Making noise for fun and sleeping
I'm a new dad these days and, I guess it goes without saying, sleep deprived. I have a wonderful baby daughter who is otherwise perfect (in my opinion) but who is not fond of sleeping. Which may make...
View ArticleProcessing large datasets from laptop at home
I have been working on processing lots of large datasets, such as long-term remote sensing data, and large-scale sensor network data. It is often necessary to log in a remote server and process these...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Coming soon to a Korean-language broadcast near you
I just dug out this photo from my phone: This is Joey Wilson (Xandem Tech, a former SPAN lab member) and Chris O from KBS TV, a Korean broadcasting station, and a cameraman from the station. Joey was...
View ArticleVideo: How To Build RTI Sensor Stands
Here's a quick video about how to build RTI sensor stands. Thanks to Yang Zhao for being the camera man.
View ArticleTelosB Heat Problem With USB Connection [Video]
I recently discovered a heat issue with the USB interface on the TelosB wireless modules. Heat can drastically corrupt the data collection when you try to read packets over a USB port. To see the...
View ArticleConverting PDF to EPS on entire directory
We recently had a paper accepted to a journal, and they required that all figures be submitted in EPS format. I normally export all of my figures from Matplotlib in PDF, so I had to figure out a way to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Book review - "e: The Story of a Number"
Have you ever wondered where the number “e” comes from? While I was looking at geek books at the store, one called "e: The Story of A Number” by Eli Manor caught my eye. I bought it, read it, and...
View ArticleRadio Tomographic Imaging Improvements - Nov 2011
Yang Zhao, Neal Patwari and I just got done testing a totally new system for radio tomographic imaging. It uses new radio node hardware that we manufactured ourselves, a new imaging algorithm, and new...
View ArticleCapturing camera photos at regular intervals
In my research, I sometimes need to record video from an experiment. But in reality, I don't need multiple frames per second video, I just need a photo of the environment at a regular interval, like...
View ArticleClik here to view.
YouTube Playlist for RSS-based DFL
I'm impressed with the quantity and quality of videos created about people's research in device-free localization and radio tomographic imaging. I think it is time to group them together in some way so...
View ArticleTips for U of U thesis format approval
I have used both MS word and Latex for thesis formatting. Although it is easier to use the Latex template, there are still several things that could make you print another one hundred papers again. To...
View ArticleLaTeX Template for University of Utah Thesis and Dissertation
The University of Utah Graduate School now offers a LaTeX template for your Thesis or Dissertation. It can be found here: http://gradschool.utah.edu/thesis/thesis-templates/This is great news if...
View ArticleRemoving white space around matplotlib figures
When I make figures in python scripts, the default settings is to leave a white border around the figure. But when I use the commandimport matplotlib.pyplot as plt ... script ......
View ArticleDissertation fixes for the Thesis Office LaTeX template
The Thesis Office offers a LaTeX template for dissertations (https://gradschool.utah.edu/thesis/thesis-templates/). Here are some of the changes I had to make in LaTeX to fix my dissertation...
View Article