they are using VLS, and to learn ways to improve. 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Genchi Genbutsu helps in several ways: • By going to the 'physical space' it allows us to gather useful information from the stimulus-rich settings of everyday life. • According to educational psychologists, it helps us understand a problem more quickly and more completely to go to the source. • Going to the root allows us to interact with other people who provide information and insight into solving our problem. (Source: University of Toyota) Going to the root of the problem will save your company and your customers from MUDA in wasted time, energy and money. Most importantly, the customer centric philosophy of Genchi Genbutsu means that by truly understanding the context of your customer's problems, you will most certainly add value to your products and services. Come and Experience our Momentum During These Upcoming Events: June 19-21 I SIFMA (Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association) Technology Management Conference and Exhibit. Over 300 Vendors and 7,000 attendees. 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Credible artificial intelligence startup Vicarious has taken in more money as accomplished billionaires fling cash towards what could be a hugely significant technology. The additional funding was disclosed by the company on Monday in an article in TechCrunch and subsequent interview with El Reg. Some of the Valley's best known …
"Recursive Cortical Networks"
...is the model that Vicarious have publicly claimed to be working on. I wonder whether it's got any relationship to Confabulation Theory?
Confabulation theory was the first account I came across which seemed plausible from an evolutionary viewpoint - it posits that the same basic architectures that evolved for coordinating muscle movement were then specialized in evolving higher cognitive functions - and in light of the observation that comparatively few layers [think "gate delays" as an EE analogy] of processing can take place between our sensory input and our reactions if we are to react in a usefully short time.
In any case, with 5 out of 8 of their team members
sporting PhDs, and the other three also sounding like overachieving types, it looks like it would be a very interesting place to work.
Countdown begins...
...for the first comment referencing Terminator.
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I will REFRAIN from doing so and instead reference Metal Gear Solid 2
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The world of e-commerce is tough, and it's only going to get tougher as more and more companies shift away from traditional brick and mortar stores and go with online enterprises. Because of the increase in competition and products offered, it's more important than ever that companies get their marketing strategies right. And in a world filled with so much noise from email, social media, apps and the like, that too is getting more and more difficult. Not only is it harder than ever to get a customer's attention, but it's also harder than ever to keep them coming back to your site/store. With big data technology and programs like Hadoop Hive, however, it's becoming much easier.
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Digital Marketing is a dynamic industry centered on anticipating what's coming next, whether it's technology, trends or customer demands. Digital marketers tend to be data nerds, always looking for more metrics and the tools to help us collect them.
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These days, everyone in the industry is talking about the importance of making eCommerce and CMS work together. Rightfully so. But I see another hot topic on the horizon, a bridge of sorts between content and marketing automation.
Content Marketing and Marketing Automation are in many ways continuations of the same process: whereas content marketing focuses on getting visitors to your website, and engaging them meaningfully in the web environment, marketing automation is about lead nurturing- where the end goal is to hand over hot(ter) opportunities to sales. These two systems can reinforce one another to help your site generate revenue. Below are some key points to keep in mind when considering integration.
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For most Austrians, the collapse of the Soviet Union just proved something that we had long since known. Socialism as we understand it (i.e., the elimination of private ownership of the means of production) is impossible; or, to be more precise, rational economic calculation in the absence of private property and so in the absence of competition between severally owned firms over resources, meaningful prices which reflect relative scarcities and profit and loss accounting, is impossible. Attempts by market socialists like Lange (1936) to come up with a "competitive" response to the Austrian critique, as Lavoie (1985) has shown, have failed to answer Austrian concerns. Interestingly, they have not taken Marx all that seriously either, abandoning key features of his program like his concern for alienation and exploitation. Burczak, however, does not commit either sin. His Socialism after Hayek is a stimulating book that is grounded in Burczak's deep appreciation of both the Austrian crit ...
- Ackerman, B., & Alstott, A. (1999). The stakeholder society. New Haven: Yale University Press.
- Lange, O. (1936). On the economic theory of socialism: Part one. The Review of Economic Studies, 4(1), 53–71. CrossRef
- Lavoie, D. (1985). Rivalry and central planning: The socialist calculation debate reconsidered. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
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The Review of Austrian Economics
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- 10.1007/s11138-007-0022-4
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- 1. Mercatus Center at George Mason University, Arlington, VA, 22201, USA