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Harvest Automation. Harvest Automation, Inc. is a robotics company headquartered in Billerica, Massachusetts, that manufactures small, mobile material handling robots for nursery, greenhouse and eCommerce fulfillment applications.

History 
Harvest Automation Inc. was founded in 2009 by former iRobot employees on the premise that there are many examples of work in the world that are repetitive, strenuous and dangerous and that can benefit from robotic automation. Roomba inventors Joseph Jones and Paul Sandin, and Roomba engineer Clara Vu, founded the company along with CEO Charles Grinnell, who served as Lead Engineer of a $300 million particle detector at CERN – Europe's international physics research center.

Since the formation of Harvest Automation, Inc., the company has received funding from various investors totaling at $30.6 million. The company competes with Kiva Systems, the manufacturer of warehouse robots that was acquired by Amazon in 2012.

Products & Markets

OmniVeyor HV-100 

Harvest Automation’s first product is the OmniVeyor HV-100, providing automated material handling for the nursery and greenhouse market. OmniVeyor HV-100 units are designed for operation in both indoor and outdoor environments as typically seen on wholesale  greenhouses, hoop houses and nurseries. The robots are intended to reduce production costs and increase overall productivity.

OmniVeyor HV-100 robots automate the task of spacing containerized plants, common to wholesale Nursery and Greenhouse operations. When plants are young they are placed in close proximity to one another on fields in order to conserve resources such as land, water and pesticides. As the plants grow their containers must be spaced apart to allow the plants to develop a uniform and consistent canopy. The task of spacing plants has historically been completed with manual labor.

OmniVeyor TM-100 

The OmniVeyor TM-100 robot is designed to automate material handling for the eCommerce market. OmniVeyor TM-100 robots are designed to work with and among existing workforces and infrastructure.

The OmniVeyor TM-100 robots work by autonomously handling material movement and sortation and thereby eliminating the need for workers to walk long distances between picking products for order fulfillment. By virtue of its small size and weight and integrated obstacle detection and collision avoidance systems the robot is able to work in the same space as people. The OmniVeyor TM-100 robot is designed to allow for batch and single order processing as well as interleaved replenishment and returns processing.

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Robotics companies of the United States
Agricultural robotics
Computational Infrastructure for Geodynamics. The Computational Infrastructure for Geodynamics (CIG) is a community-driven organization that advances Earth science by developing and disseminating software for geophysics and related fields. It is a National Science Foundation-sponsored collaborative effort to improve geodynamic modelling and develop, support, and disseminate  open-source software for the geodynamics research and higher education communities.

CIG is located at the University of California, Davis, and is a member-governed consortium with 62 US institutional members and 15 international affiliates.

History
CIG was established in 2005 in response to the need for coordinated development and dissemination of software for geodynamics applications. Founded with an NSF cooperative agreement to Caltech, in 2010, CIG moved to UC Davis under a new cooperative agreement from NSF.

Software 
CIG hosts open source software in a wide range of disciplines and topic areas, such as geodynamics, computational science, seismology, mantle convection, long-term tectonics, and short-term crustal dynamics.

Software Attribution for Geoscience Applications (SAGA)
CIG started the SAGA project with an NSF EAGER award from the SBE Office of Multidisciplinary Activities for "Development of Software Citation Methodology for Open Source Computational Science".

References

External links
 

Earth sciences software infrastructure organizations
Geodynamics
Melvyn Smith. Melvyn Smith (11 November 1955 - 22 November 2022) was an astronautics consultant and spaceflight writer, and a Fellow of the British Interplanetary Society,

He wrote Illustrated History of the Space Shuttle 1985, which was reprinted (twice) 1986, and second edition 1989. He worked and researched at the then-Rockwell (Downey and Anaheim, California) facilities during assembly of the first Space Shuttle orbiters, and various NASA centres and contractors during the 1980s. After six years in the 1990s as joint Director of a marketing and design company, Smith was working full-time in the UK data communications supply industry.

Smith's 1985 book, An Illustrated History of the Space Shuttle, is a large-sized picture book oriented toward satisfying the popular market. Almost half of it is concerned with earlier high-speed, high- altitude flight as a means of paving the way for the Shuttle. It recites and publishes photographs of early aircraft, such as the Bell X-1, the X-15, and lifting body studies before going into a discussion of the Shuttle. This discussion focuses on the technological development of the orbiter, especially test and evaluation. A chapter is then devoted to each of the Shuttle orbiters built, dealing with their procurement, construction, test and evaluation, and mission performance. There is a helpful set of appendices discussing each of the X-15, M2F2, HL-10, X-24, M2F3, and Shuttle flights. 

Smith was also the author of 100E Super Profile. The history and development of the 100E series of small Ford saloons manufactured between 1953 and 1962. He is a former registrar and the founder of the 100E Register in the UK based Ford Sidevalve Owner's Club.

See also
History of rockets
Space Transportation System
Spaceplane

References

1955 births
Living people
British writers
Factory glass. Factory glass is a term used by collectors of art glass to distinguish relevant items, mostly of decorative rather than utilitarian glass, from the more individual or unique studio glass and by studio glass artists to distinguish their work from the more standardised items which are generally made in larger glassworks.  It can be an equivalent for the 20th century of the term art glass, which is largely applied to 19th-century or early 20th-century pieces.

It is difficult to specify how large a glassworks would be before it is considered a factory but size is not the key indicator. The crucial distinction would be where there is a significant degree of specialisation or "division of labour" as opposed to the more hands-on working methods used by a single glass artist, with perhaps an assistant, in a studio.

Exceptions
Not all glass made in factories counts because more individual, limited edition or one-off pieces were made for a variety of reasons. Examples would include; experimental, "end-of-day" and apprentice  pieces and "friggers" (test or trial pieces) but also special orders and one-off commissions.

Factory "studio" glass"
At Fenton, Dave Fetty, a factory glass worker for most of his career, was allowed to use specialist skills, learned before joining the factory, in limited editions of "offhand" pieces without the use of moulds. Such pieces are more akin to studio glass than "factory glass".

In the United Kingdom, Whitefriars and Caithness, have produced limited production "studio" lines alongside standard production in the same factory.
At the ZBS glassworks in Czechoslovakia, there was a separate department for making more experimental studio type pieces which were later hived off and came to be called Libera. The small Skrdlovice works was used by designers in the communist era to test out their designs with short runs before some went on to full production at other factories. The limited test items are much more prized by collectors but it is often difficult to be sure which ones these are and which ones were replicated in full production runs elsewhere.

Standardised production
While, the exceptions would generally account for a very small proportion of overall production, the term applies, strictly speaking, only to the production which was standardised, where many workers would be involved in the making of each item.

Other types of glass made in factories
The many other types of glass which are generally made in factories are usually referred to by their individual names; for example; float glass (for windows) and "glass packaging" (bottles, jars, and containers) and domestic glassware.

See also

History of glass
Pressed glass
Studio glass

References and external links

Sculpture
Visual arts media
VFW-Fokker H3 Sprinter. The VFW-Fokker H3 Sprinter  was a single-engined experimental rotorcraft designed and built in West Germany. Two aircraft were produced by VFW-Fokker in the early 1970s, registered D-9543 and D-9544. Intended as the first of a family of tip-jet driven helicopters the two H3 prototypes flew briefly but the method of rotor propulsion was found to be unsuccessful for this size of aircraft. Due to a high rotor overspeed, they could perform jump take-offs to  at a rate of  per minute.  An improved H4 variant was designed but not built.

Aircraft on display
Both aircraft have survived. D-9543 is currently on display at the Hubschraubermuseum Bückeburg with the other H3 thought to be in a private collection in Germany.

Specifications (H3)

See also

References

Notes

Bibliography

 Taylor, John W.R. Jane's Pocket Book of Research and Experimental Aircraft, London, Macdonald and Jane's Publishers Ltd, 1976. . 

Cancelled aircraft projects
Gyrodynes
H3
V-tail aircraft
Single-turbine helicopters
Aircraft first flown in 1971
Bernard 15. 

The Bernard 15 C1 or Bernard SIMB AB 15 was a 1920s French single-seat sesquiplane fighter aircraft designed and built by the Société Industrielle des Métaux et du Bois (SIMB). With the structural failure of the earlier Bernard 14 the Bernard 15 was an improved variant with a greater span upper wing. It was powered by a Hispano-Suiza 12Hb inline piston engine and had a fixed tailskid landing gear. The performance was not an improvement on the Bernard SIMB AB 14 and only the prototype was built.

Specifications

See also

Notes

Bibliography

External links

 Bernard 15 

1920s French fighter aircraft
015
Sesquiplanes
Single-engined tractor aircraft
Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo Tecnológico en Electroquímica. Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo Tecnológico en Electroquímica (CIDETEQ, and in English: Center of Research and Technologic Development in Electrochemistry) is one of 27 Public Research Centers in Mexico, funded by CONACyT. It was founded on 1991.

Academic

 Master in Electrochemistry
 Master in Science and Technology
 Doctorade in Electrochemistry
 Doctorade in Science and Technology

Research Areas

 Electrochemistry
 Energy
 Environmental

References

Education in Mexico
Public universities and colleges in Mexico
Universities and colleges in Querétaro
Institute of Photogrammetry and GeoInformation. The Institute of Photogrammetry and GeoInformation  (IPI) is a research institute that is part of the consortium of institutes operating under the aegis of Leibniz University situated in Hannover, Germany. The current research at IPI focuses both on terrestrial and extraterrestrial image interpretation. The basic themes of research revolve around computer vision, 3D geometry, image processing and machine learning. IPI contributes regularly with state-of-the-art methods to interpret high resolution images received from the HRSC probe of the Mars Express mission.

The institute is currently headed by Prof. Christian Heipke (since 1998) succeeding Gottfried Konecny who is a Professor emeritus at IPI.

History
IPI's history goes as far back as 1881 when W. Jordan was appointed as the first professor of Geodetics at the University of Hannover. However, after the havocs of the Second World War, the academic units of the university underwent a reorganization. In 1949 IPI's two mother institutes—The Geodetic Institute, and the Institute for Photogrammetry and Engineering Surveys were established. IPI got its current name in 2001.

Research emphasis
IPI's current research emphasis is a blend of interdisciplinary explorations in computer vision, 3D Geometry, image processing, and machine learning. These disciplines are employed for terrestrial and extraterrestrial image interpretation. IPI contributes regularly with state-of-the-art methods to interpret high resolution images received from the HRSC probe of the Mars Express mission.

In the past IPI was given the responsibility of Project Science Coordination for the Metric Camera Experiment on the first European Spacelab mission on the U.S. Space Shuttle.

In 1987 IPI deployed the first civilian digital photogrammetric workstation, and cooperated in the remote sensing mission MOMS 02/D2  on the U.S. Space Shuttle in 1993.

IPI is also part of the MOMS-02/P  mission on the Russian space station Mir since 1996.

Past heads
Past heads of the institute in reverse chronological order are:
Christian Heipke (1998-)
Gottfried Konecny
G.Lehmann
W.Großmann
R.Finsterwalder (1942–1948)
P.Gast (1927–1941)
W.Jordan (1882–1899)

References

External links
 IPI official website

Research institutes in Germany
Scientific organizations established in 1881
1881 establishments in Germany
Photogrammetry organizations
Geographic data and information organizations
Technological University, Bhamo. The Technological University (Banmaw)(also spell Bhamo) was initially constructed as Technological College (Banmaw) in December, 2001. The main building was opened on February 11, 2002. The new two- storey building was started to build on January 1, 2002 by Shwe Than Lwin Company and opened on July 10, 2005. Technological College (Banmaw) was upgraded to Technological University (Banmaw) on January 20, 2007.

Departments
 Civil Engineering Department
 Electronic and Communication Engineering Department
 Electrical Power Engineering Department
 Mechanical Engineering Department
 Academic Department

See also 
Technological University, Myitkyina

Technological University (Kalay)

List of Technological Universities in Myanmar

External links

Technological universities in Myanmar
Northern Pipeline Agency. The Northern Pipeline Agency () is a Government of Canada agency currently under the purview of Natural Resources Canada, and under the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade until 2004. The Agency was created in April 1978 with the proclamation of the Northern Pipeline Act to oversee the planning and construction of the Canadian section of the Alaska Highway Gas Pipeline Project by the Foothills Group of Companies, now owned by TransCanada Pipelines Ltd. (TCPL). Its mandate is stated as follows:

"The Agency's mandate is twofold. First, it carries out Government of Canada responsibilities in relation to the pipeline and facilitates the efficient and expeditious planning and construction of the pipeline, taking into account local and regional interests, in particular those of native people. Secondly, it maximizes the social and economic benefits from the construction and operation of the pipeline while at the same time minimizing any adverse effect on the social and environmental conditions of the areas most directly affected by the pipeline."

Further,

"The NPA acts as a single window between federal authorities and the Foothills Group of Companies, and between provincial and territorial governments, and the Government of the United States. In keeping with the Act, many regulatory powers of other Government of Canada departments and agencies related to the pipeline project are delegated to the NPA. This is not the case for those powers reserved exclusively to the National Energy Board or shared between the Board and the NPA."

The Agency oversaw the construction of the Prebuild from Caroline, Alberta to San Francisco and Chicago in the West and East respectively in the early 1980s but unfavourable economic conditions led to the suspension of Stage II (construction from the Alaska border near Beaver Creek, YT to the Alberta border near Boundary Lake, B.C.) as well as a corresponding reduction in resources and a prolonged period of inactivity. The Agency currently has a relatively small office, including the head Commissioner, the Deputy Minister of Natural Resources Canada Serge P. Dupont, who reports to Parliament through the Minister of Natural Resources, the Honourable Christian Paradis. The Agency Office develops and consults on major policy issues between the United States, the provinces, and the Government of Canada departments and agencies, concerned. An Assistant Commissioner was hired on a full-time basis in 2009, and several more staff have been hired since. The Act also provides for the appointment of an Administrator and Designated Officer within the National Energy Board (NEB), whose responsibilities are those relegated from the Commissioner. The Designated Officer is given responsibilities defined by the National Energy Board.

References

1978 in Canada
Natural Resources Canada
Egain forecasting. Egain forecasting is a method of controlling building heating by calculating demand for heating energy that should be supplied to the building in each time unit. By combining physics of structures with meteorology, properties of the building, weather conditions including outdoor temperature, wind speed and direction, as well as solar radiation can be taken into account. In the case of conventional heating control, only current outdoor temperature is considered.

The starting point for developing the method of eGain forecasting was the ENLOSS mathematical energy balance model developed by Prof. Roger Taesler
 from Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute in cooperation with Thorbjörn Geiser (member of the board) and Stefan Berglund, who are currently both employed at eGain Sweden AB. Forecasting method began to be introduced to use in the late 1980s.

Until 2017 inclusive, forecasting method has been introduced in nearly 16 million square metres of floorage of residential buildings and commercial premises. Estimated data indicate 10 - 15 kWh/m2  reduction of average annual heat energy consumption. Since forecasting method contains information about future demand and is not in conflict with other methods of increasing energy efficiency, it is always a good foreground solution.

eGain Forecasting in practice
As far as practical use of this forecasting method is concerned, remote control forecasting receivers are typically used to send and receive data by means of a GPRS or GSM network. The forecasting receivers then manage the operation of control panels installed in the buildings, which adjust distribution of heat energy in the heating system of a given property.

Recently, special remote control weather loggers have been introduced, and are used in combination with the forecasting receivers. The weather loggers accurately measure air temperature and humidity around the buildings, and these measurements are sent in real time to forecasting receivers. This turning point in technology provides an even more detailed analysis of the building and its environment,  and thus improves the possibilities for control via this forecasting method.

Notes

References
Taesler, R. (1990/91) "Climate and Building Energy Management". Energy and Buildings, Vol. 15–16, pp. 599 – 608.
Sasic Kaligasidis, A et al. (2006) "Upgraded weather forecast control of building heating systems". pp. 951ff in Research in Building Physics and Building Engineering. Paul Fazio (Editorial Staff), 
United States Patent 6098893 Comfort control system incorporating weather forecast data and a method for operating such a system (Inventor Stefan Berglund)

External links 
eGain

Heat transfer
Weather forecasting
Sustainable technologies
SS Empire Celt. Empire Celt was an  tanker which was built in 1941 for the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT). Completed in January 1942, she had a short career, being torpedoed and sunk on 24 February 1942 by .

Description
Empire Celt was built by Furness Shipbuilding Ltd, Haverton Hill-on-Tees, as yard number 335. She was launched on 7 October 1941 and completed in December.

Empire Celt was  long, with a beam of  and a depth of . She had a GRT of 8,032 and a NRT of 4,664.

Empire Celt was propelled by a triple expansion steam engine, which had cylinders of ,  and  diameter by  stroke. The engine was built by Richardsons, Westgarth & Co Ltd, Hartlepool.

History
Empire Celt was placed under the management of Jas. German & Co Ltd, Middlesbrough. Her port of registry was Middlesbrough. The United Kingdom Official Number 164861 and Code Letters BCWD were allocated.

Empire Celt was a member of Convoy ON 67, which departed Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire on 13 February 1942 bound for North America. Empire Celt was on a voyage from Greenock to New York. She was in ballast. At 08:55 (German time) on 24 February, Empire Celt was torpedoed by , being hit by two torpedoes. Four crew and two DEMS gunners were killed. Although she had been damaged, Empire Celt continued her voyage. Another attack at 09:50 by  failed, with the torpedo aimed at Empire Celt hitting  instead. Empire Celt later broke in two, with the bow section sinking. The Canadian ship  rescued 23 survivors, and  rescued 22 survivors. They were landed at St. John's, Newfoundland on 22 February. The stern section was considered salvageable, and the tug Foundation Franklin was despatched on 9 March to assist but failed to find any trace of Empire Celt and she was presumed to have sunk at position . Those lost on Empire Celt are commemorated at the Tower Hill Memorial, London.

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1941 ships
Ships built on the River Tees
Tankers of the United Kingdom
Empire ships
Ministry of War Transport ships
World War II tankers
Steamships of the United Kingdom
Maritime incidents in February 1942
Ships sunk by German submarines in World War II
World War II shipwrecks in the Atlantic Ocean
Chief programmer team. A chief programmer team was the concept of a programming team organized in a star around a "chief" role, granted to the software engineer who understood the system's intentions the best. Other team members got supporting roles.

The concept was similar to that of a surgical team in which a surgeon who performs the operation is supported by medical staff such as an anaesthetist and nurses.
Fred Brooks describes the concept in detail in The Mythical Man-Month, as proposed by Harlan Mills in 1971.

Team structure
The team consists of  people. Various roles have been defined for team members, the following are taken from Brooks.
 Program Clerk: responsible for all project technical records.
 Toolsmith: builds and supports tools used by developers.
 Language Lawyer: has in-depth expertise in the language(s) used to develop the project.

In this arrangement the chief programmer and backup programmer actually work on the problem. The remaining team members provide "all conceivable support."

References

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Software project management