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Solidscape-History-The first product was the Model Maker which was a DOS-based desktop printer able to create high-resolution three-dimensional wax objects created in CAD software packages. This machine was accurate to less than 1 thousandth of an inch, allowing operators to create very small, very detailed models. The...
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Solidscape-History-Solidscape’s machines established themselves as a favorite among custom jewelers, who appreciated the ability to create custom designs for customers and deliver finished goods faster and more consistently than creating them by hand.Solidscape's first machine was the Model 6 PRO. In addition to a vacu...
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Solidscape-History-In 2004, Solidscape introduced the BenchTop series of 3D printers (T66BT and T612BT), a benchtop-ready solution. The BenchTop series were DOS based and did not require an external PC. The control software could run on the printer processing unit and the front-end software ModelWorks could be installe...
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Solidscape-History-In 2006, Solidscape introduced the higher performance BenchTop printers (T66BT2 and T612BT2). In 2007, Solidscape introduced the benchMark series of printers (T76, R66) based on the Windows platform including touch screen functionality. In 2009, Solidscape introduced the preXacto series of printers (...
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Solidscape-Products-Solidscape manufactures 3D printers, 3D materials and 3D software.
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Solidscape-Products-3D Printers receive digital input from three-dimensional data files (STL, SLC) and create solid, three-dimensional wax master patterns through an additive, layer-by-layer process with a layer thickness [mm] from .0127 to.0762 and a resolution of [dpi] 5,000 × 5,000 × 8,000 XYZ. Build envelope of [cm...
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Solidscape-Products-3D Materials are non-toxic thermoplastic materials featuring lost wax casting properties: fast melt out, no ash or residue, no thermal expansion. 3D Software are designed to process 3D open source files (.STL,.SLC), set up the printer's resolution as well as control the motion algorithms.
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Solidscape-Technology-Vector Printing : The proprietary printing technology in which 2 jets, build and support, move in both directions (x and y) simultaneously while depositing droplets on the build plate. "A Vector is a curve which is defined by two endpoints and a radius of curvature. This vector is consistently rec...
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Solidscape-Technology-SCP (Smooth Curvature Printing) : trademark for Vector-Jetting algorithm based on motion control technology. DoD printing (Drop on Demand) : trademark for 3D printing technology whereby 6000-12000 droplets of a wax-like material are deposited onto a build plate to create 3D models. DWax (Dewaxing)...
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Solidscape-Applications-Production of wax master patterns for mold making and investment casting applications. Production of small parts and assemblies that require high precision and castability. Applications such as jewelry and watch-making, personal consumer electronics, toys, automotive, aerospace, bio-medical, and...
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Peter J. Webster-Peter J. Webster-Peter John Webster is a meteorologist and climate dynamicist relating to the dynamics of large-scale coupled ocean-atmosphere systems of the tropics, notably the Asian monsoon. Webster holds degrees in applied physics, mathematics and meteorology. Webster studies the basic dynamics of ...
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Peter J. Webster-Education-Webster attended Melbourne High School, in Melbourne, Australia, graduating in 1960. He received a BSc in Applied Physics and Mathematics from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in 1967. After working as a forecaster with the Australian Bureau of Meteorology, Webster attended the Mas...
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Peter J. Webster-Academic career-After graduating from MIT, he returned to Australia as where he was a research scientist at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO). Webster then joined the faculty of the Department of Meteorology at The Pennsylvania State University. In 1992, he moved ...
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Peter J. Webster-Academic career-Webster has authored over 200 papers and three books. Research topics range from the low-frequency variability of the climate systems to the prediction of weather hazards in South Asia.
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Peter J. Webster-Academic career-Webster and colleagues have shown the importance of interactions with the ocean in understanding the South Asian monsoon, whereby these interactions regulate the intensity of the monsoon. Anomalously strong monsoon states can lead La Nina and El Nino events. Recent research suggests tha...
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Peter J. Webster-Academic career-Webster's most controversial research relates to the increasing intensity of tropical cyclones with increasing sea surface temperature. Analysis of tropical cyclone data in the satellite era indicated that tropical storms had become more intense, although not more frequent, since 1972 a...
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Peter J. Webster-Climate Forecast Applications Network-Peter Webster is co-founder and Chief Scientist of Climate Forecast Applications Network, LLC (CFAN). CFAN develops weather and climate forecast tools to help clients manage weather and climate risks. CFAN was founded in 2006 by Judith Curry and Peter Webster and l...
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Peter J. Webster-Climate Forecast Applications Network-The project that launched CFAN was Climate Forecast Applications in Bangladesh (CFAB). In 1998, 60% Bangladesh was inundated for over three months as the Brahmaputra River and Ganges flooded simultaneously, with devastating impacts. USAID asked Webster if it was po...
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Peter J. Webster-Major recognition and awards-Awards 2018: Bjerknes Lecture, American Geophysical Union: “A new paradigm for Tropical-Extratropical Interaction” 2016: Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz International Prize for Water: Creativity Prize. United Nations Headquarters, November "For the development of extended range...
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Peter J. Webster-Publications-Thermodynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans. International Geophysics Series, Academic press, Volume 65, 471 pp. 471.: Curry, J. A. and P. J. Webster, 1998 Sustainability and Poverty Alleviation: Confronting Environmental Threats in Sindh: Ernesto Sánchez-Triana, Santiago Enriquez, Bjorn Lars...
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Arcade video game-Arcade video game-An arcade video game takes player input from its controls, processes it through electrical or computerized components, and displays output to an electronic monitor or similar display. All arcade video games are coin-operated or accept other means of payment, housed in an arcade cabin...
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Arcade video game-Arcade video game-Early prototypical entries Galaxy Game and Computer Space in 1971 established the principle operations for arcade games, and Atari's Pong in 1972 is recognized as the first successful commercial arcade video game. Improvements in computer technology and gameplay design led to a golde...
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Arcade video game-History-Games of skill were popular amusement-park midway attractions from the 19th century on. With the introduction of electricity and coin-operated machines, they facilitated a viable business. When pinball machines with electric lights and displays were introduced in 1933 (but without the user-con...
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Arcade video game-History-The video game industry transitioned from discrete integrated circuitry to programmable microprocessors in the mid-1970s, starting with Gun Fight in 1975. The arcade industry entered a "Golden Age" in 1978 with the release of Taito's Space Invaders, which introduced many novel gameplay feature...
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Arcade video game-Technology-Virtually all modern arcade games (other than the very traditional fair midway) make extensive use of solid state electronics, integrated circuits, and monitor screens, all installed inside an arcade cabinet.
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Arcade video game-Technology-With the exception of Galaxy Game and Computer Space, which were built around small form-factor mainframe computers, the first arcade games are based on combinations of multiple discrete logic chips, such as transistor–transistor logic (TTL) chips. Designing an arcade game was more about th...
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Arcade video game-Technology-Modern arcade cabinets use flat panel displays instead of cathode-ray tubes. Internet services such as ALL.Net, NESiCAxLive, e-Amusement and NESYS, allow the cabinets to download updates or new games, do online multiplayer gameplay, save progress, unlock content, or earn credits.
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Arcade video game-Genres-Many arcade games have short levels, simple and intuitive control schemes, and rapidly increasing difficulty. The classic formula for a successful arcade video game is "easy to learn, difficult to master" along with a "multiple life, progressively difficult level" paradigm. This is due to the e...
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Arcade video game-Genres-Action The term "arcade game" can refer to an action video game designed to play similarly to an arcade game with frantic, addictive gameplay. The focus of arcade action games is on the user's reflexes, and many feature very little puzzle-solving, complex thinking, or strategy skills. These inc...
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Arcade video game-Industry-Arcade games are found in restaurants, bowling alleys, college campuses, video rental shops, dormitories, laundromats, movie theaters, supermarkets, shopping malls, airports, and other retail environments. They are popular in public places where people are likely to have free time.Their profi...
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Arcade video game-Conversions, emulators, and recreations-Prior to the 2000s, successful video games were often converted to a home video game console or home computer. Many of the initial Atari VCS games, for example, were conversions of Atari's success arcade games. Arcade game manufacturers that were not in the home...
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Arcade video game-Conversions, emulators, and recreations-Exact copies of arcade video games can be run through emulators such as MAME on modern devices. An emulator is an application that translates foreign software onto a modern system, in real-time. Emulated games appeared legally and commercially on the Macintosh i...
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Arcade video game-Highest-grossing-For arcade games, success is usually judged by either the number of arcade hardware units sold to operators, or the amount of revenue generated. The revenue can include the coin drop earnings from coins (such as quarters, dollars, or 100 yen coins) inserted into machines, and/or the e...
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Arcade video game-Highest-grossing-Franchises These are the combined hardware sales of at least two or more arcade games that are part of the same franchise. This list only includes franchises that have sold at least 5,000 hardware units or grossed at least $10 million revenues.
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Huangguanyin-Huangguanyin-Huang Guanyin tea (simplified Chinese: 黄观音茶; traditional Chinese: 黄觀音茶; pinyin: Huáng Guānyīn chá; pronounced [kwán.ín ʈʂʰǎ]) is a Wuyi oolong with a creamy taste. It can be either tightly rolled like Anxi Oolongs or in strips like conventional Wuyi Oolong. In China, Guanyin leaves are harvest...
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Ascending lumbar vein-Ascending lumbar vein-The ascending lumbar vein is a vein that runs up through the lumbar region on the side of the vertebral column.
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Ascending lumbar vein-Structure-The ascending lumbar vein is a paired structure (i.e. one each for the right and left sides of the body). It starts at the common iliac veins. It runs superiorly, intersecting with the lumbar veins as it crosses them. It passes behind the psoas major muscle, but in front of the lumbar ve...
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Ascending lumbar vein-Structure-the hemiazygos vein (in the case of the left ascending lumbar vein).The first and second lumbar veins ends in the ascending lumbar vein(the third and fourth lumbar veins open into the posterior aspect of the inferior vena cava)
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Ascending lumbar vein-Clinical significance-Contrast medium may be injected into the ascending lumbar vein via the femoral vein in order to visualise the spinal canal.The ascending lumbar vein may be punctured during catheterisation. This can cause bleeding into the dural space.
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OR10A4-OR10A4-Olfactory receptor 10A4 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OR10A4 gene.Olfactory receptors interact with odorant molecules in the nose, to initiate a neuronal response that triggers the perception of a smell. The olfactory receptor proteins are members of a large family of G-protein-coupled rec...
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Miller Lite Comedy Search-Miller Lite Comedy Search-The Miller Lite Comedy Search Contest was a nationally known contest which identified up-and-coming comedians in the Chicago metropolitan area as well as nationwide.Even though the contest was not limited to African-American contestants, the vast majority of those who...
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Miller Lite Comedy Search-Miller Lite Comedy Search-Some past finalists and winners have included: Sheryl Underwood - 1989 Finalist Adele Givens - 1990 Finalist Bernie Mac - 1990 Grand Prize Winner Cedric the EntertainerMark Reedy was the first winner in 1987, and Craig Frazier won the contest in 1988.
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Energy–maneuverability theory-Energy–maneuverability theory-Energy–maneuverability theory is a model of aircraft performance. It was developed by Col. John Boyd, a fighter pilot, and Thomas P. Christie, a mathematician with the United States Air Force, and is useful in describing an aircraft's performance as the total ...
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Energy–maneuverability theory-Formula-All of these aspects of airplane performance are compressed into a single value by the following formula: Speed Thrust Drag Weight
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Energy–maneuverability theory-History-John Boyd, a U.S. jet fighter pilot in the Korean War, began developing the theory in the early 1960s. He teamed with mathematician Thomas Christie at Eglin Air Force Base to use the base's high-speed computer to compare the performance envelopes of U.S. and Soviet aircraft from th...
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C++ Report-C++ Report-C++ Report was a bi-monthly professional computer magazine published by SIGS Publications Group. It was edited by Robert Murray, Stanley B. Lippman, Douglas C. Schmidt, Brad Appleton, Robert Cecil Martin, and Herb Sutter and aimed to cover various issues related to C++ programming language. It was...
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C++ Report-Notable contributors-Douglas C. Schmidt Robert Cecil Martin Scott Meyers Tom Cargill Jim Coplien (a.k.a. James O. Coplien) David Abrahams Andrew Koenig
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Bromisoval-Bromisoval-Bromisoval (INN), commonly known as bromovalerylurea, is a hypnotic and sedative of the bromoureide group discovered by Knoll in 1907 and patented in 1909. It is marketed over the counter in Asia under various trade names (such as Brovarin), usually in combination with nonsteroidal anti-inflammato...
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Head-up display-Head-up display-A head-up display, or heads-up display, also known as a HUD () or Head-up Guidance System (HGS), is any transparent display that presents data without requiring users to look away from their usual viewpoints. The origin of the name stems from a pilot being able to view information with t...
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Head-up display-Head-up display-Although they were initially developed for military aviation, HUDs are now used in commercial aircraft, automobiles, and other (mostly professional) applications. Head-up displays were a precursor technology to augmented reality (AR), incorporating a subset of the features needed for the...
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Head-up display-Overview-A typical HUD contains three primary components: a projector unit, a combiner, and a video generation computer.The projection unit in a typical HUD is an optical collimator setup: a convex lens or concave mirror with a cathode-ray tube, light emitting diode display, or liquid crystal display at...
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Head-up display-Overview-The combiner is typically an angled flat piece of glass (a beam splitter) located directly in front of the viewer, that redirects the projected image from projector in such a way as to see the field of view and the projected infinity image at the same time. Combiners may have special coatings t...
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Head-up display-Overview-The computer provides the interface between the HUD (i.e. the projection unit) and the systems/data to be displayed and generates the imagery and symbology to be displayed by the projection unit. Types Other than fixed mounted HUD, there are also head-mounted displays (HMDs). These include helm...
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Head-up display-History-HUDs evolved from the reflector sight, a pre-World War II parallax-free optical sight technology for military fighter aircraft. The gyro gunsight added a reticle that moved based on the speed and turn rate to solve for the amount of lead needed to hit a target while maneuvering.
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Head-up display-History-During the early 1940s, the Telecommunications Research Establishment (TRE), in charge of UK radar development, found that Royal Air Force (RAF) night fighter pilots were having a hard time reacting to the verbal instruction of the radar operator as they approached their targets. They experiment...
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Head-up display-History-The Air Arm branch of the UK Ministry of Defence sponsored the development of a Strike Sight. The Royal Aircraft Establishment (RAE) designed the equipment and the earliest usage of the term "head-up-display" can be traced to this time. Production units were built by Rank Cintel, and the system ...
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Head-up display-History-In the United Kingdom, it was soon noted that pilots flying with the new gunsights were becoming better at piloting their aircraft. At this point, the HUD expanded its purpose beyond weapon aiming to general piloting. In the 1960s, French test-pilot Gilbert Klopfstein created the first modern HU...
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Head-up display-History-Use of HUDs then expanded beyond military aircraft. In the 1970s, the HUD was introduced to commercial aviation, and in 1988, the Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme became the first production car with a head-up display.
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Head-up display-History-Until a few years ago, the Embraer 190, Saab 2000, Boeing 727, and Boeing 737 Classic (737-300/400/500) and Next Generation aircraft (737-600/700/800/900 series) were the only commercial passenger aircraft available with HUDs. However, the technology is becoming more common with aircraft such as...
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Head-up display-Design factors-There are several factors that interplay in the design of a HUD: Field of View – also "FOV", indicates the angle(s), vertically as well as horizontally, subtended at the pilot's eye, at which the combiner displays symbology in relation to the outside view. A narrow FOV means that the view...
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Head-up display-Design factors-Collimation – The projected image is collimated which makes the light rays parallel. Because the light rays are parallel the lens of the human eye focuses on infinity to get a clear image. Collimated images on the HUD combiner are perceived as existing at or near optical infinity. This me...
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Head-up display-Design factors-Eyebox – The optical collimator produces a cylinder of parallel light so the display can only be viewed while the viewer's eyes are somewhere within that cylinder, a three-dimensional area called the head motion box or eyebox. Modern HUD eyeboxes are usually about 5 lateral by 3 vertical ...
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Head-up display-Design factors-Luminance/contrast – Displays have adjustments in luminance and contrast to account for ambient lighting, which can vary widely (e.g. from the glare of bright clouds to moonless night approaches to minimally lit fields).
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Head-up display-Design factors-Boresight – Aircraft HUD components are very accurately aligned with the aircraft's three axes – a process called boresighting – so that displayed data conforms to reality typically with an accuracy of ±7.0 milliradians (±24 minutes of arc), and may vary across the HUD's FOV. In this case...
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Head-up display-Design factors-Scaling – The displayed image (flight path, pitch and yaw scaling, etc.), is scaled to present to the pilot a picture that overlays the outside world in an exact 1:1 relationship. For example, objects (such as a runway threshold) that are 3 degrees below the horizon as viewed from the coc...
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Head-up display-Design factors-Compatibility – HUD components are designed to be compatible with other avionics, displays, etc.
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Head-up display-Aircraft-On aircraft avionics systems, HUDs typically operate from dual independent redundant computer systems. They receive input directly from the sensors (pitot-static, gyroscopic, navigation, etc.) aboard the aircraft and perform their own computations rather than receiving previously computed data ...
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Head-up display-Aircraft-Displayed data Typical aircraft HUDs display airspeed, altitude, a horizon line, heading, turn/bank and slip/skid indicators. These instruments are the minimum required by 14 CFR Part 91.Other symbols and data are also available in some HUDs: boresight or waterline symbol — is fixed on the disp...
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Head-up display-Aircraft-flight path vector (FPV) or velocity vector symbol — shows where the aircraft is actually going, as opposed to merely where it is pointed as with the boresight. For example, if the aircraft is pitched up but descending as may occur in high angle of attack flight or in flight through descending ...
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Head-up display-Aircraft-acceleration indicator or energy cue — typically to the left of the FPV symbol, it is above it if the aircraft is accelerating, and below the FPV symbol if decelerating. angle of attack indicator — shows the wing's angle relative to the airflow, often displayed as "α".
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Head-up display-Aircraft-navigation data and symbols — for approaches and landings, the flight guidance systems can provide visual cues based on navigation aids such as an Instrument Landing System or augmented Global Positioning System such as the Wide Area Augmentation System. Typically this is a circle which fits in...
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Head-up display-Aircraft-Military aircraft specific applications In addition to the generic information described above, military applications include weapons system and sensor data such as: target designation (TD) indicator — places a cue over an air or ground target (which is typically derived from radar or inertial ...
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Head-up display-Aircraft-VTOL/STOL approaches and landings During the 1980s, the military tested the use of HUDs in vertical take off and landing (VTOL) and short take off and landing (STOL) aircraft. A HUD format was developed at NASA Ames Research Center to provide pilots of V/STOL aircraft with complete flight guida...
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Head-up display-Aircraft-Civil aircraft specific applications The use of head-up displays allows commercial aircraft substantial flexibility in their operations. Systems have been approved which allow reduced-visibility takeoffs, and landings, as well as full manual Category III A landings and roll-outs. Initially expe...
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Head-up display-Aircraft-Flight data from a tablet computer can be projected on the $1,800 Epic Optix Eagle 1 HUD.
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Head-up display-Aircraft-Enhanced flight vision systems In more advanced systems, such as the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)-labeled 'Enhanced Flight Vision System', a real-world visual image can be overlaid onto the combiner. Typically an infrared camera (either single or multi-band) is installed in the nose...
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Head-up display-Aircraft-"Registration," or the accurate overlay of the EVS image with the real world image, is one feature closely examined by authorities prior to approval of a HUD based EVS. This is because of the importance of the HUD matching the real world.
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Head-up display-Aircraft-While the EVS display can greatly help, the FAA has only relaxed operating regulations so an aircraft with EVS can perform a CATEGORY I approach to CATEGORY II minimums. In all other cases the flight crew must comply with all "unaided" visual restrictions. (For example, if the runway visibility...
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Head-up display-Aircraft-The image indicates a wings level aircraft (i.e. the flight path vector symbol is flat relative to the horizon line and there is zero roll on the turn/bank indicator). Airspeed is 140 knots, altitude is 9,450 feet, heading is 343 degrees (the number below the turn/bank indicator). Close inspect...
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Head-up display-Aircraft-The terrain is entirely computer generated from a high resolution terrain database.
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Head-up display-Aircraft-In some systems, the SVS will calculate the aircraft's current flight path, or possible flight path (based on an aircraft performance model, the aircraft's current energy, and surrounding terrain) and then turn any obstructions red to alert the flight crew. Such a system might have helped preve...
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Head-up display-Aircraft-The tunnel in the sky can also greatly assist the pilot when more precise four-dimensional flying is required, such as the decreased vertical or horizontal clearance requirements of Required Navigation Performance (RNP). Under such conditions the pilot is given a graphical depiction of where th...
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Head-up display-Tanks-In mid-2017, the Israel Defense Forces will begin trials of Elbit's Iron Vision, the world's first helmet-mounted head-up display for tanks. Israel's Elbit, which developed the helmet-mounted display system for the F-35, plans Iron Vision to use a number of externally mounted cameras to project th...
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Head-up display-Automobiles-These displays are becoming increasingly available in production cars, and usually offer speedometer, tachometer, and navigation system displays. Night vision information is also displayed via HUD on certain automobiles. In contrast to most HUDs found in aircraft, automotive head-up displays...
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Head-up display-Automobiles-In 2012, Pioneer Corporation introduced a HUD navigation system that replaces the driver-side sun visor and visually overlays animations of conditions ahead, a form of augmented reality (AR). Developed by Pioneer Corporation, AR-HUD became the first aftermarket automotive Head-Up Display to ...
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Head-up display-Developmental / experimental uses-HUDs have been proposed or are being experimentally developed for a number of other applications. In the military, a HUD can be used to overlay tactical information such as the output of a laser rangefinder or squadmate locations to infantrymen. A prototype HUD has also...
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2+2 road-2+2 road-A 2+2 road is a specific type of dual-carriageway that exists primarily in Ireland, Sweden, Estonia and Finland, consisting of two lanes in each direction separated by a steel cable barrier.
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2+2 road-2+2 road-These roads do not have hard shoulders and therefore cannot be designated as motorways in the future. However, they may be designated as limited-access roads, as such roads do not require the physical standard of motorways to be designated as expressways. The Irish variant has 3.5-metre-wide (11 ft) l...
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2+2 road-2+2 road-Junctions are generally at-grade roundabouts and minor roads cross under or over the mainline without connecting. They are also known as "type 2 dual-carriageways" by the Irish National Roads Authority. These roads look similar to expressways, except that expressways often have interchanges, large med...
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2+2 road-History-First Irish 2+2 In Ireland first purpose-built road of this type opened in December 2007 as a new greenfield section of the N4 national primary route which joins Dublin to Sligo.
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Duodenitis-Duodenitis-Duodenitis is inflammation of the duodenum. It may persist acutely or chronically.
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Duodenitis-Symptoms-Known symptoms of duodenitis include: Abdominal pain vomiting nausea discomfort in stomach
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Duodenitis-Causes-Known causes of duodenitis include: Helicobacter pylori infection Coeliac disease Bacterial infection Viral infection NSAIDs Autoimmune diseases (i.e. Crohn's disease) Duodenal lymphocytosis Idiopathic
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Duodenitis-Diagnosis-Diagnosis is generally made by endoscopy with biopsy to evaluate histology. Review of symptoms and associated conditions is important.
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Duodenitis-Treatment-Treatment is aimed at removing the irritant or infection. Helicobacter pylori infection is usually treated with antibiotics.
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TV Everywhere-TV Everywhere-TV Everywhere (also known as authenticated streaming or authenticated video on-demand) refers to a type of subscription business model wherein access to streaming video content from a television channel requires users to "authenticate" themselves as current subscribers to the channel, via an...
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TV Everywhere-TV Everywhere-Under the model, broadcasters offer their customers the ability to access content from their channels through internet-based services and mobile apps—either live or on-demand, as part of their subscription to the service. Time Warner Cable first proposed the concept in 2009; in 2010, many te...
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TV Everywhere-TV Everywhere-Television providers and broadcasters have touted the advantages of being able to access content across multiple platforms, including on the internet, and on mobile devices (such as smartphones and tablet computers), as part of their existing television subscription. Upon its establishment, ...
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TV Everywhere-Rationale-TV Everywhere services were developed in an attempt to compete with the market trend of cord cutting, where consumers drop traditional pay television subscriptions in favor of accessing TV content exclusively through over-the-air television and/or online on-demand services, including Hulu, Netfl...
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TV Everywhere-History-Precursors ESPN first introduced a TV Everywhere-like concept with ESPN360, a service which allowed users to stream sports programming from its networks either live or on-demand through a website. However, access to ESPN360 was restricted to the users of internet service providers who had negotiat...
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