Free network diagnostics & host monitoring

NetTools is free and comprehensive set of host monitoring, network scanning, security and administration tools, all with a highly intuitive user interface.

Features:

•  Allows you to monitor the availability of several hosts and their response times over time. It provides alerting capability to notify you in case of connection problems.
• A visual replacement for Windows ping, with a 5-minute history.
•  Fast traceroute shows you information about every host on the route, its response time and packets lost.
•  Similar to nslookup, but shows you all the DNS and WHOIS records at once.
• In case you would like to know how fast your network is.
•  With this tool you can check the quality of network hardware in your LAN.
•  Allows you to check for all open ports and running services.
•  Just enter the IP range to check and you will quickly get a list of nodes and the services running on them.
• A Full SNMP browser, which you can use even if you don't know a thing about SNMP.

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A Pint Sized Roller Skating Robot

Japanese Giant Company Hitachi had successfully invented first of it kind Robot that able to move across minor bumps and wires on the floor without tripping. “The robot can control its posture similar to humans do when we jumping on inline skates” said Yuji Hosoda, Chief Researcher at place’s Transportation System Department, at the robot Tokyo Launch.

The Robot stands at 80 cm in height and weight 14kg. It is equipped with 14 microphones fitted into its helmet and sensitive enough to pick up human voice in a noisy environment (filtering technology). It is fitted with wheels on both legs for smooth mobility and moves at maximum 6km/hour (average fast walking speed for a human adult).

EMIEW 2 has the same voice communication, and obstacle evasion technology* which enables safe maneuvering between moving objects, as in EMIEW 1, but with the addition of autonomous moving technology which plots how to reach a destination by automatically mapping the robot's surroundings. Incorporation of these three technologies enables EMIEW2 to navigate through corridors, around obstacles, weave between moving people, guide visitors to their destinations, and deliver drinks and documents.

* Developed as part of a joint research project between Tsukuba University and Hitachi, Ltd. This technology incorporates the results of cooperative research conducted by Professor Takashi TSUBOUCHI, Shinichi YUTA (Director of Tsukuba Industrial Liaison and Cooperative Research Center), and Hitachi's Mechanical Engineering Research Laboratory.

Robot Emiew2 Specifications:

Feature Details Dimensions 800mm (h), 300mm (w), 250 (d)  

Weight 13kg  

Moving mechanism 2/4-wheel transformable wheeled leg-type mechanism  

Speed 6km/h  

Max.Acceleration 2m/s²  

Degrees of freedom 27 points  

Power Li-ion battery (approx. 1 hour operation/full charge)  

Communication 14 channel; distant voice recognition using microphone array  

Environment recognition Map generation and localization using a scanning range finder.

More info click this link : EMIEW2

Few things that you should take care of before your retirement

What I am suggesting below may not be applicable to certain individual. This is just a guideline to better prepare your retirement before it too late. Some may take this for granted because they think it still a long way to retirement and why should I worried too much about it.

a) Start saving for retirement as earlier as possible. The earlier you save, the more you will save.
b) Start your EPF contribution (Employee Retirement Fund for Malaysian Citizen).
c) Learn to manage your spending and expenditures.
d) Buy or build your own house. Buy more houses if you can afford.
e) Educate yourself on Managing Fund or financial matters.
f) Take good care of your health. Eat well balanced healthy food. Don’t smoke or drink too much alcohol (don’t be alcoholic). Exercise often to maintain good health.
g) Ensure you have fire insurance for the house. You don’t want to use your retirement saving to rebuild your house if your house is on fire do you?
h) Do do not take on bad debt e.g. buying consumer items such as LCD display on credits or buying expensive gadget using your credit card and so on. Unless you know how to manage and clear off the credit card outstanding on time.
i) Learn to invest and invest in selected unit trusts.
j) Learn new or upgrade your skills to help you earn more money.
k) If you are technical person, update your knowledge and do your very best to carry out your job so you can be promoted and earn more money. More money, more saving.
Not having enough money on retirement is the worst thing that can happen to you if you are not prepared and it can be a nightmare or worst still it can drive you mad.