omniomni/omni-engineering huggingface dataset:
Pro-innovation bias. In diffusion of innovation theory, a pro-innovation bias is a belief that innovation should be adopted by the whole society without the need for its alteration. The innovation's "champion" has a such strong bias in favor of the innovation, that they may not see its limitations or weaknesses and continue to promote it nonetheless.

Example 

A feeling of nuclear optimism emerged in the 1950s in which it was believed that all power generators in the future would be atomic in nature. The atomic bomb would render all conventional explosives obsolete and nuclear power plants would do the same for power sources such as coal and oil. There was a general feeling that everything would use a nuclear power source of some sort, in a positive and productive way, from irradiating food to preserve it, to the development of nuclear medicine. There would be an age of peace and plenty in which atomic energy would "provide the power needed to desalinate water for the thirsty, irrigate the deserts for the hungry, and fuel interstellar travel deep into outer space". This use would render the Atomic Age as significant a step in technological progress as the first smelting of Bronze, of Iron, or the commencement of the Industrial Revolution.

Roger Smith, then chairman of General Motors, said in 1986: "By the turn of the century, we will live in a paperless society." In the late 20th century, there were many predictions of this kind. This transformation has so far not taken place.

See also 
 Appeal to novelty
 Myth of Progress
 Status quo bias
 Technological determinism
 Wishful thinking

References

Further reading
 

Innovation
Bias
Locomobile Sportif. The Locomobile Sportif was a vintage era luxury car model manufactured by the Locomobile Company of America.

Locomobile Sportif specifications (1926 data)
 Color – Optional
 Seating Capacity – Four
 Wheelbase – 142 inches
 Wheels – Wood
 Tires – 35” × 5” cord; or, 35” × 6.75” balloon on order
 Service Brakes – Four wheel: foot brake, contracting on rear; internal expanding on front
 Emergency Brakes – Hand brake: internal expanding on rear
 Engine  – Six cylinder, vertical, cast in pairs, 4½ × 5½ inches; head non-removable; valves in side; H.P. 48.6, N.A.C.C. rating
 Lubrication – Force feed and splash
 Crankshaft – Seven bearing
 Radiator – Cellular
 Cooling – Water pump
 Ignition – Delco, 12 volt, 2 spark
 Starting System – Two Unit
 Voltage – Twelve to Sixteen
 Wiring System – Single
 Gasoline System – Pressure
 Clutch – Dry multiple disc
 Transmission – Selective sliding
 Gear Changes – 4 forward, 1 reverse
 Drive – Spiral bevel
 Rear Springs – Three-quarter elliptic
 Rear Axle – Full floating
 Steering Gear – Worm and gear

Standard equipment
New car price included the following items:
 tools
 jack
 speedometer
 ammeter
 electric horn
 ignition theft lock
 automatic windshield cleaner
 demountable rims
 spare wheel
 power tire pump
 shock absorbers
 stop light
 inspection lamp and cord
 front bumper
 spare tire carrier
 rear view mirror
 cowl ventilator
 headlight dimmer
 clock
 closed cars have smoking case, vanity cases and dome light.

Optional equipment
The following was available at an extra cost:
 35” × 6.75” balloon tires

Prices
New car prices were available F.O.B. factory plus tax on the following models:
 Chassis – $6600
 Four Passenger Sportif – $7400
 Seven Passenger Touring – $7400
 Touring Limousine – $9500
 Brougham – $9990
 Victoria Sedan – $9990
 Enclosed Drive Limousine – $9990
 Cabriolet – $10250

See also
 Locomobile Company of America

References
 Source: 
Vintage vehicles
1920s cars
Luxury motor vehicle manufacturers
Luxury vehicles
Cars introduced in 1918
Environmental control device. An environmental control device is a form of electronic assistive technology which enables people with significant disabilities to independently access equipment in their environment e.g. home or hospital.

An environmental control controller is the device that controls the equipment – like a remote control.  You can use the controller to select a range of different options.  Each option will control a piece of equipment in a certain way – for example: play on a video recorder.

Environmental control is a general term for environmental control systems and controllers and is sometimes abbreviated as EC.

Environmental control devices may be assessed for and provided by the National Health Service.  The team involved in the assessment for such technologies may consist of an occupational therapist.

References

External links 
 http://www.fastuk.org/home.php

Assistive technology
THK-5. 

The THK-5 was a twin-engine aircraft designed by Stanisław Rogalski and built in Turkey in 1945 as an air ambulance. It was a conventional, low-wing cantilever monoplane of wooden construction throughout. The main units of the tailwheel undercarriage retracted into the wing-mounted engine nacelles and the THK-5 could carry two stretcher cases plus a medical attendant. This was followed in production by a six-seat utility transport version designated THK-5A and three examples of an improved version of the 5A designated THK-10. A single example of the type was exported, sold to Denmark.

When THK was taken over by MKEK, this was one of the designs selected for further work. However, although the designation MKEK-5 was allocated, nothing further came of this.

Variants
THK-5Air ambulance aircraft, carrying two stretcher cases plus a medical attendant.
THK-5A6-seat utility transport
THK-10 An improved version of the THK-5A; three built.
MKEK-5 The THK-5, THK-5A and THK-10 re-designated after THK was taken over by  Makina ve Kimya Endüstrisi Kurumu (MKEK), but no further development took place.

Specifications (THK-5A)

References

Bibliography

1940s Turkish civil utility aircraft
Low-wing aircraft
Turkish Aeronautical Association aircraft
Aircraft first flown in 1945
Twin piston-engined tractor aircraft
Matiri Project. The Matiri Project is a run-of-river hydroelectric scheme at Lake Matiri and the Matiri River in the South Island of New Zealand. The project takes water from a series of intake weirs at Lake Matiri and pipes it through a 2.4 km long buried pipeline to a power station.

The project was originally proposed by New Zealand Energy Limited, which applied for resource consent for a 4.6 MW station in August 2008. The scheme was opposed by environmentalists and kayakers some of whom were angry that the resource consents were not notified nationwide. The proposal was approved and it included a concession granted by the Department of Conservation to build structures on public land. Forest and Bird did not see that there would be any conservation gain in giving the approval.

The development rights were purchased by Pioneer Energy in 2014. Construction began in 2018. Construction was delayed by a slip and by the COVID-19 pandemic, and the scheme was finally commissioned in December 2020. Ownership was transferred to the Southern Generation partnership on completion.

See also
Electricity sector in New Zealand
List of power stations in New Zealand

References

Hydroelectricity in New Zealand
Hydroelectric power stations in New Zealand
Cavallo's multiplier. Cavallo's multiplier was an early electrostatic influence machine, invented in 1795 by the Anglo-Italian natural philosopher Tiberius Cavallo. Its purpose was to multiply, or amplify, a small electric charge to a level where it was detectable by the insensitive electroscopes of the day. Repeated operation of the device could produce voltages high enough to generate sparks.

Description
Cavallo described his machine in his 1795 Treatise on Electricity. He had examined Bennet's charge doubler of 1787 and found it wanting in several regards, notably in its inconsistent operation and tendency to retain the charge from an earlier experiment. Cavallo resolved to build a better device. His machine consisted of four metal plates supported on a wooden board by posts, of which three were insulating and one conducting.

The charge to be multiplied was applied to the first of these (plate A), which stood on an insulating post. A moveable insulated metal plate (B) was brought close to A (though not permitted to touch it), and then grounded. The charge on A caused charge separation on B due to electrostatic induction. Plate B was then moved away, breaking its earth connection. Since B was insulated, it acquired and retained a small charge opposite in sign to the charge on A. Plate B was transferred by means of an insulating rod to be brought into electrical contact with the third metal plate C which was insulated. Since both B and C were conducting, B would transfer a portion of its charge to C. To maximise the transferred charge, C was placed in close proximity to a final metal plate D, which was earthed.

The experimenter would move Plate B repeatedly back and forth, placing it near to A and earthed at one end of its motion, and then into contact with C at the other. With each cycle, charge was drawn from the Earth and added to C. After a suitable number of cycles, the grounded plate D would be removed, and the electrostatic potential on C would rise to approximately the potential of A multiplied by the number of operations.

Cavallo termed his device a multiplier, though 'addition' was perhaps a more accurate description of its operation, as the charge on C was accumulated by successive additions.

Wilson's machine 
Wilson's machine, described by its inventor in Nicholson's Journal in August 1804, was a development on this concept which simultaneously operated two Cavallo's multipliers by means of a pair of reciprocating levers. One side would accumulate the charge of the other, and since the two accumulating plates were connected together by means of a wire, Wilson's machine was a true multiplier, rather than an addition machine. The charge would thus accumulate more rapidly than Cavallo's multiplier and the machine could generate high voltages in a short period of time. It moreover was self-exciting, needing no initial charge to operate, as the small initial charge acquired from contact electrification was enough to start the accumulation process.

References

External links
Video of reproduction Wilson's machine

Historical scientific instruments
Vernon Weiss. Vernon Weiss (born 1951) is a retired American computer systems engineer.

Weiss was a key person in the development of the XPS family of personal computers at Dell and was the director of the personal computing division Packard Bell and a product manager at Northgate Computer Systems.

During his early years in the computer industry, Vernon Weiss worked at Data General as the product manager for the Data General PC group. He was involved with the Data General/One, Two and the Data General Walkabout.

References

1951 births
Living people
Date of birth missing (living people)
Dell people
Data General
Plambeck Bulgarian Wind Farm. The German wind farm developer Plambeck Neue Energien founded a Bulgarian joint venture in 2008. This joint venture actually develops several wind farm projects. The medium-term target is to find wind farm sites with a capacity for wind turbines with a nominal output of together up to 250 MW with a capital investment required of up to US$450 million.

See also

Kavarna Wind Farm
Eolica Varna Wind Farm
Murgash Wind Farm
Stara Planina Wind Farm

References

Proposed wind farms in Bulgaria
Teshel Hydro Power Plant. The Teshel Hydro Power Plant () is an active hydro power project near Teshel, Smolyan Province, southern Bulgaria. It is situated along the river Vacha in the Rhodope Mountains. It has 2 individual Francis turbines which deliver up to 60 MW of power. The Teshel HPP forms part of the Dospat–Vacha Hydropower Cascade (500.2 MW).

External links

References

Hydroelectric power stations in Bulgaria
Buildings and structures in Smolyan Province
Peshtera Hydroelectric Power Station. The Peshtera Hydro Power Plant (before 1992: Kimon Georgiev Hydro Power Plant) is an active underground hydroelectric plant in Peshtera, Bulgaria. It is part of the Batak Hydropower Cascade. It has 5 individual Pelton turbines which can deliver up to 136 MW of power.

References

Hydroelectric power stations in Bulgaria
Buildings and structures in Pazardzhik Province
BPEL script. BPELscript is a language to specify BPEL processes.
It provides a compact syntax inspired by scripting languages such as JavaScript and Ruby and a full coverage of all features provided by BPEL.

History 
The Business Process Execution Language (BPEL) is an XML-based language to specify business processes with the intention to "act as the central controller of the business process". It provides a standardized way for programming in the large in a service-oriented world (SOA). BPEL is a programming language and does have a graphical representation. Mappings from graphical languages such as the Business Process Modeling Notation (BPMN) to BPEL are available, but programmers familiar to syntax like Java, C, ... are disregarded. Therefore, especially for prototyping or teaching, it would be nice to have a programming language which omits the XML-overhead of BPEL but offers the same features as BPEL. One option is to force the programmers to learn a completely new syntax. The other option is to introduce a new syntax to BPEL.

Therefore, the "BPEL Simplified Syntax" called SimPEL was recommended by the Apache ODE Group, referring to the a mix of both options. However, SimPEL is not equivalent to BPEL and its aims of specifying business processes. In order to come up with an easy scripting syntax, BPELscript is introduced, referring to the second option. BPELscript forks directly from SimPEL aiming on big closeness to BPEL. In contrast to SimPEL, BPELscript supports all of BPELs constructs including the correlation.

Design goals 
BPELscript provides:
 a compact syntax inspired by scripting languages such as JavaScript and Ruby
 the full coverage of all features provided by BPEL
 a translation from WS-BPEL 2.0
 a translation to WS-BPEL 2.0

See also 
 Business Process Execution Language
 BPEL4People
 Business process management
 Business Process Modeling Notation (BPMN)
 Web Services Conversation Language
 WS-CDL 
 Workflow
 XML Process Definition Language
 Yet Another Workflow Language

References

External links
BPELscript Website
 www.BPELscript.org 

Standards
 WS-BPEL 2.0
 OASIS WSBPEL TC Webpage

XML-based standards
Web service specifications
Workflow languages
Čakovec Hydroelectric Power Plant. Čakovec Hydroelectric Power Plant is a large hydroelectric power plant in Croatia that has four turbines with a total nominal capacity of 78 MW (unit A - 38 MW, unit B - 38 MW, unit C - 1.1 MW and unit D - 0.34 MW). According to the type of power plant, it is a flow, low-pressure, derivation hydroelectric power plant with an accumulation (area of  and volume of 51.6 [hm^3] for daily and partial weekly flow regulation. Units A and B of the power plant have horizontal pipe turbines and the generators are "in the bulb".  

It is a multipurpose facility harnessing the Drava River water power, providing flood and erosion control, improving drainage, water supply, traffic and conditions for development of leisure industry and sports. Čakovec hydro plant installed power at generator terminals is 75.9 MW, and possible average annual output is 400 GWh. Gross head at the power house for Qi is 17.53 m.

The power plant, which uses Lake Varaždin as its reservoir, was completed in 1982. It is located near the villages of Šemovec and Orehovica. Although named after Čakovec, the county seat of Međimurje County, the power plant is almost entirely located within Varaždin County, while the reservoir is equally divided between the two counties.

It is operated by Hrvatska elektroprivreda.

External links

Hydroelectric power stations in Croatia
Buildings and structures in Varaždin County
Transport infrastructure completed in 1982
Buildings and structures in Međimurje County
1982 establishments in Yugoslavia
Hydroelectric Power Plant
Yugoslav Croatian architecture
Dlouhé stráně Hydro Power Plant. Dlouhé stráně Hydro Power Plant () is a large pumped storage plant in the Czech Republic, located on the Desná river. It has 2 turbines with a nominal power of  each, providing a total capacity of . The elevated reservoir is situated on top of the Dlouhé Stráně mountain,  above sea level and the head of turbines is . It has the largest reversing water turbine in Europe.

References

External links

Dams completed in 1996
Energy infrastructure completed in 1996
Hydroelectric power stations in the Czech Republic
Pumped-storage hydroelectric power stations in the Czech Republic
1996 establishments in the Czech Republic
Samtskhe–Javakheti Hydro Power Plant. The Samtskhe–Javakheti Hydro Power Plant will be a large power plant in the country of Georgia. It will have two turbines with a nominal capacity of 35 MW each having a total capacity of 70 MW.

See also

 List of power stations in Georgia (country)
 Energy in Georgia (country)

References

Hydroelectric power stations in Georgia (country)
Proposed hydroelectric power stations
Buildings and structures in Samtskhe–Javakheti
Proposed renewable energy power stations in Georgia (country)
Jim Drake. James  or Jim Drake may refer to:

 Jim Drake (director) (1944–2022), American film and television director
 Jim Drake (engineer) (1929–2012), American aeronautics engineer
 Jim Drake (rugby league) (1931–2008), English rugby league footballer of the 1950s and 1960s
 James Drake (engineer) (1907–1989), British chartered civil engineer
 James Drake (photographer) (1932–2022), American photographer
 James Drake (physician) (1667–1707), English doctor and political writer
 James Drake (politician) (1850–1941), Australian politician, member of the first federal ministry
 James Drake (visual artist) (born 1946), American artist
 James Drake (wrestler) (born 1993), English professional wrestler
 James A. Drake (academic administrator) (born 1944), American university president
 James A. Drake (ecologist) (born 1954), ecologist
 James F. Drake (born 1947), American plasma physicist
 James M. Drake (1837–1913), American soldier who fought in the American Civil War
 Nervous Norvus (1912–1968), performing name of Jimmy Drake
Firefighter (disambiguation). Firefighter or fire fighter is a profession.

Firefighter or Fire Fighter(s) may also refer to:

Transport and vehicular
 de Havilland Canada DHC-515 Firefighter, a flying boat scooping waterbomber, formerly (Canadair) Viking Air CL-515 Firefighter; a variant of the Bombardier (Canadair) CL-415 Super Scooper turboprop

Boats 

Fire Fighter (fireboat), a 1938 U.S. National Historic Landmark
Fire Fighter II, a 2010 NYFD fire boat
 Firefighter (Wilmington fireboat), built for Wilmington, Delaware, by MetalCraft Marine, in 2012
 Firefighter I (Singapore), see Fireboats in Singapore
 Firefighter II (Singapore), see Fireboats in Singapore

Arts, entertainment and media

Films 

Fire Fighters, a 1922 silent short film
The Fire Fighters, a 1927 action film serial
The Fire Fighters, a 1930 Mickey Mouse cartoon
Firefighter, a 1986 American made-for-television drama film

Literature 

Firefighter! Daigo of Fire Company M (), a 1995 shōnen manga by Masahito Soda

Music 
"Firefighter" (song), a 2024 song by Nutsa Buzaladze

Television 
 "Firefighter" (), the 2023 episode 2 of the Japanese anime TV show Firefighter Daigo: Rescuer in Orange ()

Video games 

Fire Fighter (video game), a 1982 action game
Firefighter F.D.18, a 2004 action game

See also 

 List of firefighting museums
 
 
 
 
 Fireman (disambiguation)
 Firefight (disambiguation)
Vardnili Hydroelectric Power Station. Vardnili Hydro Power Plant Cascade is a cascade of hydropower plants in the Gali Municipality of Georgia. Included in the Cascade of Enguri Hydropower Plants. It consists of four relatively smaller power plants (Vardnil HPP-I, Vardnil HPP-II, Vardnil HPP-III, Vardnil HPP-IV). It is built on the outlet channel of the Enguri Hydro Power Plant, by discharging the main runoff of the Enguri River into the Eristskali riverbed. The total projected installed capacity is 340 MW, and the average annual projected electricity output is 1111 million kWh.
The Vardnil HPP-I has 3 turbines with a nominal capacity of 73 MW each having a total capacity of 220 MW.

See also

 List of power stations in Georgia (country)
 Energy in Georgia (country)

References

Hydroelectric power stations in Georgia (country)
AMS Flight. AMS Flight is a manufacturer of gliders, motorgliders and ultralight aircraft. It is based in Begunje na Gorenjskem, Slovenia.

History 

In 1978 the first DG-100 license-built for the ELAN company (ELAN Flight), a single-seat sailplane, was built by a team of Elan employees at the German company Glaser-Dirks in Bruchsal, Germany. Long-term licensing with Glaser Dirks and later DG Flugzeugbau continued. In the then ELAN factory at Begunje glider models DG-100 Elan, DG-300 Elan, DG-500 Elan and DG-1000 were made.

The company AMS Flight d.o.o. was established in 1999 to continue the existing aircraft production and took over the entire ELAN FLIGHT division of Elan on 1 September that year.

The company's manufacturing facilities are located at Begunje, in the northwest part of Slovenia, close to the borders with Austria and Italy.

On 14 November 2001 AMS took over from Technoflug GmbH the production of the Carat motorglider. The Carat is a single-seat, powered glider with the engine in the nose. The Carat was designed in Germany for long-range cruising flights and for soaring. 
The Magnus, a two-seat, side-by-side version of the Carat is under development by AMS.

The AMS product range expanded with the acquisition of the Apis ULA / Sport Class motor-glider program of the Slovenian company Albastar on 30 July 2003. Manufacturing of the Apis continued in AMS until serial number 52.

In 2005/06 AMS took over the license for the German-designed sailplanes Rolladen-Schneider LS4 and LS6. These types and their planned developments replaced the manufacture of the DG-300 and DG-500, which was being run down.

In 2007 production of the Apis and Bee gliders was transferred to Pipistrel.

Aircraft produced 
To July 2008, Elan and AMS had built the following gliders and aircraft parts:

 DG-100 ELAN:           58 sailplanes
 DG-101 ELAN:           164 sailplanes
 DG-300 ELAN:           444 sailplanes
 DG-303 ELAN:           67 sailplanes
 DG-500 ELAN:		 139 gliders
 DG-505 ELAN:		 121 gliders
 DG-1000S, DG-1000T:	 48 sailplanes		(AMS works: fuselage lamination and complete sailplane: rough assembly, surfaces finish and final assembly)
 Carat A:	  	  26 motor-gliders
 Apis, Bee:			     	  40 gliders
 LS4-b:					   2 sailplanes
 Composite components: wings, tailplanes, rudders: over 230 sets for Sky Arrow 450, Sky Arrow 650TC/TCN, Sinus, Virus

Production line 
AMS is the sole owner and manufacturer of the Carat. A family of light aircraft and motor gliders are under development with the names of Magnus, Mingus and Maxus.  AMS is continuing to supply spare parts to the DG-300, DG-500 and Apis.

External links 
 AMS flight home page

Aircraft manufacturers of Slovenia
Slovenian brands