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What Does Air Conditioning Do Besides Cooling?

The sweltering summer heat tests the patience of even the best among men. When there was no air conditioning, people vacationed to cooler countries to avoid the onslaught of the summer. Back in the day when, travelling to avoid the heat was an option, but not anymore, people have engagements, which is why long summer vacations don’t make sense any more. Thankfully, science has made great progress and produced great tools to equip man with means to be comfortable all year round. One of those scientific boons of the modern era is air conditioning. Since the day it was first introduced to date, air conditioning has improved a lot and become much smaller and cheaper, making it possible even for an average person to buy one of these and fare well even in extreme weather.

How air conditioning works?

The working principle of an air conditioner system is very simple. It works on the principle of physics called phase conversion. When liquid coverts to gas, it cools the air in its vicinity, or alternately we can say, the process absorbs heat. But the process also has a downside to it. The liquid that is converted to gas during the cooling process must be converted back to gas and that generates heat. This must be done in a manner that does not interfere with the cooling process.

The two stages of phase conversion from liquid to gas and back to liquid is done over a set of pipes which helps in dissipating heat from the room and lowering the room temperature efficiently. The entire process happens fast and seamlessly and the conversion does not affect users.

Uses of air conditioning

It must be noted that cooling in a residential environment is different from the cooling for industrial applications. In factories, or cold storages, aggressive cooling is done using the same process only in a larger scale. Air conditioning is everywhere these days, from small homes to large corporate offices to vehicles and almost everything. As the needs increase the technology used in air conditioning will also receive significant upgrades, but the basic principle will remain the same in all.

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Create Your Dream Team in Business and Sustain it

No successful business is a result of individual excellence. It is the entire team of professionals that makes a business rise above the zenith. Being an entrepreneur you must be well aware of how important is a team in Business. Now that you have to create your dream team for your dream business, here I present some very useful tips that I have summed up in this article after a rigorous research. It is my firm belief that an entrepreneur can learn a lot from successful sports team about team building. Team sports teach a lot about team building. Below are some of the key points-

1. Team up with the best: If you want to create the best business team then you must team up with the best. Never acknowledge the people you hire as your employees rather acknowledge them as your teammates. No matter for which function you are hiring the people (whether management or operations), hire the best. Never compromise with the talent of your teammates. Many entrepreneurs often stumble at this stage. They don’t hire people as talented as them or more as they fear that they might understand the entire game and might prove to e a threat to the company. However it is a very bad move. According to successful entrepreneurs, one must hire people smarter than them i.e. A class people must hire A+ class people.

2. Keep updating teammates’ skills: It is very important to catch up with time. If you want your team to improve, allow your teammates to update their skills. Buy them updated skills enhancement training courses. For example if your accountant already knows how to use Sage 50 Accounts software then buy him a Sage IAB Qualification training course for another upgraded version of the software.

3. Lend them your vision: Ask any cricket team that has won a Worldcup or any other athletic team that has won an Olympic gold, their players will tell you that they always had the vision of achieving, what they have. It is very important for creating your dream team that you lend your vision to your teammates. No matter what they do in the business, they all must know what the final goal of the company is and how their efforts matter. This gives the teammates a sense of direction and responsibility.

4. Communicate well with the team: Communication is a very important aspect of creating and sustaining a business team. Remember, communication doesn’t only mean to deliver messages it also includes receiving the messages. Communication is a two way process. Give your teammates equal opportunity to share their thoughts and ideas. You never know which idea might click you and give wings to the business. Use software for effective communication like Sage ACT and also provide sage online training to the teammates as to how to use the software effectively. You got to keep updating their skills.

5. Value teammates’ skills: Always value your teammates’ skills. Remember you hired them for a reason after seeing something in them. Acknowledge that each member of the team is vital for the success of your team.

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New Yorker Electronics introduces newest Novasom M Series of SBCs

NORTHVALE, New Jersey, USA – New Yorker Electronics has introduced the newest line in the Novasom Industries M Series of CPU, the M9. The Novasom M9 joins the well-established M7 and M7Plus Single Board Computers (SBC). Based on the prestigious Rockchip 3399, this CPU offers the new Cortex A72’s performance and the multicore Quad A53. This is used to speed-up parallelism and lower consumption when needed, with one of the market’s strongest GPUs: the Mali-T860MP4.

According to manufacturer Novasom, this board has been designed to offer the latest and strongest video input-output capability, while maintaining its RASPMOOD approach with USB extender and low level GPIO. This assures the compatibility with the community board’s started application.

The Novasom M7 and M7Plus (M7+) use a Rockchip CPU. They are based on the Rockchip RK3328, a 4X A53 processor. These Novasom M-Line boards can drive UHD (4k) displays, have USB 3&2, HDMI interface and support Linux and Android OS. They are specifically designed to replace immediately and easily the Pi3 with an Industrial object, from a HW and a SW point of view. Novasom M7 and M7+ applications are SW written in Armbian (Debian) and can be mounted without any SW change. The mechanical holes and strip pin are the same and in the same position of the Pi3. In addition, the M7+ has a dedicated connector with RS485, a second strip with replica of USB 2/3 and can be powered also via µUSB.

Another board from the M-Line is the Novasom M11. Based on the new Intel Apollo Lake x5, a 6th generation of Atom CPU with Microsoft Windows 10 and Linux, it is designed for typical digital signage applications that require heavy Full HD movies or UHD (4k) to be managed with high fluidity by specific heavy SW or, often, multiple displays.

These boards (with an HW H265 decoder on board) are rugged and practically run cold while in use, even in extreme temperature ranges. They are equipped with Novasom’s unique dual power input for redundancy. The UPS manager with battery allows users to work 24/7 without issue on any Windows-based systems. The market demand for Linux, Android OS and Windows 10 IoT, prompted the development of the Novasom M8. To respond to these requirements, Novasom equipped the M-line entry level with the strongest ‘Designed for Android’ performing CPU on the market today, the Qualcomm Snapdragon, and defined its SBC to become a small, easily integrated, low level, capable product.

Features & Benefits:

Complete SBC with immediate bootstrap
Native Android & Linux support O.S. (M7, M8 & M9)
Native Window 10 and Linux (M11)
Embedded UPS manager with battery and Redundant Power Input
HD Audio output and Optical SPDIF
mPCIe interface slot (M9, M7 & M11)
Fluidity and no scratch on Heavy UHD play guaranteed
Applications:

Digital Signage
Infotainment
Multimedia & Advertising
As a franchise distributor, New Yorker Electronics supplies the full line of Novasom Industries’ ARM-based Single Board Computers, Intel-based Single Board Computers, NovaPC Embedded Systems and custom and tailor-made products. New Yorker Electronics will also be supplying Novasom Industries Development Kits and the Novaembed software development tool.

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