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Technical Papers and Presentations
Simulation of Chemotractant Gradients in Microfluidic Channels to Study Cell Migration Mechanism in Silico
P. Wallin[1], E. Bernson[1], J. Gold[1]
[1]Chalmers University of Technology, Applied Physics, Biological Physics, Gothenburg, Sweden
Cell migration of endothelial cells along gradients is an important process in vivo and an interesting target for cancer therapeutics. Microfluidics offer very powerful tools to study such migration processes in detail in the lab. In this study, we describe a model to simulate molecular gradients in a diffusion based microfluidic gradient generator and how a cell senses these gradients via cell ...
A Multiphase Porous Medium Transport Model with Distributed Sublimation Front to Simulate Vacuum Freeze Drying
A. Warning[1], J. M. R. Arquiza[1], A. K. Datta[1]
[1]Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
A continuum, porous medium formulation with non-equilibrium sublimation was developed and validated for freeze drying without and with uniform microwave volumetric heating. The model incorporates the effect of Knudsen flow at low pressure and low permeability freeze drying. The distributed, non-equilibrium sublimation demonstrated that the sublimation front is a sharp boundary for high ice ...
Coupled PDEs with Initial Solution from Data in COMSOL Multiphysics®
M. K. Gobbert[1], X. Huang[1], S. Khuvis[1], S. Askarian[1], B. E. Peercy[1]
[1]University of Maryland - Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD, USA
This paper presents information on techniques needed in COMSOL Multiphysics® to enable computational studies of coupled systems of PDEs for time-dependent non-linear problems. Furthermore, we demonstrate how to use data files as input for initial conditions. To illustrate the techniques, we consider a system of two time-dependent non-linear PDEs from mathematical biology that couples an ...
Comparing Isotropic and Anisotropic Brain Conductivity Modeling: Planning Optimal Depth-Electrode Placement in White Matter for Direct Stimulation Therapy in an Epileptic Circuit
L. C. Zaragoza[1], B. Hondorp[2], M. A. Rossi[3]
[1]ITESM, Monterrey, Mexico
[2]Rush Medical College, Chicago, IL, USA
[3]Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA
The goal of our work was to calculate a patient-specific brain conductivity map for predicting the extent to which direct stimulation therapy can strategically propagate through pathological white matter. Our laboratory developed isotropic and anisotropic human brain finite element method (FEM) models derived from SPGR magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), ...
Heat and Mass Transfer in Convective Drying Processes
C. Gavrila[1], A. Ghiaus[1], and I. Gruia[2]
[1]Technical University of Civil Engineering Bucharest, Faculty of Building Services, Bucharest, Romania
[2]University of Bucharest, Faculty of Physics, Bucharest, Romania
A dynamic mathematical model, based on physical and transport properties and mass and energy balances, was developed for the simulation of unsteady convective drying of agricultural products (fruits and vegetables) in static bed conditions. The model utilizes water sorption isotherm equations and the change in solid density due to the shrinkage phenomenon. The aim of this article is to describe ...
Heat Transfer and Phase Transformation on Matrix Assisted Pulsed Laser Evaporation (MAPLE) of Biocompatible Thin Layers
E. Lacatus[1], G.C. Alecu[1], M.A. Sopronyi[2], A. Tudor[1]
[1]POLITEHNICA University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania
[2]INFLPR -National Institute for Laser Plasma and Radiation Physics, Bucharest, Romania
Matrix Assisted Pulsed Laser Evaporation (MAPLE) technique is used for the deposition of high quality biocompatible polymer thin films. During the deposition process the temperature of the laser target should be kept below 193K to assure the proper quality of both evaporation and deposition phases of the process. On a first approach COMSOL Multiphysics® was used to describe and analyze the ...
Feed-forward/Feed-backward Mechanical Amplification in the Mouse Cochlea
J. Soons[1,2], C. Steele[2], S. Puria[2]
[1]Lab of Biomedical physics, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
[2]Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, USA
Sound vibrations are collected from the external environment by the eardrum and are guided to the basilar membrane in the cochlea. Pressure differences in the two scalae of the cochlea result in a traveling wave on the basilar membrane. The tiny displacements are detected by the deflection of thousands of hair cells, situated along this membrane. It is hypothesized that some 3/4 of these hair ...
Alternate Glucometer Bio-sensor Model based on Ultrasonic MEMS Transceivers
P. Pattnaik[1], S. K. Kamilla [1], Debi Prasad Das[2]
[1]MEMS Design Center, Institute of Technical Education & Research (ITER),Siksha 'O' Anushandhan University, Bhubaneswar-751030, Odisha,India
[2]Process Engineering and Instrumentation Cell,Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology (IMMT),Bhubaneswar, Odisha,India
To prevent further complications in diabetes, proper management of blood glucose levels is essential. By using ultrasonic transceivers (both transmit and receive) the glucose level of human blood can be determined. By using this ultrasonic technique miniaturized sensors for non-invasive monitoring blood glucose levels. In this paper Barium Titanate (BT) thin film was used as a transmitter and ...
A Practical Method to Model Complex Three-Dimensional Geometries with Non-Uniform Material Properties Using Image-based Design and COMSOL Multiphysics®
J. Cepeda[1], S. Birla[2], J. Subbiah[2], H. Thippareddi[1]
[1]Department of Food Science & Technology, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, USA
[2]Department of Biological Systems Engineering, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, USA
Geometries with heterogeneous material properties are typically defined as a set of multiple parts, each part representing a different material. However, assembling or defining the individual parts of complex geometries can be difficult. A practical method based on image-based mesh generation, a custom algorithm for labeling materials, and interpolation functions of COMSOL Multiphysics® can be ...
Modeling Deep-Bed Grain Drying Using COMSOL Multiphysics®
J.G. Pieters[1], R. ElGamal[1], F. Ronsse[1]
[1]Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Department of Biosystems Engineering, Ghent, Belgium
CFD simulations were carried out to predict the convective heat and mass transfer coefficients in the rice bed, and correlations were developed for the convective heat and mass transfer coefficients as a function of drying air flow rate. The developed correlations were used to extend the model developed by ElGamal et al. (2013) for thin-layer rice drying to volumetric heat and mass transfer in a ...


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Taylor Swift Shows You How To Make A Cat Sweatshirt Look Cute
Taylor Swift has her casual style down. Leggings? Check. Perfectly side-swept bangs? Check. Red lips? Check. Adorable cat sweatshirt? Check! Check! Check!
The pop star rocked feline-inspired fashion on two separate occasions this week, putting her signature girly spin on the wild trend. First, T.Swift tamed a fierce jaguar hoodie with a sweet ruffle and a prim purse, and balanced the oversized tunic with leggings for a comfy (not sloppy) look. A few days later, Tay showed off the trend's sweeter side in Wildfox's "The Great Catsby" sweatshirt ($108 at Bloomingdale's). (Daisy-cat is wearing a daisy chain and Gatsby-cat is wearing a bowtie and it's basically the best thing ever.)
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Official: HR34 pricing as of 2/9/2012
Posted 21 August 2012 - 07:19 AM
So keep trying and I understand the frustration with getting a great CSR or one that won't help or isn't up to speed on the deals out there.
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Posted 23 August 2012 - 04:26 PM
I'll re-emphisize what others are saying here, you HAVE to get to a retention rep to get any kind of a good deal on this!!
I tried to do the "cancel, cancel" thing but kept getting to a regular rep after the first cancel. So I asked the 3rd rep (who couldn't do any better than $50 off the $399) if I was still under a 2 year contract and she said she would have to transfer me to a specialist - I'm assuming to a retention rep who gave me this great deal.
Thanks to everyone here who has posted their experiences so others can get deals like this too!
Posted 23 August 2012 - 08:06 PM
Posted 23 August 2012 - 10:08 PM
one that won't help or isn't up to speed on the deals out there.
That's a pretty incorrect way of looking at it. Agents don't abstractly decide what you are eligible for. It's pre calculated based on your history, and they offer you things up to a set limit. The offers just show up in their system, they don't think about them, they don't compare them to what you were offered yesterday (unless specifically noted). You can haggle UP TO your limit, but that's it. They can get penalized or even fired for pushing credits beyond that. Eventually if your account shows that you are close to the end of your commitment they may offer you more. That's probably what happened. If you ask about your contract length or ask to cancel, that usually gets you a transfer to retention (which has same power as a supervisor but has instructions to give you more as they are the last line of defense against quitters), and retention has a higher offer limit, but pushing that limit could negatively impact on what you're eligible for in the future, including repairs.
Edited by amenic, 23 August 2012 - 11:27 PM.
Posted 25 August 2012 - 08:48 AM
Posted 26 August 2012 - 10:33 AM
The support reps seem to have flexibility in how they arrange the order. For example, he could get me a bigger discount on the higher priced items so he put it through that way. At least that's what he said. This guy knew nothing about reimbursement after purchasing from solid signal. Fortunately an earlier rep had made a note on my account about doing that. The order confirmation individual confirmed everything afterwards including the note about solidsigna so I think he got it right.
So Im in for another two years :-).
Posted 28 August 2012 - 01:54 PM
Edited by bigalpo, 28 August 2012 - 02:12 PM.
Posted 29 August 2012 - 12:43 PM
Called two weeks ago to ask about deals on an HR34. Quoted $399. Called back today and got the same answer. Was very polite, never threatened to cancel, but got nowhere with it. That's somewhat disappointing given all the folks you read on this board who received it cheaper (or free). As noted earlier in the thread, the inconsistency is what bothers me the most.
Just my two cents.
Posted 29 August 2012 - 12:52 PM
I'm a 13-year customer with average monthly bill of $200+. Haven't received any credits in several years, and the ones I got back then were due to D* erroneously killing my service for 5 days.
Called two weeks ago to ask about deals on an HR34. Quoted $399. Called back today and got the same answer. Was very polite, never threatened to cancel, but got nowhere with it. That's somewhat disappointing given all the folks you read on this board who received it cheaper (or free). As noted earlier in the thread, the inconsistency is what bothers me the most.
Just my two cents.
Call back. Threaten to cancel. Talk to retention. Tell them what you want, what you think is fair, and that you've been looking at Dish Network, the Joey system, and starting to wonder if paying $200 a month is really a smart use of your money.
Even better, actually look at Dish, Fios, etc... Tell them what you found.
To be frank, if you're not willing to cancel, why should they offer you better? Customer loyalty? You seem perfectly willing be loyal and accept nothing and pay a poo-ton, so, if I were them, I'd keep hosing you too. It is a business and you sound like the best type of customer. I mean you no offense, but get fired up. (and holy S, you are really paying $200 a month?!?)
Posted 29 August 2012 - 12:55 PM
See post My Setup for configuration info.
Posted 29 August 2012 - 06:26 PM
Posted 08 September 2012 - 04:33 PM
Once on the phone with the retention rep, he looked at my almost 12 year history with D*, perfect payment history, lack of credits requested in the past few years and said I can get you the HR34 for $0. Pay the $49 install fee. Also found a $25 statement credit for 12 months, a $10 credit for the HD fee, and added free Red Zone onto my already free NFLST. Signed up for another 2 year commitment.
I think that's a fair deal by D*.
Posted 18 September 2012 - 02:42 PM
Called tech support yesterday to resolve some issues with my dish alignment. The rep was very nice and helpfull. I asked him about the HR34, but he couldn't help with any deals on it, so he transfered me to another department. I basically asked if there was any special for long time customers (10 plus years with premier) like myself on an HR34... I was surprised by how rude this women was in telling me that there wasn't. I then asked her to transfer me back to tech support so I could finalize the appointment to get by dish alignment fixed. Not only did she not want to transfer me, she wanted to charge me $99 just for the service call... tech support was going to send a rep out for free. So I just said nevermind and called back tech support to setup the appointment.
Well, today, I decided to do the cancel cancel technique to discuss my account with retention. Glad I did... The rep was pleasant and after explaining what had happened to me the day prior, gave me a very good deal:
1) Free HR34
2) $49 installation charge
3) $3 Credit for 3 months (Whole Home DVR fee)
4) $5 Credit for 3 months (Electronic Billing)
5) $25 Credit for 6 months (Stars, HBO, SHO, MAX, SPORT: $5 each)
6) $25 Credit for 12 months ($10 HD Credit, $15 Base Package Credit)
So I'm happy and look forward to using the HR34 in a couple of days.
Posted 19 September 2012 - 07:49 PM
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HR20-100 HR24-500//Samsung UN55F6350AF
SWiM Network w/MRV
AT&T 2Wire Gateway Modem/Router
Posted 20 September 2012 - 10:00 PM
I advised that my wife watches a lot of network TV and wants to be able to record more than 2 channels on her DVR since those channels don't repeat shows like the other channels. Still no discount. I advised the Hopper would do this and I do have other options. He advised the Hopper won't really record 6 channels at one time just the 4 networks and 2 other channels. I said that's exactly what I am wanting to do and I called you first to give you the opportunity to provide me this service with a HMC.
He put me on hold and came back and said this is going to be confusing but here is what I can do.
-250.00 Sales Order Credit
- 30.00 Customer Satisfaction Credit
-120.00 HD Programming Credit 12 month @ 10.00
49.00 Installation
48.00 Total Net Cost + Tax
I can live with that even though it will take 12 months to see the 120.00 in credits. I have a new 2 year contract so it's not like I'm going to be leaving. He did ask if there was anything else he could do so I asked for Free Sports Pack since I watch a lot of college football and would like to check it out. He said no problem. Good customer service and good guy to deal with. Very professional I just had to steer him in the right direction.
Edited to add
Just called to cancel the protection plan that the installer said I would get free for one month. During the call the CSR asked if I was enrolled in auto bill pay. I said yes. He said it's your lucky day I will give you a $5.00 month credit for 12 months since you use auto pay.
So my total net cost over 12 months is lowered to -12.00 not inc. taxes.
Edited by weadjust, 10 October 2012 - 11:47 AM.
Posted 06 October 2012 - 04:40 PM
Moral of the story...be persistent, polite and above all patient.
Posted 07 October 2012 - 03:43 AM
Credit -$300
Install $49.99
So it came to $159 after taxes
Free Sunday ticket
Starz free three months
Showtime free six months
$10 twelve month customer credit
$10 twelve month HD credit
Up front $139 after they deducted the monthly credits
Great deal. Been customer since 1994 with service with out movie Chanel's
Posted 07 October 2012 - 12:08 PM
Tax: $13
Ship: $20
Install: Free
Free NFL Sunday Ticket
Free HBO - three months
$10 twelve month customer credit
$10 twelve month HD credit
Been with them since 2005, no movie channels.
Posted 07 October 2012 - 12:52 PM
I highly recommend you keep two of your HR24's as that will double your recording capacity(2 terabytes instead of 1 Terabyte), not to mention having more active tuners. Btw I have an HR34 Genie and two HR24's and I have tested recording on all 9 tuners at the same time with no problems, not that you will likely ever need more than 5 tuners. But really the added storage is a huge plus.Called yesterday for the Movers deal. Told them I would like to upgrade from three HR24s to HR34 and C31. Originally offered the HR34 for the standard $400.
Tax: $13
Ship: $20
Install: Free
Free NFL Sunday Ticket
Free HBO - three months
$10 twelve month customer credit
$10 twelve month HD credit
Been with them since 2005, no movie channels.


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During the weekend of May 3rd to 4th, the NTA-ITF conducted a two day Business and Technical Seminar at Advantage Taekwon-Do in Lititz, Pennsylvania.
On Saturday, a business seminar was conducted, with participation of 19 school instructors and owners. The first part of the seminar was conducted by Mr. Orlando Millan, IV Dan, from Gainesville, Florida, who presented a seminar for Martial Arts Business Development. Mr. Millan shared many practices for increasing your enrollment and billing, and ways to maximize your resources to meet your goals. For the second part of the seminar, Mr. Edward Davila, IV Dan, from Tampa, Florida, presented a seminar covering business areas for start-ups business, legal structures, managing your workforce, taking advantage of technology, and creating an effective successions plan. Also, Mr. Davila presented about Social Media topics, including how to create an effective social media strategy, how to build your social community, selecting the social network that best meet your needs, your social media dashboard and social media etiquette.
On Sunday, the NTA-ITF held a Technical Seminar, with participation of 20 black belts and red belts. Master Ruben Suarez, VIII Dan, conducted a 4 hour training covering areas from physical conditioning, fundamental movements, step-sparring, foot techniques, and patterns. It was a great opportunity to meet, share, and train.
The response from the participants to the business and technical seminar was excellent. It was evident that there is a need among instructors about the financial aspects of their business, and the NTA-ITF will continue supporting and promoting this type of event in the USA.
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While the U.S. economy showed clear signs of recovery in 2012, there were enough mixed signals to make vacation decisions difficult for many Americans. Through a longitudinal analysis, Phocuswright's U.S. Consumer Travel Report Fifth Edition examines traveler behavior along each step of the travel planning process - from the media travelers rely on to make destination and product decisions, to the channels they use to book and share their trip experiences. Key metrics include frequency and duration of trips, travel expenditure and travel component purchases, and travel intentions for the coming year.
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While the economy - and the travel industry - didn't improve as much in 2012 as everyone hoped, U.S. travelers remain resilient. Phocuswright's U.S. Online Travel Overview Twelfth Edition hashes out the impact of the current economic uncertainty on the industry and delves into the dynamics of the industry's near future. In addition to market sizing and growth forecasts by travel segment and distribution channel - including mobile - the report tracks the technology trends that will shape the industry through 2014.
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With uncertainty still lingering over many of the world's economies, consumers have grown increasingly careful about their travel spending. A range of influences and information sources impact how consumers decide where to go, and travel behavior varies considerably across different markets. This report explores how the process of destination selection is evolving, and in particular how this process differs between travelers in the U.S., France, Germany and the U.K.
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Someone please tell me that I'll look back on these days and laugh. Thanks. I appreciate that.
I mean, in a terrible way, I expected at some point people would start walking off against the Giants because, seriously, what goes around comes around! (I did not just sing that loudly and out of key, in case you were wondering.)
Though in no terrible way did I expect the team to become maimed, smashed and twisted into strange shapes. To this extent, at least. This is just weird.
So here's how I'm thinking about it:
The darkest point in the battle is right before Gandalf shows up and saves the day, right at dawn.
And at that point I will get a bumper sticker with this message:
Or maybe this one:
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The United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) has had, since the last general election, some huge success. Whilst this is a great achievement for UKIP, it is very much worth remembering that it is far from a reflection of the party's great policies, rather that their core policy happens to be a populist one currently. UKIP's anti-European stance has gained support in the wake of mass unemployment. Brought to attention during the last expansion of the EU and a huge under-estimating of foreign workers flocking to Britain, particularly from Poland, adding competition for our jobs. Followed then by a crisis in the US which echoed around the globe, causing a recession and heralding the beginning of many businesses going under, and many others freezing pay-rises. UKIP have been able to capitalize on current affairs to associate high levels of unemployment, specifically to the first event, European immigration.
As the nation begins to recover from one of the worst recessions in decades, the concerns of individuals are beginning to dissipate in terms of anti-European sentiment, and combined with the media attention upon some of UKIP's higher profile members as being far from savoury in their characters, is likely to turn the tide on UKIP's recent success. This is a good thing.
There is however, an however. If the support which UKIP had won, helped create a hung parliament, giving no main party a majority to lead, and thus giving us our first coalition in yonks, what will happen at the next election? Will voters go back to voting as before? Can we expect a Conservative or Labour government?
I want neither of these governments. Preferable to UKIP without a shadow of a doubt, they have their own issues that make them a poor choice for your vote.
Having established that the mood of a nation can work in a particular party's favour, Labour have begun to bring to the limelight, the high cost of living. Labour suggests it will force a freeze on energy prices and the cost of petrol, for two years, if we vote for them at the next election. Are they taking us for fool's? or really, is it that they have no idea how to better a Conservative-Liberal Democrat approach to sorting out their fine mess from the last government they led?
Forcing a freeze on energy costs is not going to solve a squeeze on the public's finances. It is simply a carrot covered in sugar, being waved in front of the electorate like we're made up of dumb mules. A sudden extra-large hike in energy costs could be waiting for us in the long term, should Labour do what it intended, or worse than that, utility companies could rasie prices before the next election even arrives, in order to compensate for the freeze in advance. Either way, its a pointless effort. It doesn't even help everybody out, since not everybody drives, and electricity prices are hardly near the top of the list of household expenses. If Labour wanted to really help, they'd be suggesting taking action on our most costly living expenses. They could force a rent reduction, or abolish the council tax or even cut the VAT on cigarettes as a small measure. But they have no intention of losing revenue themselves, oh no. Instead they want to make our energy bosses out to be the bad guys, imposing unfair prices, when the reality is that our energy prices are respectable in comparison to the vast majority of Europe, and that those people who struggle to pay, could afford to, if only government and landlord allocated expenditures were slashed to something fairer.
When you are a council tenant, your rent goes to local government, and when combined with Income Tax, National Insurance and Council Tax, the average full time worker earning on or close to minimum wage, have to give up over half their gross wage to give to government in some form. This effectively creates a modern day slave attitude as you earn the smaller half of your salary, and the government gets the larger. Then deduct your government imposed compulsory TV licence, and your utility bills...
...its no wonder that work is not rewarding. Why go to work 5 days a week when you can stay at home without the responsibility and live on benefits?
Where is the incentive Labour? Where are you going to make the substantive savings on living expenses that gives the poorest workers the financial reward they deserve (which they'll be spending at the shops and on services and boosting economic growth).
Conservatives think they have the answer, but oh wait, no they don't. Just like the Labour government, they wouldn't want to sacrifice any of their own revenue either, oh no.
Instead, they want to pull the wool over our eyes. They're going to make unemployment even more difficult in the hope that those who are the working poor, are suddenly going to feel different about their own financial difficulties. The 'oh well, it could be worse, i could be unemployed' rhetoric is expected to circulate our minds, and we forget all about the cost of living entirely. It seems that's the plan.
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The carbon monoxide unit is completely portable and ideal to operate in any home / office environment as a stand-alone security application without arousing any suspicion.
Simply fix the unit to any wall surface and make a video call to the carbon monoxide unit from your mobile phone to access the hidden 3G camera enabling you to view and listen to the activities in real-time. Should you wish to record the activities, you can enter the 3G camera security menu and select a recording time up to 200 hours
You can, at any point end the video call with assurances recording is secretly taking place and being stored as evidence to a removeable Micro SD card hidden inside the unit. At a later time you can retrieve the SD card from the monoxide unit and review the recorded content on any media player including Windows Media and supported mobile phones.
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3G recording does not provide a time and date stamp.
The monoxide unit can be connected to the mains power supply which will also power the 3G hidden camera for unlimited spy operation. Even if the monoxide is disconnected from the mains power supply, the 3G camera is fitted with an internal back-up battery which will continue to power the 3G camera for 250 hours standby time. Once mains power is resumed, the back-up battery will begin to recharge again.
Motion activated recording with text message alerts
Whenever the carbon monoxide unit detects movement (up to 20 feet away) will automatically trigger recording for between 1 - 5 minutes to a hidden removeable Micro SD card inside the unit (depending on your recording time preference) - and at the same time the unit will send you an SMS alerting you to activity. You can make a video call to the radio allowing you to visually see and hear the activity in real-time - and increase the recording time up to 200 hours!
Settings are remotely configurable for example:
You can remotely activate / deactivate to receive text message alerts upon motion activation
You can remotely specify times to trigger motion activation for example; set motion activation between the hours of 10:00 pm - 04:00 am
You can remotely set a time & date in advance to start / stop recording for example; record between the hours of 9:00 pm - 07:00 am
This carbon monoxide unit is an extremely high-end model professionally engineered using quality materials for complete peace of mind. There are NO shadow lines around the picture edges and NO image break-up or distortion to spoil your viewing pleasure. The audio is exceptionally clear for unsurpassed listening quality.
This is the ONLY professional model on the commercial market that uses a genuine 3G camera and can record for 200 hours. There are many copycats that have ripped off this type but actually use a dismantled mobile phone and state the standby time as the recording time. This is completely misleading - you get what you pay for so please be aware.
To appreciate this fine equipment and to view our hidden 3G recording camera please call us for demonstration.
Completely undetectable design
Once deployed to any wall surface its authentic design is completely undetectable to it's secondary hidden capabilities - even under close visual examination you will find nothing.
Genuine 3G camera with high sensitivity microphone
We only use a GENUINE 3G camera and never a cheap dismantled mobile phone found on other inferior versions. Our quality 3G camera offers full colour with a full picture screen combined with unsurpassed audio.
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The unit offers 250 hours standby time and not your usual 1 - 3 days found by other inferior sellers. You can remotely view, listen, and record through the hidden 3G camera and its secure menu remotely operated from your mobile phone.
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The carbon monoxide is your complete full security CCTV unit! You will never need to wonder if anybody has entered an unauthorised area because your mobile phone will be instantly notified via SMS whilst evidence is being recorded to the hidden Micro SD card within the unit.
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You (as the administrator) will be the main controller of the unit.
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You can control who has access to make a video call to the unit, otherwise the picture and sound is blocked.
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The carbon monoxide supports any network with 3G capabilities. We supply the network '3' SIM card which is pre-installed in your carbon monoxide unit and ready to operate straight out the box. SIM cards are easily changed should you be purchasing for delivery to another country.
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Standby time - 250 hours
Video calling viewing time - four (4) hours
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Recording quality - low (14867 mins) / medium (5946 mins) / high (3003 mins)
Recording format - Micro SD card
SD card capacity - maximum four (4) GB
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Mains powered for long-term surveillance
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Trickle charges to full back-up power once reconnected to the mains
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Supplied with 3G carbon monoxide unit, mains wall charger, 3 SIM card and User Guide
Ideal for remotely monitoring your home / office environment and gathering footage for evidential purposes
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This unit is not a functioning carbon monoxide unit although its authenticity can easily fool by appearance.
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