Tech Talk Topics 1/29/25

Yarbo with snow blower module
Yarbo with snow blower module
Lon Hosford

These are the topics and the links to content for the 1/29/25 Tech Zoom Meeting hosted and moderated by Lon Hosford.

DeepSeek R1

Language AI from China is causing concern in the AI business community and AI competitiveness of the US in the world.

Robot and RC Snow Blowers and Plows

Yarbo

Spyker Workshop

Project kits to make small remote controlled snow blowers. Parts are from 3D printers.

Miscellaneous

Facebook reel watched Homemade Remote Control Snowblower uses gasoline engine for blower and batteries for motion.

Utility Action Alliance flyer

Lon Hosford got in snail mail regarding political action over electricity rates. It appears to be focused on Atlantic City.

Flyer Lon Hosford got in the snail mail regarding political action over electricity rates. It appears to be focused on Atlantic City.
Flyer Lon Hosford got in the snail mail regarding political action over electricity rates. It appears to be focused on Atlantic City.

The flyer mentioned two organizations AEC (Atlantic City Electric) and PJM that it claimed were not making best choices in electricity supply. Judge for yourself if they appear to be fighting for the consumer or for solar and wind power under the guise that the latter two actually are cheaper than fossil fuel sources.

  • Utility Action Alliance sent the flyer and appears to be a lower rate organization but may well be a solar, wind power political organization
    • Per their website: Utility Action Alliance was founded to weaken utilities’ political power and influence. For too long, for-profit utilities have proven to be one of the main barriers to passing and implementing policies that provide resilience, increase affordability, and ensure a healthier future. At the same time, utilities make money for CEOs and shareholders by charging customers to build unnecessary pipelines and infrastructure that harm our health, environment, and ratepayers. By holding utilities accountable for their actions, we aim to significantly deplete their ability to block progress toward a cleaner and healthier future. 
  • Atlantic Electric Company as a utility they are taking action against
  • PJM as a wholesale electric transmission company they are taking action against.
    • Per their website: PJM Interconnection is a regional transmission organization (RTO) that coordinates the movement of wholesale electricity in all or parts of Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia and the District of Columbia.  

First Energy (JCPL) flyer on smart meters.

Communities in Hunterdon County are receiving these. Lon Hosford got this one.

First Energy Smart Meters Webpage

Flyer Lon Hosford received in snail mail from JCPL
Flyer Lon Hosford received in snail mail from JCPL
Flyer Lon Hosford received in snail mail from JCPL
Flyer Lon Hosford received in snail mail from JCPL

By Lon Hosford

Internet and Mobile Development Educator and Consultant Independent software developer with practical engineering project experience for clients such as AT&T, Avis, Bristol Myers Squibb, Ortho BioTech, Chanel, Avaya, Green Birdie Video, Aztec Learning Systems and Verizon Wireless. Lon is well known for translating client needs into useful applications. An interesting aspect of Lon's consulting work was the creation of industry jobs that did not exist before. That lead to hiring and training college students who were taught dead technologies at a time academia was woefully behind on the paradigm shifts in personal computing, the internet and today the distributed device environment often called mobile. Lon has taught thousands of students internet web development, animation and programming topics over two decades both privately and academically. He developed Multimedia Associated Degree program and courses for Raritan Valley Community College in the 1990s at a time when Macromedia Authorware and Director were tools. He is the founder, developer and educator for Raritan Valley Community College Web Developer Certification program also having its roots in the 1990s at the dawn of the internet. He also was a key curriculum developer and instructor for one of the Nation's first Web Developer Certification program offered through New Jersey Institute of Technology. Lon was also a technology instructor at the University of Phoenix Online. Lon over the years has produced educational video for topics including Paradox, Cobol, Java, Jasmine, C, C++, Linux, Flash, Cocos 2d and HTML. These courses were distributed and taught in Universities internationally when global was an emerging term.