Jan 22 2013 Progress + How to fix Arduino port problem without restarting your computer!

The progress report looks good. Rachel and I edited it yesterday. We also managed to replicate the result we had on Monday several times, so we're now sure the blinking light is due to transmission and not some coincidence. However it didn't work every single time, and we're having trouble having the receiving Arduino output data to the serial monitor at the same time. There has to be some better way than installing the Xbee shield every time, after uploading our code.

Also the way to fix 'COM# already in use' without restarting is to close the Arduino program and plug the Arduino into a different USB port. It seems that USB ports are reusable, just as long as you change ports each time this occurs.