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Past issues of our  Newsletter are available from the Newsletter page.
Regular monthly meetings are at the Best Western Inn and Conference Center on Route 9, Poughkeepsie, NY on the second
Thursday of each month (directions). The meetings are open to the general public.
Q & A session will begin at 6:30 p.m., followed at 7:00 p.m. by business announcements. The feature presentation will begin at 7:30
p.m. Summaries of previous presentations are contained in our newsletter.
Forum information - the MHCUG forum has been locked down due to malicious code entered. Only Members of the Mid Hudson Computer Users Group will be admitted to the forum. Info on the attack
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Thursday, May 8, 2008
Have you ever felt overwhelmed by the volume of information available at your fingertips & your inability to harness what you need more effectively?
Infobrella is a New York based corporation engaged in the development of advanced personal productivity software which emulates the natural thinking, planning, and organization process of the human brain. This software serves as a natural extension of the human thought process, thereby enabling a tremendous boost in productivity for knowledge workers, permitting them to spend more time on the creative aspects of their profession rather than indulging in the management and tracking of day-to-day information, tasks, and documents.
Rachana Bhatia & Dr. Sushil Bhatia will explain this new innnovative software.
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- Rachana Bhatia is the founder and President of Infobrella. With a degree in mathematics from RPI, and experience in both entrepreneurial firms and leading financial institutions, Rachana is highly motivated to make Infobrella a household name. She is integrally involved with the business strategy and utilizes a hands-on approach to ensure that the company turns a profit within five years.
- Dr. Sushil Bhatia, is the principal architect. He is a graduate of IIT Bombay and Carnegie-Mellon University. Dr. Bhatia has been an entrepreneur for the last 20 years. He is primarily known for his technology work with AnuData.
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Visit their website at http://www.infobrella.com/ for additional information and to download the software (also, tested with Vista and works fine).
Every attendee will get a free beta version of the software and everyone who provides feedback will get the full version of the software when it is released.
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MHCUG member
Lloyd Quick
Will give a presentation to the
Westchester PC Users Group
on
Thursday, June 5th at 7 p.m.
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Thursday, June 5, 2008, 7 p.m.,
White Plains Middle School, Room 261,
128 Grandview Ave., White Plains, NY
Congress has mandated that the analog transmission of over-the-air television broadcasts cease on February 17, 2009. |
Lloyd has a complete machine shop in his basement and makes the electric motors to power the radio controlled airplanes and helicopters.
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What effect will it have on your TV watching?
You think you are ready to investigate or buy a High Definition TV, but what do you need to know? Lloyd Quick, member of the Mid-Hudson Computer User Group, will talk about transmission frequencies, antennas, resolution, format, screen size, HDMI 1.3, LCD, Plasma, DLP, Front Projection, Rear Projection, Organic LED, and more.
A mechanical engineer, Lloyd started making memory drums and disks in 1955 for computers at Excello Corporation in Springfield, Vermont and then transferred to the Walled Lake, Michigan plant, as chief engineer. His hobbies are gardening, boating, electronics and radio-controlled airplanes and helicopters. (click on Lloyd's picture above to enlarge)
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Results of the 2008 Dutchess County Regional Science Fair |
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Our User Group participated in the 49th Annual Dutchess County Regional Science Fair held at Dutchess County Community College on April 5, 2008. The Science Fair brings together the winners of local public, private, and parochial schools in Dutchess County, as well as home schooled students.
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- Our top award went to Chris Bode, from Roy C. Ketcham High School [9th grade] for his project entitled "NatSim - A Natural Selection Simulator."
- Our second place award this year went to Robert Verkuil, from Wappingers Junior High School [8th grade] for his project entitled "Turning Heat Into Electricity."
- Our third award went to Annie DeCusatis, from Arlington High School [9th grade] for a project entitled "Theremin Electronics."
Our remaining awards of Honorable Mention included a certificate and a one year MHCUG membership. Winners were
- Joseph Serencsics from St Martin dePorres [5th grade] for his project "Shining The Light on CFL's: Do Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs Save Energy"
- Heather Peruffo from Arlington High School for her project "Are Athletes Really Healthier than Non-Athletes?"
- Anna Finley from Alden Place - Millbrook [5th grade] for her project "Does Reaction Time Decrease With Age?"
- Dylan Cook from Hagan Elementary School [5th grade] for his project "Which Area of the Bat Hits A Ball The Fastest?"
- John Enkler III from St Martin dePorres [7th grade] for his project "Waves of Destruction - Tsunami"
- Jeremy Bulson from St Mary's of Fishkill [8th grade] for is project "Photovoltaic Cells"
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Each of these students demonstrated his or her computer skills in gathering and analyzing experimental data and using the results to guide further investigations.
George Smith was chair of our User Group's participation. He was assisted in judging by Rolf Nijhuis and Ron McDermott. Ron also provided the elegant certificates for the winners. Many thanks to all who took part.
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APCUG Award |
By Les Muldorf (microCHIP Editor) |
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| In October, we entered our newsletter in the APCUG competition for newsletters
from a medium size user group. I am pleased to announce that we came in first in
that class. This is a huge honor, and we are pleased to be able to display the
award logo on our front page. Well deserved thanks go to our proofreaders who
diligently scour these pages for the smallest misprint. In no particular order,
these proofreaders are: Dan Sullivan,Dick Kranz, Dottie Stanzack, Frank Johnson,
Hugh Ross, Jim Walsh, Jim Peabody, Larry Hurley, Linda Ritch, Marilyn Schupp,
Nancy Sorvino, Peter Dowley, Phil Van Italie and Rolf Nijhuis. Thanks to all for a
job well done. Another copy of the logo is presented here. |
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President Dick Kranz was presented the APCUG Award by Les Muldorf, editor of microCHIP. |
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