omniomni/omni-engineering huggingface dataset:
Unified Lending Interface. Unified Lending Interface, commonly referred to as ULI, is an Indian digital lending interface. ULI was introduced by Reserve Bank of India to speed up the process of giving loans. It facilitates the flow of digital information, such as land records from various states, directly to lenders. It integrates an open architecture with open Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), allowing various financial institutions to connect in a ‘plug and play’ model.

It is currently in pilot stage.

History 
Unified Lending Interface is aimed at reducing the time taken for appraisal, especially for small borrowers in rural areas. It is currently under pilot stage. The interface is expected to serve as the place for sourcing data to lenders from multiple sources about the potential borrowers. It is a consent based process.

Service 
The ULI platform consolidates data from various sources, including Aadhaar e-KYC, state government land records, PAN validation, and account aggregators for facilitating the lending process.

See also 

 Unified Payments Interface
 Reserve Bank of India
 Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana

References 

Interbank networks in India
Banking in India
Reserve Bank of India
Kōwhai Park Solar Farm. The Kōwhai Park Solar Farm is a photovoltaic power station under construction at Christchurch Airport in Canterbury, New Zealand. The farm will be owned by a joint venture between Contact Energy and Lightsource BP. When complete the farm will cover 300 hectares and generate 150 MW of electricity.

The project was first announced in December 2021. In February 2023 Christchurch airport announced Contact Energy and Lightsource as its partners to develop and operate the solar farm. Finance was agreed in August 2024, and construction began the same month.

See also

 Solar power in New Zealand

References

Solar power in New Zealand
Proposed solar power stations in New Zealand
Buildings and structures in Christchurch
One Za'abeel. One Za’abeel is a mixed-use skyscraper located in the Za’abeel district of Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The development was completed in December 2023 and officially opened on 10 February 2024. It consists of two towers connected by a horizontal structure known as The Link.

Design and architecture 
The skyscraper was designed by the Japanese architectural firm Nikken Sekkei and developed by Ithra Dubai, a subsidiary of Investment Corporation of Dubai (ICD). It consists of two towers: One Za’abeel Tower and One Za’abeel The Residences. These towers are joined by The Link, which is positioned 100 meters (328 feet) above ground. The Link extends 230 meters (754 feet) and includes a cantilevered section that extends 66 meters (216 feet). The towers were constructed with a steel-and-concrete composite structure. The Link is supported by a truss structure and features a glass curtain wall. In 2024, One Za’abeel was recognized by Guinness World Records for having the longest cantilever building in the world.

Construction 
Construction began in January 2016 and was completed in December 2023. The Link was built in two phases over a total of 16 days without disruption to the four lanes of live traffic below. Phase one involved the placement of a steel structure weighing over 8,500 tonnes, which was lifted into position over 12 days using specialized equipment, including over 110 jacks. Phase two involved the installation of a 900-tonne cantilevered section, which was completed over four days. The development includes a vertical resort operated by One&Only, 94 private residences, a lifestyle hotel named SIRO, and various dining establishments. The rooftop of The Link features an infinity pool and observation points with views of the Burj Khalifa.

Location and integration 
One Za’abeel is situated within the Dubai World Trade Free Zone and was integrated into the Dubai World Trade Centre Authority (DWTCA) Free Zone in 2024 through Decree No. 18 of 2024 issued by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum. The site is located between the old and new business districts, with nearby landmarks including Za'abeel Park, the Dubai World Trade Centre, Sheikh Zayed Road, and Al Mustaqbal Street. A four-lane elevated highway runs between the two towers, and a podium design connects both plots.

Awards & recognition 

 The project received the Award of Excellence for Best Tall Building in the Middle East & Africa 2024 and Best Tall Building, 300 meters and above 2024
 It was Listed in CTBUH’s annual global list of notable projects in the AEC industry
 Guinness World Records recognized it for the longest cantilevered building in the world

See also 

 Burj Khalifa
 Dubai World Trade Centre
 Zabeel Park
 Sheikh Zayed Road
 List of tallest buildings in Dubai
 List of tallest buildings in the United Arab Emirates
 List of tallest structures
 List of tallest buildings
 List of buildings in Dubai

References

External links 
 One Za'abeel

Skyscraper office buildings in Dubai
Residential skyscrapers in Dubai
2024 establishments in the United Arab Emirates
Shunters' truck. Shunters' trucks were small British railway flat wagons that were used in goods yards to carry shunters and their tools. Shunting was often rather dangerous and shunters could easily be knocked over by wagons and the tools needed were heavy.  The shunters' truck allowed the shunters to ride safely around larger goods yards. To help with this the wagons footboards and handrail along their length. On the top of the wagon were large, typically asymmetrical, lockable boxes to carry shunting poles, brake sticks, jacks, packing and a long rerailing tools. The Great Western Railway was a prominent user of these trucks.

Other sources
 http://www.gwr.org.uk/noshunters.html
 http://www.ws.rhrp.org.uk/ws/WagonInfo.asp?Ref=6484

References

Shunters' Truck
Stephen Ntim. Stephen Ayensu Ntim is a Ghanaian Software Engineer, Politician and National Chairman of the New Patriotic Party. He is also the board chairman of the National Petroleum Authority. Until his appointment to the board of NPA, he was National Chairperson for the Lands Commission.

Education 
Ntim had his GCE O level education at Asanteman Secondary School in Kumasi in 1997. He proceeded to the Navrongo Secondary School in the Upper East Region for his A level education and completed in 1979. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in French and Linguistics which he earned in 1984 from the University of Ghana. He also studied at the University of Minnesota, U.S., where he obtained MBA in Management Information Systems in 1991. Ntim also holds higher Diploma in French Studies from the National University of Ivory Coast. He also trained as a programmer and analyst/analyst at Saint Paul Fire and Marine, Minnesota, USA.

Career 
Ntim taught French for his National Service at Kaneshie Secondary Technical School between 1984 and 1986. He started his career at Electronic Data Systems(EDS INC) in Michigan, USA, where he worked as a system engineer from 1993 to 1995. Back home in Ghana, Ntim served as Director of BINSCO Associates in Accra. He is also the managing director for two companies, ESPAN Company Limited and Detroit Computer Images, all based in Accra. He is Chairman of Board of Trustees of Heritage Protection Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to safeguarding Ghanaian cultures and history. He was a board member of the Electricity Company of Ghana from 2007 t0 2009.

After his party formed government in 2017 following election victory in the 2016 General Elections, Ntim was appointed the National Chairman of the Lands Commission. As commissioner of Lands, he was expected to use his expertise in Management Information Systems to drive digital transformation of lands delivery services in Ghana. He served in this position until 2024 when Akufo-Addo appointed him to head the Board of the National Petroleum Authority. He got sworn in to his new position on 21 May 2024 by Energy Minister, Mathew Opoku Prempeh.

Politics 
Ntim was a member of the Busia-Danquah, a precursor to today's New Patriotic Party. As a founding member, he has served the NPP in various positions including as Vice Chairperson between 2001 and 2005. In July 2022, Ntim was elected National Chairman of the New Patriotic Party obtaining 4014 votes to beat his closest contender, Stephen Asamoah Boateng who got 1010 votes. Other contestants in the election were Kwabena Abankwa Yeboah, Christopher Ameyaw Ekumfi, Gifty Asantewa Ayeh, Sammy Crabbe and Akwasi Osei Adjei. They had 294, 101,  44, 32 and votes respectively. Before his success, Ntim contested the chairmanship position on four previous occasions without success. His first attempt came in 2005 when he lost to Peter Mac Manu. In 2010, he contested again and lost to Jake Obetsebi Lamptey. During the 2014 delegates conference, he lost to Paul Afoko and in 2018, to Freddie Blay.

References

Living people
New Patriotic Party politicians
Year of birth missing (living people)
Oluwami Dosunmu-Ogunbi. Oluwami Dosunmu-Ogunbi is a Nigerian American roboticist, engineer, and educator. She is recognized as the first Black woman to earn a Ph.D. in Robotics from the University of Michigan.

Life and career

Family and educational background 
Oluwami was born to Nigerian immigrant parents, Adedoyin Dosunmu Ogunbi, and Sesi Dosunmu Ogunbi. Oluwami's father is a Medical Director at Duchess International Hospital, Lagos Nigeria and an Assistant Professor at the University of Alabama Birmingham  her mother, Sesi is a pediatric gastroenterology specialist.

Oluwami earned her Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, graduating with honours in 2017. She then pursued advanced studies at the University of Michigan Ann Arbor, obtaining a Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering in 2020, followed by a Master's degree and Ph.D. in Robotics in 2021 and 2024.

Career 
Oluwami served as a Graduate Student Instructor at the University of Michigan from 2019 to 2020. She was also Lead Engineering Learning Assistant for the Illinois Engineering First-Year Experience (IEFX) program and served as Sand Casting Chair for Pi Tau Sigma, the mechanical engineering honour society. She has also been a student mentor and leader in the Morrill Engineering Program, which focuses on empowering African American, Hispanic, and Native American engineering students. Oluwami is currently a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. On April 6, 2024, Oluwami was inducted into the Edward Alexander Bouchet Graduate Honor Society (Bouchet Society), named as the first African American doctoral recipient in the United States (Physics, Yale University, 1876).

Works

Academic publications 

 Terrain-adaptive, alip-based bipedal locomotion controller via model predictive control and virtual constraints   
 Stair climbing using the angular momentum linear inverted pendulum model and model predictive control  
 Demonstrating a Robust Walking Algorithm for Underactuated Bipedal Robots in Non-flat, Non-stationary Environments

Awards 
Oluwami has received numerous award, fellowship and other honours among them are:
 Paul E. Parker Award (2016) 
 Mechanical Engineering Pi Tau Sigma MVP Award (2016) 
 Janet Eakman Award for Excellence (2017)  
 Rackham Merit Fellowship (2017)
 GEM Fellowship ( 2017) 
 Willie Hobbs Moore Achievement Award (2022)  
 Ford Foundation Pre-Doctoral Fellowship  (Honourable Mention - 2022) 
 Engineering Innovation Runner-Up in the 3 Minute Thesis Competition (2023) 
 MLK Spirit Award for Mentoring and Inspiration (2024)

References 

Living people
21st-century African-American women
African-American women engineers
Roboticists
University of Michigan College of Engineering alumni
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign alumni
21st-century American educators
21st-century Nigerian educators
Year of birth missing (living people)
Pratt & Whitney XA103. The Pratt & Whitney XA103 is an American adaptive cycle engine demonstrator being developed by Pratt & Whitney. It is competing with the General Electric XA102 as the powerplant for the United States Air Force's sixth generation fighter program, the Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD).

The three-stream adaptive cycle design can direct air to the bypass third stream for increased fuel efficiency and cooling or to the core and fan streams for additional thrust and performance. The engine thrust has not been disclosed, although it is speculated by aviation reporters to be in the  thrust class.

Development

The U.S. Air Force and U.S. Navy began pursuing adaptive cycle engine in 2007 with the Adaptive Versatile Engine Technology (ADVENT) program, a part of the larger Versatile Affordable Advanced Turbine Engines (VAATE) program. This technology research program was then followed by the Adaptive Engine Technology Demonstrator (AETD) program in 2012, which continued to mature the technology, with tests performed using demonstrator engines. The follow-on Adaptive Engine Transition Program (AETP) was launched in 2016 to develop and test adaptive engines for sixth generation fighter propulsion as well as potential re-engining of the F-35 from the existing F135 turbofan engine. The demonstrators were assigned the designation XA100 for General Electric's design and XA101 for Pratt & Whitney's. While the XA100 and XA101 became focused on the potential re-engine of the F-35, a separate engine program was initiated for the Air Force's Next Generation Air Dominance fighter, which is expected to be optimized differently with a greater emphasis on supersonic cruise (or supercruise) performance; this program became the Next Generation Adaptive Propulsion (NGAP) and the entrants were the General Electric XA102 and Pratt & Whitney XA103.

Critical design review of the XA103 was completed in February 2024, and flight testing is expected to begin in the late 2020s.

Design

The XA103 is a three-stream adaptive cycle engine that can adjust the bypass ratio and fan pressure to increase fuel efficiency or thrust, depending on the scenario. It does this by employing an adaptive fan that can direct air into a third bypass stream in order to increase fuel economy and act as a heat sink for cooling. The increased cooling and power generation also enables the potential employment of directed energy weapons in the future. When additional thrust is needed, the air from the third stream can be directed to the core and fan streams. In addition to three-stream adaptive cycle configuration, the engine also uses new heat-resistant materials such as ceramic matrix composites (CMC) to enable higher turbine temperatures and improved performance.

Applications
 Next Generation Air Dominance (planned)

Specifications (XA103-PW-100)

See also

References

External links

XA103
Potassium hexaiodorhenate. Potassium hexaiodorhenate is an inorganic chemical compound with the chemical formula .

Synthesis
The compound can be prepared by reduction of potassium perrhenate by potassium iodide in concentrated hydrochloric acid:

Physical properties
The compound forms black crystals, soluble in warm HI, methanol, and acetone.

Chemical properties
Potassium hexaiodorhenate is hydrolyzed in aqueous solutions.

It decomposes when heated:

It reacts with strong acids:

References

Potassium compounds
Rhenium compounds
Iodo complexes
Johnny Mitrevski. Johnny Mitrevski is a technology entrepreneur, engineer, co-founder and CTO of Scalapay, a buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) service, which became Italy's first unicorn with a valuation of more than $1bn in 2022.

Biography 
Johnny Mitrevski holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Telecommunications from the University of Wollongong. Mitrevski began his career as a Software Engineer at Nortel Networks, where he worked from 2000 to 2006. He then joined Andrew Corporation as a Senior Software Engineer, remaining with the company until 2010. Following this, he worked as a Lead Software Engineer at CommScope until 2012. From 2012 to 2013, Mitrevski served as an Agile Project Manager at Carsguide. He subsequently became a Software Engineer Manager at Telstra from 2013 to 2014. In 2014, he joined HotelsCombined as a Senior Agile Project Manager, a position he held until 2015. Mitrevski then moved to Qantas, initially serving as a Delivery Lead from 2015 to 2018, and later as a Digital Transformation Manager in 2018. In 2018, he became a Technology Manager at Commonwealth Bank, a role he held until 2019. In 2019, Mitrevski co-founded Scalapay with Simone Mancini, a BNPL service that allows purchasing items immediately and paying for them over time with no interest across Europe. The platform integrates with both online and brick-and-mortar retail systems. In January 2022, Scalapay achieved unicorn status with a valuation of over $1bn. and became the first Italian unicorn.

Personal life 
Johnny Mitrevski resides in Wollongong, Australia, and Milan, Italy, managing Scalapay's operations. He mentors young entrepreneurs and supports the tech community through workshops and open-source projects.

Notes 

Living people
University of Wollongong alumni
Technology company founders
Year of birth missing (living people)
XPeng Mona M03. The XPeng Mona M03 () is a battery-powered liftback manufactured by Chinese electric car company XPeng and originally developed by DiDi, a Chinese ride-hailing company. It is the first product under the Mona product line, which focuses on lower-priced vehicles in the mainstream segment as opposed to the premium positioning of previous XPeng vehicles. In China, it occupies the A-class segment, equivalent to the global C-segment.

The vehicle was previewed with a set of images in June 2024, then introduced in July 2024 and went on sale in August 2024 ahead of the Chengdu Auto Show. Deliveries began on August 30, 2024 and total deliveries reached 30,000 units in November 2024.

According to XPeng, Mona stands for "Made Of New AI". The company's CEO, He Xiaopeng, mentioned that the alphanumeric name "M03" was chosen as a tribute to the Tesla Model 3.

Development 
Originally developed by DiDi's smart electric vehicle department called Da Vinci, the project was codenamed "Mona" during its development starting from 2021. Original plans were to launch DiDi's own budget entry level EV brand, and the Mona would be the first product to be launched. Plans started to change in late 2022 when the development of the Mona project was nearly complete, with camouflaged testing prototypes were seen driving around in March 2023. At that time, most of the Da Vinci team was laid off, shortly before DiDi sold its EV development business along with the Mona project to XPeng in August 2023.

Specifications 
During launch, the Mona M03 is available in three variants called 515, 620 and 580 Max, denoting its CLTC ranges. The 515 version is powered by a 51.8 kWh battery, while the 620 and 580 Max uses a 62.2 kWh pack. Both are LFP batteries produced by FinDreams. It is powered by a front-mounted single motor with a  acceleration figure of 7.8 seconds for the entry version and 7.4 seconds for the 620 and 580 Max.

According to XPeng, the development of the vehicle was focused on reducing drag on the car. XPeng claims that the model has lowest drag coefficient among the world's mass-produced fully electric hatchbacks at Cd 0.194. The Mona M03 underwent 10 wind tunnel tests of more than 100 hours each, which shaved off Cd 0.085 from the wind resistance leading to a claimed  range increase.

The Mona M03 only has a large floating central infotainment screen with a size of 15.6 inches. The system is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8155 chip with 16 GB RAM. The car has no physical buttons except for two scroll wheels on the steering wheel. A pluggable instrument panel screen behind the steering wheel is optional. The model also has option of a rear entertainment screen. As standard, the Xpeng Mona M03 is equipped with 2 millimeter wavelength radars, 12 ultrasonic sensors and 7 cameras to support its L2 intelligent driving ability.

References

External links 

  

Mona M03
Cars introduced in 2024
Compact cars
Hatchbacks
Front-wheel-drive vehicles
Production electric cars
Cars of China
Thor (protocol). Thor  is a communication protocol which is mainly used to communicate with the Bootloader of Samsung devices to make it write files into various partitions of the device. It is also possible to list the partitions or to reboot the phone through this protocol.

Beside being implemented in the bootloader of various smartphones and tablets made by Samsung, an implementation is also available in Das U-Boot, a Free software bootloader.

To use the protocol, users typically need to put the phone needs to be in Download mode.

To do this, the device first need to be powered off, and then some key combination need to be pressed during boot, such as Power + Volume Down + Home, Power + Volume Up + Home, or Power + Volume Down + Bixby for later models.

It is also possible to reboot the phone in download mode either through the commandline (for instance with ADB and root access to the phone) or through a menu if the Android distribution has it.

Then users need a computer, software like Odin or Heimdall and a USB cable to interact with the bootloader (and either list partitions, overwrite them or reboot the phone).

Security 

On Samsung devices that allow users to unlock the bootloader, Thor is used as the protocol to communicate with the Samsung device. Users typically need to go through specific set of steps or procedure to unlock the bootloader, then use a tool to install a custom operating system on the device.

Then since the Thor implementation in  Samsung devices typically doesn't allow users to download the partition content, they have to overwrite some partitions to install these alternative distributions or operating systems.

But some bootloaders like Samsung's S-Boot 4.0 used on the Galaxy SIII (GT-I9300) have known exploitable bugs in their Thor implementation that let users execute code inside the bootloader. This has for instance been used to repair devices with broken internal storage.

See also 
 Odin (firmware flashing software)
 Heimdall
 Fastboot
 DFU (Device Firmware Upgrade mechanism)

References

Communications protocols
Cipher device. A cipher device was a term used by the US military in the first half of the 20th century to describe a manually operated cipher equipment that converted the plaintext into ciphertext or vice versa. A similar term, cipher machine, was used to describe the cipher equipment that required external power for operation. Cipher box or crypto box is a physical cryptographic device used to encrypt and decrypt messages between plaintext (unencrypted) and ciphertext (encrypted or secret) forms. The ciphertext is suitable for transmission over a channel, such as radio, that might be observed by an adversary the communicating parties wish to conceal the plaintext from.

See also
 Cryptography

References

Sources
 

Cryptography
Ammonium hexafluorogermanate. Ammonium hexafluorogermanate is an inorganic chemical compound with the chemical formula .

Physical properties
Ammonium hexafluorogermanate forms white crystals, soluble in water. Crystals are of cubic system, space group Fm3m. It is insoluble in alcohol.

References 

Fluoro complexes
Germanates
Ammonium compounds
Fluorometallates
Hexafluorides