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Farm equipment has been increasingly computerized since the late ‘80s. Today nearly the entire piece of machinery, be it a tractor, or combine, has sensors or other electronic equipment installed. Modern John Deere tractors and combines have proprietary software that is becoming pretty draconian. You might need an authorized agent to swing by and connect to the equipment with diagnostic software to repair it. The down-time can be quite costly, not to mention the technician’s $150 an hour labor bill. It’s not just John Deere, I’ve heard reports...
Tai Chi class has begun at Mankato's Senior Center on Thursday mornings for eight weeks. The classes are led by certified instructor, Lorelle Boxler, RN, BSN from the North Central-Flint Hills Area Agency on Aging, Inc. Abby Elkins, manager of the Senior Center, helped organize the program. "It was kind of a mutual decision to have the classes. They asked if we would be interested in Tai Chi in our county, and I was excited for the opportunity to offer it here," said Elkins. On the first day...
On Friday, 20 Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) employees from across the state were certified by the Federal Aviation Administration as commercial drone operators. Kansas is one of just 10 states selected by the United States Department of Transportation in 2017 to participate in the Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) program. Bob Brock, Kansas Director of Aviation initiated the Kansas UAS Task force. The task force works with 31 industry and university partners, with the purpose of increasing KDOT work efficiency and effectiveness. The...
United States Geological Survey (USGS), recorded a magnitude 3.0 earthquake at 11:37 p.m. Friday approximately 2 miles west of Burr Oak. According to the USGS website, the quake was centered 8.7 miles northwest of Mankato 39.864 degrees north latitude and 98.350 degrees west longitude. The detected depth was approximately 3.1 miles underground. These small earthquakes are interesting when you consider Kansas is far from the primary fault lines of the North American tectonic plate. In fact, the western most fault line stretches from Alaska to...
For all the Netflix subscribers who’ve been frustrated with the Auto-Play Preview feature - you know the one that starts playing whatever show you’ve got high lighted? - maybe you just want to read the summary or, perhaps something has come up that’s taken your attention away and, you’d rather not have some random preview playing? Netflix has finally given in and now offers users the ability to turn the previews off. The catch is that you cannot simply adjust the setting in the app from smart devices. Instead, Netflix has categorized the set...
