omniomni/omni-engineering huggingface dataset:
Fullstack Academy. Fullstack Academy is an immersive software engineering coding bootcamp located in New York City.  Students of the full-time flagship course learn full stack JavaScript over the course of a 13-week, on-campus program.  Fullstack Academy offers beginner courses in JavaScript (JavaScript Jumpstart) and front-end development, as well as a summer program for college-age students (Summer of Code), and a part-time version of their full-time curriculum (Flex).

History
Fullstack Academy was founded in 2012 by David Yang (formerly of Yahoo!, Gilt) and Wharton School alumnus Nimit Maru (formerly of Yahoo!, Bloomspot). The company joined the Spring 2012 cohort of Y-Combinator. The following year, Fullstack opened to students. In 2019, Fullstack Academy was acquired by Bridgepoint Education. Founders David Yang and Nimit Maru left the company in 2021. As of 2021, Fullstack no longer offers an in-person bootcamp in Chicago.

Course offerings
Fullstack's flagship immersive course begins with a four-week "foundations" course, to be completed remotely before arriving on-campus.  The on-site component of the program involves thirteen weeks of intensive JavaScript education, incorporating a lecture-workshop format, as well as a team-based project phase.  Back-end languages taught include Node.js/Express; front end languages include React.js/JavaScript MVC, HTML5, and CSS3; and Data Structures taught include MONGODB, NoSQL, and Postgres.  Full-time students have access to career assistance following graduation. Tuition for the full-time immersive is $17,610.

The Flex-Immersive is a part-time course covering the same content as Fullstack Academy's full-time program.  The foundations course and career assistance programs are also available to Flex students.

Summer of Code is an immersive course for college and graduate school students with computer science or technically equivalent experience, held each year between June and August. The course is full-time and adheres to the same curriculum and structure as the flagship immersive program.

Admissions
Fullstack Academy's immersive courses (Full-Time, Flex-Immersive, & Summer of Code) use selective admissions procedures, admitting approximately 8% of applicants.

Applicants for the Full-time Immersive, Flex, and Summer of Code programs must pass a fundamental-skills evaluation, technical interview, and in-person interview prior to program acceptance.

Awards and media
Fullstack Academy was named Best Coding Bootcamp of 2015 by SkilledUp.com. Fullstack, its co-founders, and former students have received media coverage from Forbes.com, The Huffington Post, Business Insider, VentureBeat.com, and Fox5NY.

See also
 Web Development

References

External links
 

Y Combinator companies
Schools in Manhattan
Educational institutions established in 2013
2013 establishments in the United States
British Society for Nanomedicine. The British Society for Nanomedicine (BSNM) is the primary UK nanomedicine society. Members of the society are drawn from the general public, academia, industry, regulatory agencies and healthcare professionals. The society is a registered charity whose mission includes the direct explanation of the ongoing science and commercial developments to allow the public to understand and stay in touch with nanomedicine research as it impacts future global healthcare. The society is also actively involved in the organisation of multidisciplinary scientific meetings to encourage dissemination of the latest advances and foster collaboration.

History 
The Society was founded in 2012, in Liverpool at its inaugural meeting that was attended by over 70 scientists from different disciplines from around the globe. The motivation for creation of the society originated by the first Chair (Professor Andrew Owen) and Vice Chair (Professor Steve Rannard) of the board of trustees from the University of Liverpool, with support from colleagues at Swansea University (Professor Steve Conlan) and Herriot Watt University (Professor Vicki Stone). The inaugural meeting attracted delegates from around the world including active board members for the American Society for Nanomedicine (ASNM) and the European Foundation for Clinical Nanomedicine (CLINAM). Since then, the society has continued to grow and has Trustees from all four nations of the United Kingdom. The society has hosted annual meetings at Swansea University, the University of Strathclyde, Queen's University of Belfast, and the Francis Crick Institute in London.

Publication 
Prior to 2019, the British Society For Nanomedicine publishes a journal which promotes nanomedicine; The Journal of Interdisciplinary Nanomedicine (JOIN) is published by Wiley

Since 2020, the British Society of Nanomedicine has been  also pleased working in partnership with the Journal of Precision Nanomedicine.

References

External links 
 Official website

Health charities in the United Kingdom
Health in Liverpool
Medical associations based in the United Kingdom
Nanomedicine
Nanotechnology institutions
Organisations based in Liverpool
Organizations established in 2012
2012 establishments in England
Transhumanist organizations
University of Liverpool
Ashifi Gogo. Ashifi Gogo co-founded Sproxil in 2009 to fight the proliferation of counterfeit drugs in Africa.

Education
Gogo received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Whitman College in 2005, earning a double major in Mathematics and Physics. He received his PhD in Engineering from Dartmouth College.
He also attended his early education in Ghana. He was at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology primary and Junior High School.

Honors and awards
Gogo was named to  Fortune's 2005 '40 under 40' list of the most influential business people.

References

Whitman College alumni
Thayer School of Engineering alumni
Laplink. Laplink (sometimes styled LapLink) is a proprietary software that was developed by Mark Eppley and sold by Traveling Software. First available in 1983, LapLink was used to synchronize, copy, or move, files between two PCs, in an era before local area networks, using the parallel port and a LapLink cable or serial port and a null modem cable or USB and a USB ad hoc network cable. Traveling Software is now known as LapLink Software, Inc., and their main software is now the PCmover.

Cable
LapLink typically shipped with a specialized cable, allowing two PCs computers to be linked together via the parallel port, establishing a direct cable connection. This so-called LapLink cable or null-parallel cable is capable of faster transfer rates than the traditional null modem serial cable. At the time, almost all PCs had a parallel printer port, but neither USB nor modern Ethernet was available.

A Laplink cable can be seen as a parallel equivalent to a serial null modem cable.  Because of the higher bandwidth of the parallel port versus the serial port, a Laplink cable is able to transfer data more quickly.

The Interlnk program on MS-DOS can also use the Laplink cable.

With the demise of parallel ports on PCs, Laplink no longer sells the traditional cable.

Wiring

The cable used two DB25 male connectors, and was wired as below:

See also

 Parallel Line Internet Protocol (PLIP)
 Direct cable connection
 Interlnk
 Serial console
 Ethernet cable

References

External links
 Pin descriptions at Nullmodem.Com

Backup software
File transfer software
Terry Stepien. Terry Stepien is a Canadian computer scientist, and protege of Wes Graham, an influential professor of Computer Science at Stepien's alma mater, the University of Waterloo.  Stepien earned a Bachelor of Mathematics in 1981, and his Masters in 1988.

Stepien worked under Graham at the University's Computer Systems Group (CSG), the department that had developed the very successful Watfor, Watbol and Watiac.  In 1981 senior members of CSG incorporated Watcom, the University's first software spin-off company.
At Watcom Stepien was responsible for the development of its Structured Query Language (SQL) Anywhere software product.  When Sybase acquired Watcom, Stepien continued to lead this effort.  In 2000 Sybase had Stepien lead the spin-off of iAnywhere Solutions an "entrepreneurial subsidiary".

In 2001 he became the 7th awardee of the J.W. Graham Medal, named in honor of Graham, and annually awarded to an influential alumnus of the University's Faculty of Mathematics.

In 2004, under Stepien's direction, Sybase became the first tenant in a long-awaited technology park built on the University of Waterloo's large and undeveloped north campus.

When SAP SE acquired Sybase in 2010, Stepien became senior vice-president of emerging technologies at SAP Labs Canada.

References

External links
http://www.math.uwaterloo.ca/navigation/Alumni/awards_grahammedal.shtml

J.W. Graham Medal awardees
University of Waterloo alumni
1955 births
Living people
Stanford Intelligent Systems Laboratory. Stanford Intelligent Systems Laboratory (SISL) is a research laboratory at Stanford University. It operates within the Stanford Department of Aeronautics & Astronautics.

Drone research

SISL has conducted research in autonomous anti-collision technologies for drones. These efforts include developing software to increase drone reaction times when flying in crowded spaces, such as urban areas. Research was done in accordance with NASA's UAS Traffic Management (UTM) project.

Funding

SISL is supported by numerous external sponsors, including the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), MIT Lincoln Laboratory, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), National Science Foundation, Bosch, and SAP.

External links
 SISL Home Page

See also
Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory

References

Stanford University
Aeronautical navigation systems
Peter Theophil Riess. Peter Theophil Riess (27 June 1804 – 22 October 1883) was a German physicist, known mostly for his work in electricity, particularly friction electricity, but also in the field of electromagnetic induction.  In the latter work he developed two devices, the spark micrometer (sometimes called the Riess micrometer) and the Riess spiral coils, both of which were used by Heinrich Hertz in his experiments to prove the propagation of electromagnetic waves.

Riess was the son of a wealthy jeweller in Berlin.  He received his doctorate in 1831 from the University of Berlin.  In the early years after graduation he stayed with his father who was ill and helped run the business.  Even after his father died, he never sought an academic teaching position.  However he was a fellow (Mitglied) of the Berlin Academy, the first Jewish member of that academy, and under its auspices, and within its journal, Riess published prolifically.  He also published several books, as well as many articles in the Annalen der Physik.

Riess was a friend of most of the leading members of the Berlin intelligentsia of the period, and had interests in history, literature, art and music.  He died in Berlin at age 79.

See also
Lichtenberg figure
Riess spiral

References
 

1804 births
1883 deaths
19th-century German physicists
Scientists from Berlin
Physicists from the Kingdom of Prussia
Riess spiral. Riess spirals, or Knochenhauer spirals, are a pair of spirally wound conductors with metal balls at their ends.  Placing one above the other forms an induction coil.  Heinrich Hertz used them in his discovery of radio waves. They are named for German physicists Peter Theophil Riess and K. W. Knochenhauer.

References

External links
 Riess spiral pair

Laboratory equipment
Ploom. Ploom is a brand of tobacco heating devices that integrates aspects of both traditional and electronic cigarettes. The device employs a technology that heats tobacco without combustion. It is marketed by Japan Tobacco Inc. (JTI).

History

Early Developments 
Ploom was initially developed in California by James Monsees and Adam Bowen. The two friends were studying design at Stanford University. For their final thesis, they developed the design of an e-cigarette that would provide smokers with the nicotine they seek without the additional carcinogenic substances resulting from burning tobacco. Two years later, in 2007, they founded the company Ploom to distribute their e-cigarette. Unable to find support from financial institutions, Ploom relied on private investors like  Nicholas J. Pritzker to launch their products. 

In 2010, Ploom released a model called the Ploom Model One Vaporizer, designed like an oversize pen. The initial Ploom e-cigarette did not have commercial success.

Partnership between JTI and Ploom 
In 2011, Japan Tobacco International invested $10 million into the company. Ploom used this money to create the Pax, a vaporizer that resembled a stubby iPhone. Subsequently, Ploom released the ModelTwo. In 2015, JTI acquired the patents and trademarks. JTI retains the rights to manufacture and distribute the ModelTwo device and the pods product line.

While the product was invented to support smokers, cannabis users discovered that the Pax streamlined the cannabis experience. JTI asked to part ways with Ploom. Ploom retained their rights to the Pax product, while Ploom changed their name to Pax Labs and bought JTI out of their share.

After the JTI Takeover 
In 2016, Ploom was launched on the Japanese market and then in other countries, including France, Italy, South Korea and Switzerland. The initial launch in Fukuoka, Japan, was so popular that shipments were suspended after a week due to a supply shortage. According to JTI, Ploom would make it possible to inhale 99% of harmful constituents in less, compared to a cigarette that burns. But the owner also acknowledges that no toxicity studies have been conducted on Ploom.

In 2023, Romania is the tenth country where JTI is launching Ploom. JTI plans to invest $3 billion in the global expansion of Ploom and is targeting 24 countries in 2024.

References

External links 
 
Heated tobacco products
Electronic cigarette manufacturers
Tobacco companies of the United States
American companies established in 2007
Manufacturing companies established in 2007
2007 establishments in California
Manufacturing companies based in San Francisco
Tobacco industry
Cigarettes
Moritz Stefaner. Moritz Stefaner is a German data visualization specialist. He is notable for his work for organisations like the OECD, the World Economic Forum, Skype, dpa, and Max Planck Research Society. Stefaner is a multiple winner of the Kantar Information is Beautiful awards. His data visualisation work has been exhibited at Venice Biennale of Architecture and Ars Electronica. He has contributed to Beautiful Visualisation published by Springer and was interviewed for the books New Challenges for Data Design published by Springer and Alberto Cairo's The Functional Art.

One of Stefaner's most widely known works is the visualisation of the OECD Better Life Index. Among other notable projects is his interactive installation On Broadway, his work for the FIFA, and his design of the new OECD data portal.

With Enrico Bertini, he produces Data Stories, a podcast on data visualization. Stefaner studied Cognitive Science (B.Sc., University of Osnabrück) and Interface Design (M.A., University of Applied Sciences Potsdam). He lives in Lilienthal, Germany.

Bibliography

References

Living people
German computer scientists
Information graphic designers
Scientific American people
Year of birth missing (living people)
HMS Endeavour (1694 bomb vessel). HMS Endeavour was a 4-gun bomb vessel of the Royal Navy, purchased in 1694 but sold out of service the following year.

Construction and purchase 
In early 1694, ministers in the government of William III resolved to augment the Royal Navy's offensive capacity through provision of bomb vessels to attack French ports. In addition to the Navy's four existing Serpent-class bomb vessels, Admiralty requested that the Board of Ordnance purchase twelve private merchant ships for refitting as bombs. However, by April 1694 only eight such vessels were available, to which Admiralty then added the sixth rate sloop  to form the expanded bomb group.

Endeavour was the smallest of the new vessels, with a  keel, a beam of  and measuring 59 tonnes burthen. She was ketch-rigged, with a deep hold measuring  and capacity to provide mountings for a single 13-inch mortar. Her purchase price was £444, paid to London merchant Richard Beach. A further £473 was spent by Admiralty on Endeavours conversion to bomb vessel status, and £200 for fittings. The ship was initially armed with four five-pounder minion cannons, with a crew of 18 supported by Royal Artillery gunners.

Naval service
Endeavour was commissioned in 1694 under Commander Jacob Wright, for immediate service in war against France. In company with other purchased and converted bomb vessels, she was attached to Admiral John Berkeleys squadron for action against both merchant shipping and the fleets of privateers that were operating from French ports. Wright was superseded as commander when Endeavour reached her station in Berkeley's force, replaced by Captain (and later vice admiral) James Mighells.

The ship engaged in three port bombardments over the next twelve months; Dieppe and Le Havre in August 1694 and Saint-Malo in the following year. The assault on Dieppe resulted in widespread destruction of civilian property but did no damage to shipping or port facilities. Subsequent raids were even less effective, particularly off Saint-Malo where strong winds and tides meant Endeavour was unable to keep its mortar pointed towards the target. Having failed to affect French ports or privateers, Endeavour and her fellow bomb vessels were returned to England after the Saint-Malo raid.

Naval historians have subsequently described Endeavour and her sister ships' contribution to Berkeley's squadron as a "great disappointment" to the British, with their port bombardments representing little more than "nuisance raids" due to the inaccuracy of their fire.  In recognition of her failings Endeavour was sold out of naval service late in 1695, less than two years after her initial purchase.

Notes

References

Bibliography
 

 

1690s ships
Bomb vessels of the Royal Navy
Charles Crawford Davis. Charles Crawford Davis (November 27, 1893 – December 16, 1966) was an American audio engineer known for his innovations in the motion picture industry.

Career
Davis was born and raised in Fenton, Michigan, the son of  Caroline (née Crawford) and James Franklin Davis. He graduated from Fenton High School and studied engineering at the University of Michigan. In World War One he served as a member of the American Expeditionary Forces. After the war he moved to California and worked in the film industry. He devised techniques for integration of sound and film in recording cameras and projectors. At the time, his techniques were widely used in the industry. He was awarded several patents for his innovations. In 1948 he received an Academy Award for his technical contributions to the film industry. In 1956 he received the Samuel Warner Memorial Award from the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers. In 1958 he received the Emile Berliner Award from the Audio Engineering Society. Davis died in 1966 at the age of 73.

References

External links
Technical Achievement Award at Oscars.org

Academy Award for Technical Achievement winners
American audio engineers
People from Fenton, Michigan
University of Michigan College of Engineering alumni
1893 births
1966 deaths
20th-century American engineers
20th-century American inventors
Axel Odelberg. Axel Samuel Wilhelm Odelberg, (16 April 1873 in Gustavsberg - 25 November 1950 in Djursholm) was a Swedish chemical engineer. He was the son of industry owner Wilhelm Odelberg and the brother of Victor Odelberg.

Biography
Odelberg graduated chemistry technical class in 1895 from Kungliga Tekniska högskolan in Stockholm. After his studies he travelled to Zürich to get education in ceramics. In 1895 he was employed as an engineer at Gustavsbergs porslinsfabrik that was owned by his father. In 1899 he became the lead-engineer and led the factories drive. The same year, he married Maud Jane Beavis (1873-1962, in London. He ran the continuation work at the porcelain productions methods and machine-park. Amongst other things he showed the superiority of electricity over steam-power. Electricity was first used at Gustavsberg in 1925.

But Odelberg wanted to renew the production range and started to use Svenska Slöjdförening's program for more beautiful everyday goods. At his initiative he employed the artist Wilhelm Kåge  whose work resulted in an internationally known everyday porcelain for the general public. Kåge later became the factory's artistic leader.

Through his British wife he made connections with the owners of the British porcelain producers Wedgwood and became a goodwill ambassador in England for the Swedish industry. He became an honorary member of The Ceramic Society, he was later named as a pioneer by the same society.

References

1873 births
1950 deaths
Swedish chemical engineers
People from Värmdö Municipality
JJ Zhuang. JJ Zhuang () is a VP of Engineering at Instacart. With Kevin Henrikson as his business counterpart, he cofounded Acompli, the most broadly used email mobile and calendar client app for iPhone. Acompli was acquired by Microsoft at a price of $200 Million with less than 40 employees.

Career 

Zhuang received a Bachelor of Science degree from Shanghai Jiao Tong University. He worked at Openwave Systems Inc as a software architect from December 2000 to December 2006. He then became a software architect at Zimbra and moved along its merger with Yahoo! and VMWare. He was promoted to Chief Architect at Zimbra in February 2010 and later Chief Architect and Director of Engineering at VMWare in March 2012. He quit VMWare in May 2013.

One month later, Zhuang co-founded Acompli with Javier Soltero and Kevin Henrikson. He served as CTO until its acquisition by Microsoft in December 2014. Acompli is a company which builds email mobile applications and has raised $7.3 million in venture capital financing. Acompli was acquired by Microsoft for $200 million in 2014 and is now Outlook Mobile.

Zhuang joined Microsoft upon its acquisition of Acompli.

References

Living people
Chinese emigrants to the United States
American computer programmers
American software engineers
Shanghai Jiao Tong University alumni
Microsoft employees
Year of birth missing (living people)