omniomni/omni-engineering huggingface dataset:
Nordic Society for Invention and Discovery. Nordic Society for Invention and Discovery is a Scandinavian invention lab, founded in 2013 by Per Cromwell and Tomas Mazetti.

Notable work

No More Woof
No More Woof is a device to translate dogs' thoughts into human language using electroencephalography sensors.

The Aalto Puck
The Aalto puck is an experimental hockey puck inspired by the forms of the Finnish architect Alvar Aalto to research what happens if the hockey puck isn't round. It is designed with the goal to maximize randomness and has been tested by hockey teams as Swedish Hammarby IF.

Flying Carpets for Pets
Flying carpets for pets is a small prototype that can lift small animals () up to  above the ground. The levitation is provided by six pairs of neodymium magnets.

References

External links
Nordic Society for Invention and Discoverys webpage

2013 establishments in Sweden
Nordic organizations
Wilfrid Stanley Richmond. Colonel Wilfrid Stanley Richmond CMG MICE (10 August 1881 – 28 January 1962) was a British civil engineer and surveyor who specialised in road design and was Deputy Director of Roads with the British Expeditionary Force during World War I. He was made an Officer of the Legion of Honour and a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George for his military service during World War I.  After World War I he was Divisional Road Engineer at the Ministry of Transport between 1921 and 1945.

Biography
Wilfrid Stanley Richmond was born in Sussex on 10 August 1881, the son of John Richmond of Harpenden, Hertfordshire. He was educated at Bedford Modern School and King's College London.

Richmond served with the Royal Engineers during World War I where he was Deputy Director of Roads with the British Expeditionary Force, attained the rank of colonel, was mentioned in despatches twice, made a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George and was made an Officer of the Legion of Honour. After the war he was Divisional Road Engineer at the Ministry of Transport between 1921 and 1945.

On 9 March 1909 Richmond married Viola, daughter of John Allen of Brondesbury, with whom he had one son. He died on 28 January 1962.

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Warren Chan. Professor Warren Chan is the Dean of the College of Engineering at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore. Prior to that, he was a full professor at the Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Terrence Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research at the University of Toronto. He received his B.S. and PhD degree, and post-doctoral training from the University of Illinois, Indiana University, and University of California, San Diego.

His research lab is focused on the development of nanoparticles for diagnosing and treating cancer and infectious diseases.  Some of the contributions he has made to science and engineering has been (a) the development of quantum dots for biomedical applications, (b) the size and shape dependent cellular interactions of nanoparticles in vitro and in vivo, (c) the identification of the protein corona on nanoparticle and its effect on cancer targeting, and (d) the development of a smartphone-based point of care device for diagnosing infected patients.  For his research, he has won many Canadian and International Awards (e.g., NSERC E.W.R. Steacie Memorial Fellowship (Canada), International Dennis Gabor Award (Hungary), Rank Prize Fund (UK), and BF Goodrich Young Inventors Award (USA)).

He is currently an Associate Editor of ACS Nano.

References

External links
Integrated Nanotechnology & Biomedical Sciences Laboratory

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OpenMake Software. OpenMake Software formerly Catalyst System is a privately held, DevOps company.

OpenMake Software has offices in North America and Europe.

History
Openmake Software was founded as Catalyst Systems in 1995 by Tracy Ragan and Steven Taylor.

OpenMake Software entered into an OEM agreement with CA Technology in 1997 adding automated build functionality to CA Harvest for software configuration management. This relationship continues today.

In September 2012, OpenMake software acquired the assets of Trinem Consulting of Edinburgh, UK. Following a complete refresh and update to the UI, DeployHub (formerly Release Engineer) was made GA in October 2014.

Products
Openmake Meister for Build Automation.
Openmake DeployHub for Multi-Platform Application release automation (ARA).

Awards 
OpenMake Software received the 19th Jolt Award in Change and Configuration Management] and was nominated for the 16th Jolt Award.
OpenMake Software has been recognized on the SD Times 100 list, or the top innovators and leaders in the software development including DevOps Leadership.
OpenMake Software was on the SD Times Top 100 list in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2017
OpenMake Software was also recognized by the Code Project Members Choice Award in 2009 and 2010 for Best In ALM, and 2011 for Best In Agile.

References 

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Development software companies
Loci Controls. LoCI Controls, Inc. is an environmental services data and technology company. LoCI Controls develops software and devices that utilize a wireless sensor network to optimize the extraction of methane from landfills.

Background
The company was founded by two MIT graduate students, Andrew Campanella and Melinda Sims (née Hale) in 2013. LoCI Controls received a grant from the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center in the amount of $40,000 USD in January 2014 as a partial section of its Catalyst Program. The program invests in new researchers and companies.

Technology & Impact
LoCI's system is designed to increase methane gas extraction from landfills. The software and hardware provide remote monitoring and control, versus historical practices, which require twice-monthly on-site monitoring and manual adjustments to extract the methane.

External Write-Ups
"The LoCI system offers tailored alerts, a custom algorithm that predicts needed adjustments to the gas collection system, and automatic controls to monitor gas production."
"The reduction in methane results in less pollution, toxins and odors. With the LoCI Controls solution, revenue from landfill gas-to-energy plants is increased, risk of noncompliance is mitigated, and odor complaints can be instantly addressed."

References

External links
 A Q&A with Melinda Sims, CTO, Loci Controls
LMOP Partner Profile Loci Controls Inc.

Software companies of the United States
Morten Haga Lunde. Morten Haga Lunde (born 20 December 1960) is a Norwegian military officer.

He graduated from the Norwegian Air Force Academy in 1987, and from the NATO Defense College in 2002. He was appointed head of Norwegian Joint Headquarters in 2013, with the rank of lieutenant general.

In 2015 he was appointed head of the Norwegian Intelligence Service. He received the Nynorsk User of the Year award in 2017.

References

External links

1960 births
Living people
Royal Norwegian Air Force Academy alumni
NATO Defense College alumni
Royal Norwegian Air Force generals
Henry Snaith. Henry James Snaith (born 1978)  is a professor in physics in the Clarendon Laboratory at the University of Oxford. Research from his group has led to the creation of a new research field, based on halide perovskites for use as solar absorbers. Many individuals who were PhD students and postdoctoral researchers in Snaith's group have now established research groups, independent research portfolios and commercial enterprises. He co-founded Oxford Photovoltaics in 2010 to commercialise perovskite based tandem solar cells.

Education
Snaith was educated at Gresham's School, an independent school in Norfolk, from 1989 to 1996. He completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Bristol, followed by postgraduate research at the University of Cambridge where he was awarded a PhD in 2005 for research on polymer solar cells supervised by Richard Friend.

Career and research
Following his PhD, Snaith did two years of postdoctoral research with Michael Grätzel at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL). He returned to the Cavendish Laboratory as a Junior Research Fellow at Clare College, Cambridge in 2006. Following this, Snaith was appointed a Research Councils UK (RCUK) research fellow while at the University of Oxford, then promoted to Reader and Professor. According to a biography from the Materials Research Society (MRS): 

Snaith's research has been funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC).

Awards and honours
Snaith was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 2015. His certificate of election reads: 

In 2012, Snaith was Institute of Physics Clifford Paterson Medal and Prize for "his important contributions to the field of excitonic solar cells".

In 2014, Snaith was awarded the MRS Outstanding Young Investigator Award. He was awarded the Patterson Medal of the Institute of Physics in 2012, and named as one of Nature'''s ten people who mattered in 2013.

In 2015, Snaith was ranked number two on the list of The World's Most Influential Scientific Minds'', a citation analysis identifying the scientists who have made the most significant impact within their respective field of study by the Intellectual Property (IP) and Science business of Thomson Reuters. In May 2016, he was awarded the EU-40 Materials Prize from the European Material Research Society.

In October 2017, he was awarded the Institute of Physics James Joule Medal and Prize for the discovery and development of organic-inorganic metal-halide perovskite solar cells. In September 2020, he was awarded the Becquerel Prize in honour of his contributions to the use of perovskites as solar cells.

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Steel Against the Sky. Steel Against the Sky is a 1941 American comedy film directed by A. Edward Sutherland, written by Paul Gerard Smith, and starring Lloyd Nolan, Alexis Smith, Craig Stevens, Gene Lockhart, Edward Ellis and Walter Catlett. It was released by Warner Bros. on December 13, 1941.

Plot
Rocky and Pete Evans are following in their father's footsteps working on girders building a bridge for John Powers. Chuck, their brother, prefers using his brains over brawn in get rich quick schemes that usually fail. Chuck tries to interest Rocky in financing a plan by Professor Samson, who claims to have invented a new product called Samsonite, (named after him), which is as strong as steel and as flexible as rubber. Rocky is not interested in wasting his money. Chuck brings the Professor home and Pop Evans loans him $25. A lab is set up in the basement of the Evans home. 
Rocky is romantically interested in Helen Powers, the daughter of the bridge contractor, and invites her home for dinner. The three brothers humorously vie for the use of the bathroom before Helen arrives. Meanwhile, the Professor's experiments create small explosions at the Evans' house. Chuck is enchanted with Helen and decides to work on the bridge with Rocky as his boss. Rocky is attacked on the girders by a disgruntled employee and Chuck rescues him, thus, impressing Helen.

Completion of the job, on time, is threatened by an impending storm. Work begins around the clock. Rocky sees Chuck kissing Helen and is furious. The brothers fight. Pop is devastated by the rift between the boys, whom he has raised since he was widowed and disabled on the job. He blames Helen for toying with the feelings of the boys, when she goes to his house to explain. Helen tries to make amends by rejecting Chuck. The storm causes a problem on the bridge. Rocky and Pete climb the ice covered girders to attempt repairs. Pete slips and falls into the icy water. Rocky continues but also slips and is treacherously hanging by his safety belt. Chuck climbs the girders to rescue his brother and all is forgiven. Helen professes her love for Chuck and in the final scene they are married (They were married in real life for over 50 years.)

Cast 
 Lloyd Nolan as Rocky Evans
 Alexis Smith as Helen Powers
 Craig Stevens as Chuck Evans
 Gene Lockhart as John Powers
 Edward Ellis as Pop Evans
 Walter Catlett as Professor Sampson
 Howard Da Silva as Bugs 
 Edward Brophy as Pete Evans
 Jackie Gleason as Cliff (uncredited)
 Julie Bishop as Myrt

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Warner Bros. films
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1941 comedy films
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American black-and-white films
1940s English-language films
1940s American films
ShareSpace foundation. ShareSpace is a non-profit educational foundation focused on the benefits of the STEAM disciplinesscience, technology, engineering, arts, and mathfor both the individual young person and society as a whole.

History
At its founding by astronaut and lunar pioneer Buzz Aldrin in 1998, ShareSpace was intended to be used for the promotion of space tourism, with the larger goal of encouraging commercial space travel and exploration.

Aldrin himself, however, has documented both the challenges facing this goal and the logjam of approaches which have grown up in respect to it.  In consequence, ShareSpace has been relaunched with its current STEAM educational focus. An initial result of the new focus was announced by the foundation in May 2015: a strategic partnership with Destination Imagination, another non-profit dedicated to education, which has participants across the United States and in more than 30 other countries.

A STEAM pioneer
ShareSpace includes the arts as one of the core disciplines which it promotes; thus, it uses the acronym STEAM as opposed to STEM:

Just as the term STEM (science, technology, engineering and math), made its big movement in the 80s, STEAM is doing that now.  Buzz Aldrin’s ShareSpace Foundation is a strong supporter in the belief that by incorporating “arts” into the STEM equation even greater results will be achieved by people at all stages of their education.

The game is changing. It isn’t just about math and science anymore. It’s about creativity, imagination and above all, innovation. ShareSpace lights the fire and inspires children to explore the incredible world of science, technology, engineering, math AND arts.

In his role as spokesperson for ShareSpace, Aldrin cites the smartphone as an example of an important technological development in which artistry has played a key role.

The larger context
The Apollo program in which Buzz Aldrin participated stands as one of the great historical triumphs of applied education, and the foundation is also in the unique position of being able to draw on the legacy of an astronaut who is remarkable for his own educational exploits.

Aldrin, for example, is the only one of the early astronaut candidates to have entered the program with a doctorate an ScD in astronautics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

For a foundation which encourages young people to seize the reins of their own education, the story of Aldrin's doctoral thesis is also relevant. What was to become the Apollo program had been announced by President John F. Kennedy in 1961. Aldrin wanted to be part of it, and so he chose to write his doctoral thesis on a topic which would prove irresistible to NASA: a method by which astronauts might use primitive "line of sight" techniques to accomplish sophisticated orbital rendezvous maneuvers.

References

External links
 The official ShareSpace Foundation web site

Astronautics
Spaceflight
Space tourism
Non-profit organizations based in the United States
Sam W. Westbrook III. Sam W. Westbrook III (born April 8, 1941) is a retired major general in the United States Air Force.

Westbrook was born in 1941, in Orlando, Florida, and graduated from Grandview (Missouri) High School in 1959. He earned a bachelor of science degree from the U.S. Air Force Academy in 1963. Westbrook then spent three years as a Rhodes scholar at Trinity College, Oxford, England, achieving a bachelor of arts-master of arts honours degree and an Oxford bachelor of science degree in plasma physics. He completed Armed Forces Staff College in 1972 and National War College in 1980.

Upon graduation from the academy in June 1963, he was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Air Force. After completing his Rhodes scholarship program in August 1966, he entered pilot training at Williams Air Force Base, Arizona In March 1968 he was assigned to the 428th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, as an F-111 pilot. He later served as an F-111 aircraft commander and as a weapons and tactics officer.

He completed the Armed Forces Staff College in January 1972. He then attended the AT-37 and A-1 checkout programs in preparation for his assignment to the 1st Special Operations Squadron, Nakhom Phanom Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand. He next served as a plans and programs action officer, Headquarters 13th Air Force, Clark Air Base, Philippines. Westbrook returned to Nellis Air Force Base in September 1973 and served with the 422nd Fighter Weapons Squadron as chief of the F-111 Operational Test and Evaluation Section. In September 1975 he was assigned to Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C., as an action officer in the Directorate of Plans, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, Plans and Operations. He worked with the National Security Council staff from October 1977 until July 1978, when he became the first chief of the Staff Group, Office of the Assistant Vice Chief of Staff.

After completing the National War College in June 1980, he became deputy commander for operations, 20th Tactical Fighter Wing, Royal Air Force Station Upper Heyford, England. He transferred to Ramstein Air Base, West Germany, in August 1982 as director of inspection for U.S. Air Forces in Europe. In July 1983 he was assigned as vice commander, 48th Tactical Fighter Wing, Royal Air Force Station Lakenheath, England, and became commander of the wing in April 1984. In June 1986 he was named commandant of cadets, Air Force Academy, Colorado.

He is a command pilot with more than 2,300 flying hours, including 22 combat missions. His military decorations and awards include the Distinguished Service Medal, Legion of Merit with two oak leaf clusters, Meritorious Service Medal with oak leaf cluster, Air Medal and Air Force Commendation Medal.

He was promoted to major general August 1, 1989, with same date of rank and retired on June 1, 1991.

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Living people
Sikorsky S-8. The Sikorsky S-8 Malyutka (baby) was a small Russian single engine aircraft built by the Russian Baltic Railroad Car Works shortly after Igor Sikorsky became chief engineer of the aircraft manufacturing division in 1912.

Design and development
The S-8 was a two bay biplane trainer powered by a  Gnome air-cooled rotary engine with the main wings and landing gear of similar design to the S-6-A. Completed early in the summer of 1912, the aircraft featured a side by side seating arrangement with controls that could be moved between the instructor and student. For improved downward visibility the lower wing had no fabric covering between the wing root and first rib.

Operational history
On the evening of 17 September 1912, Sikorsky piloted the S-8 on a ninety minute night flight from the Korpusnoi Aerodrome near Saint Petersburg. He landed with help of fires set at the airfield.

Specifications

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Biplanes
Aircraft first flown in 1912
Rotary-engined aircraft
Creative Science Foundation. The Creative Science Foundation (CSf) is a non-profit organization, established on 4 November 2011 in London,  England, that advocates a synergetic relationship between creative arts (e.g. writing, films, art, dance etc.) and sciences (e.g. engineering, business, socio-political etc.) as a means to fostering innovation.  It is best known for its use of science fiction prototyping as an ideation, communication and prototyping tool for product innovation. The foundation's main modus-operandi are the organisation or sponsorship of vacation-schools, workshops, seminars, conferences, journals, publications and projects.

See also
 Futures studies
 Micro-SFP
 Science Fiction Poetry Association
 Science fiction prototyping
 Science Fiction Research Association
 Threatcasting

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Non-profit organisations based in the United Kingdom
Scientific organisations based in the United Kingdom
Innovation organizations
Science fiction organizations
BAE Chadderton. BAE Chadderton at Greengate, Chadderton in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, opened in 1939. It was the headquarters of Avro, and was later owned by BAE Systems. It had around 11,000 employees.

The site was the birthplace of the Avro Lancaster. Over 3,000 Lancasters were produced on the site, which were moved to Woodford Aerodrome for assembly. It also produced the Bristol Blenheim under licence; the Avro Manchester; the York; the Lincoln; the Tudor; the Shackleton; and the Vulcan.

A substantial amount of Avro's documentation (including the original drawings of the Lancaster, Vulcan and Nimrod) were lost in a fire at Chadderton in 1959.

The site was closed in 2012, after BAE announced that it was no longer viable to operate from the site. At the time, BAE had 200 employees at the site. 160 employees, and ongoing work at the site, were transferred to Samlesbury Aerodrome.

The main Greengate site has since become home to NOV Process & Flow Technologies UK Limited, which manufactures the Mono range of industrial pumps as a division of Houston-based multinational NOV Inc. (formerly National Oilwell Varco). Part of the former BAE site alongside is now a purpose-built depot for DPDgroup parcel couriers.

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Robert M. Elton. Robert Moffat Elton (September 13, 1932 – March 12, 2024) was a United States Army lieutenant general who served as Deputy Chief of Staff G-1 Personnel of The United States Army from 1983 to 1987. He earned a B.S. degree from the United States Military Academy in June 1954 and an M.S. degree in engineering physics from the University of Virginia in 1963. He died on March 12, 2024.

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Theodore G. Stroup. Theodore Glen Stroup, Jr. (born March 11, 1940) is a retired United States Army Lieutenant General (LTG) who served as Deputy Chief of Staff G-1 Personnel of The United States Army from 1994 to 1996.

LTG Stroup was commissioned through the United States Military Academy in 1962. He earned a master's degree in civil engineering from Texas A&M University in 1965 and is a registered professional engineer in Texas and Pennsylvania. Stroup later received an M.B.A. degree from The American University and graduated from the Army War College.

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