omniomni/omni-engineering huggingface dataset:
Firefly (computer program). Firefly, formerly named PC GAMESS, is an ab initio computational chemistry program for Intel-compatible x86, x86-64 processors based on GAMESS (US) sources. However, it has been mostly rewritten (60-70% of the code), especially in platform-specific parts (memory allocation, disk input/output, network), mathematic functions (e.g., matrix operations), and quantum chemistry methods (such as Hartree–Fock method, Møller–Plesset perturbation theory, and density functional theory). Thus, it is significantly faster than the original GAMESS. The main maintainer of the program was Alex Granovsky. Since October 2008, the project is no longer associated with GAMESS (US) and the Firefly rename occurred. Until October 17, 2009, both names could be used, but thereafter, the package should be referred to as Firefly exclusively.

History
On December 4, 2009, the support of any PC GAMESS versions earlier than the first PC GAMESS Firefly version 7.1.C was abandoned, and any and all licenses to use the code were revoked. Thus, users of the outdated PC GAMESS binaries (version 7.1.B and all earlier releases) were required to discontinue using the PC GAMESS and upgrade to Firefly.

On July 25, 2012, a state of the art edition of Firefly, version 8.0.0 RC, was launched for public beta testing. A relative comparison has shown that it is far faster and more reliable than the prior edition, Firefly 7.1.G. Many changes were made to enhance its abilities.

In the Quantum Chemistry Speed Test, Firefly's DFT code came second (losing only to commercial QChem), beating other free DFT codes by a large margin.
Firefly's unique capabilities include XMCQDPT2, a reformulation of Nakano's multi-state multi-configuration quasi-degenerate perturbation theory (MCQDPT) correcting for some of its deficiencies. 

At the end of 2019, Firefly's main developer A. A. Granovsky unexpectedly died but the project continues.

See also
GAMESS (US)
GAMESS (UK)
Quantum chemistry computer programs

References

External links
 
 PC GAMESS SCF Benchmark

Computational chemistry software
Dicker-rod. The dicker-rod (also spelled dickerod) is a device intended to replace the first down chains commonly used to measure 10-yard distances during games of gridiron football. The device was named for its inventor, George Dicker (1913–1989) of Tustin, California, and received a patent in 1973.  The dicker-rod also aims to improve safety, as a 10-yard length of chain laying along the sideline can be a hazard for players. Additionally, it requires just one person to operate, rather than a three-person chain crew. However, the dicker-rod has not been widely used, and the first-down chain remains the standard.

Description
The device features a rod approximately  in length. Initially, the rod is positioned horizontally by its operator, and a marker attached to the rod is positioned to indicate the ball's position from the nearest five-yard marker (that is, the 5, 10, 15, 20, etc. yard lines). For example, if a set of downs begins on the 23-yard line, the marker is placed two yards along the rod, referenced from the 25-yard line. The operator then moves to the applicable yard marker 10 yards downfield, for example (assuming the offense is moving towards midfield) to the 35-yard line. The marker on the rod then indicates the line to gain, in this example the 33-yard line, two yards away from the 35-yard line and 10 yards from the ball's starting position. Having located the line to gain, the operator can then hold the rod vertically at that location, as a visual aid to players, officials, and spectators. If the offense moves the ball near the line to gain and a measurement is required, the operator can bring the device onto the field and reposition it to the horizontal position to assess if the football has or has not reached the marker, which represents the line to gain. The patent provides additional detail about the mechanics of the device; for example, how the marker is held in position on the rod.

Usage
The first official use of the dicker-rod was in a 1970 college football contest between UC Santa Barbara and Cal State Long Beach. An August 1972 newspaper article about its inventor noted that the dicker-rod was used in 174 high-school football games during the 1971 season, and in the June 1972 Coaches All-America Game.

The dicker-rod was used by the World Football League (WFL) throughout its 1974 season. The league reverted to using a traditional chain for its 1975 season.

Notes

References

External links 
 Video clip from World Bowl I (December 5, 1974) — the Dicker-rod can be seen in use along the sideline following the referee's signal of a first down at 16:12 of the video

American football equipment
American football terminology
World Football League
Hybrid Insect Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems. Hybrid Insect Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (HI-MEMS) is a project of DARPA, a unit of the United States Department of Defense.   Created in 2006, the unit's goal is the creation of tightly coupled machine-insect interfaces by placing micro-mechanical systems inside the insects during the early stages of metamorphosis.    After implantation, the "insect cyborgs" could be controlled by sending electrical impulses to their muscles.    The primary application is surveillance.  The project was created with the ultimate goal of delivering an insect within 5 meters of a target located 100 meters away from its starting point.  In 2008, a team from the University of Michigan demonstrated a cyborg unicorn beetle at an academic conference in Tucson, Arizona.  The beetle was able to take off and land, turn left or right, and demonstrate other flight behaviors.  Researchers at Cornell University demonstrated the successful implantation of electronic probes into tobacco hornworms in the pupal stage.

References

Microtechnology
DARPA
Research projects
Surveillance
Cyborgs
Micro air vehicles
Daikon (system). Daikon is a computer program that detects likely invariants of programs. An invariant is a condition that always holds true at certain points in the program. It is mainly used for debugging programs in late development, or checking modifications to existing code.

Properties 
Daikon can detect properties in C, C++, Java, Perl, and IOA programs, as well as spreadsheet files or other data sources. Daikon is easy to extend and is free software.

External links 
 Daikon Official home site
 Source Repository on GitHub
 Dynamically Discovering Likely Program Invariants, Michael D. Ernst PhD. Thesis (using Daikon)

References 

Free computer programming tools
Static program analysis tools
Software testing
Lean consumption. Lean consumption is based on lean manufacturing, also known as lean production. Lean Manufacturing was pioneered by Toyota founder Taiichi Ohno, and revolutionized and streamlined the manufacturing industry. Whereas lean manufacturing set out ways to streamline manufacturing processes, lean consumption "minimizes customers' time and effort by delivering exactly what they want when and where they want it". Processes are focused on eliminating waste, while increasing productivity, speed of operation and improving customer interaction.

History 
In the fall of 2005, James P. Womack and Daniel T. Jones published an article in the Harvard Business Review describing a new theory called Lean Consumption. This process was proposed for large corporations, but smaller corporations have been able to take this theory and apply it to small business. This has the effect of more efficient business and better customer service and SLAs.
Related fields to Lean Consumption include:
 Lean thinking
 Six Sigma
 Theory of constraints

Principles of lean consumption
 Solve the customer's problem completely by ensuring that all the goods and services work, and work together.
 Don't waste the customer's time.
 Provide exactly what the customer wants.
 Provide what's wanted exactly where it's wanted.
 Provide what's wanted where it's wanted, exactly when it's wanted.
 Continually aggregate solutions to reduce the customer's time and hassle.

Methodology
 Identify and improve activities that create and add value for the customer.
 Determine what processes are necessary to deliver that value.
 Cut down on activities that do not add value.
 Deliver products precisely when the customer requires them.
 Improve and streamline these processes continuously.

Companies that use lean consumption and variations
 IBM
 Microsoft
 Motorola
 Toyota
 List of Six Sigma companies

Lean consumption in the IT Industry
The industry most affected by Lean Consumption is the IT and Computer Services Industry. Companies like Microsoft and IBM are the most notable companies to employ Lean Consumption or some variation of the theory. A notable smaller adoptee is Cybernomics, which has been able to employ Lean Consumption theory to better satisfy customers by giving them exactly what they require when they require it and at the same time, planning ahead with Proactive IT to avoid break-fix situations, all while lowering cost to the end user.

References

External sources
 Lean Enterprise Institute

Customer relationship management
Economics articles
Architects and Engineers Building. The Architects and Engineers Building is an office building in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, designed by locally notable architects Hewitt and Brown and built by builders Pike and Cook.  The building was influenced by Hewitt and Brown's relationship with designers who were dedicated to the City Beautiful movement.  They intended to save money by grouping their practices in one building, and they also desired "the special advantage of proximity and the facility for making the knowledge and experience of each available to others."  The building was designed with private executive offices, as well as common drafting rooms, libraries, meeting rooms, and clerical facilities.  The building was also intended for use at night by architectural students who would work in association with practicing professionals.

The building is designed with an Italian Renaissance theme, with different window plans on each level.  The names of prominent architects such as Leonardo da Vinci, Filippo Brunelleschi, Sir Christopher Wren, Charles Follen McKim, and Henry Hobson Richardson are painted in gold within the arches between each pair of third-floor windows.

The building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places for local significance in architecture and commerce.  The building is now occupied by Catholic Charities of Saint Paul and Minneapolis.

See also
 National Register of Historic Places listings in Hennepin County, Minnesota

References

External links
 

National Register of Historic Places in Minneapolis
Office buildings completed in 1920
Office buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota
Renaissance Revival architecture in Minnesota
Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Saskatchewan. The Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Saskatchewan (APEGS) is the regulatory body for professional engineers and geoscientists in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It is a member of Engineers Canada. Its authority is granted under the provincial legislation entitled The Engineering and Geoscience Professions Act.

References

External links
 

Engineering societies based in Canada
Professional associations based in Canada
Professional associations based in Saskatchewan
Science in science fiction. Science in science fiction is the study or  of how science is portrayed in works of science fiction, including novels, stories, and films.  It covers a large range of topics.  Hard science fiction is based on engineering or the "hard" sciences (for example, physics, astronomy, or chemistry). Soft science fiction is based on the "soft" sciences, and especially the social sciences (anthropology, sociology, psychology, of political science).  

The accuracy of the science portrayed spans a wide range - sometimes it is an extrapolation of existing technology, sometimes it is a realistic or plausible portrayal  of a technology that does not exist, but which is plausible from a scientific perspective; and sometimes it is simply a plot device that looks scientific, but has no basis in science. Examples are:
Realistic case:  In 1944, the science fiction story Deadline by Cleve Cartmill depicted the atomic bomb.  This technology was real, unknown to the author.
Extrapolation:  Arthur C. Clarke wrote about space elevators, basically a long cable extending from the Earth's surface to geosynchronous orbit.  While we cannot build one today, it violates no physical principles.
Plot device:  The classic example of an unsupported plot device is faster-than-light drive, often called a "warp drive".  It is unsupported by physics as we know it, but needed for galaxy-wide plots with human lifespans.

Criticism and commentary on how science is portrayed in science fiction is done by academics from science, literature, film studies, and other disciplines; by literary critics and film critics; and by science fiction writers and sci fi fans and bloggers.

Hard science in science fiction 

 Planets in science fiction
 Time travel in science fiction
 Weapons in science fiction
 Materials science in science fiction
 Genetics in fiction

Social science in science fiction 

Sex and sexuality in speculative fiction
Women in science fiction
Gender in speculative fiction
Reproduction and pregnancy in speculative fiction

See also 
Category Fiction about physics
Physics and Star Wars

References

Bibliography
The Science in Science Fiction by Brian Stableford, David Langford, & Peter Nicholls (1982)
 Science Fiction with Good Astronomy & Physics

Fiction about science
Science fiction themes
École d'Informatique d'Électronique et d'Expertise comptable. The  is a school in Kinshasa devoted to computer science, electronics and accounting.  The school was founded in 1972 by Anatole Musoko Kanumbi.  The school's name is abbreviated to EIECO.  It has played a leading role in the development of high-tech in the Kinshasa-Brazzaville area.

EIECO offers programs in computer science, radio communications, telecommunications, electronics, electrical engineering, and accounting.  It is modeled after similar institutions in Europe. 

Adapted from the French Wikipedia article

Universities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Educational institutions established in 1972
Education in Kinshasa
Seapine Software. Seapine Software was a privately held Mason, Ohio-based software and services company. The company developed a suite of software products that managed the full software development lifecycle. Seapine's tools included testing tools, configuration management, test-case management, and requirements management. The company was best known for its TestTrack line of application lifecycle management (ALM) software.

The company was acquired in 2016 by Minneapolis, Minnesota-based Perforce Software, and TestTrack was rebranded as Helix ALM.

History
Seapine was established in 1995 by Rick and Kelly Riccetti. The company shipped their first product, TestTrack Pro, in 1996.

In 2012, Seapine built a new 50,000 square-foot technology headquarters in Mason, OH for their 100+ employees.

In 2016, the company was acquired by Minneapolis, Minnesota-based Perforce Software. Six months after the acquisition, Perforce renamed TestTrack as Helix ALM to match other products in Perforce's suite.

Awards and recognition
Seapine was on the SD Times 100 list in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015.

In 2013, Seapine was rated a Champion in the application lifecycle management space by Info-Tech Research Group.

Seapine products had won various Jolt Awards, including its QA Wizard in 2011, Surround SCM in 2008, and TestTrack Studio in 2007.

See also
List of revision control software
Comparison of issue tracking systems

References

External links 
 
 Quality and Transparent ALM

Development software companies
Jet damping. Jet damping or thrust damping is the effect of rocket exhaust removing energy from the transverse angular motion of a rocket.  If a rocket has pitch or yaw motion then the exhaust must be accelerated laterally as it flows down the exhaust tube and nozzle.  Once the exhaust leaves the nozzle this lateral momentum is lost to the vehicle and thus serves to damp the lateral oscillations.  The jet damping is stabilizing as long as the distance from the instantaneous spacecraft center of mass to the nozzle exit plane exceeds the instantaneous transverse radius of gyration. Most rocket or missile configurations meet this criterion and the jet damping has a dynamic stabilizing effect.  The jet damping torque rotates at nutation frequency in the spacecraft frame.

The jet damping contributes to the pitch and yaw damping coefficients,  and , where  is the rate of change of pitching moment with respect to pitch rate and  is the rate of change of the yawing moment with respect to yaw rate.  For jet airplanes in cruise, the contribution of jet damping is usually negligible because the external aerodynamic damping is large relative to the jet damping.  Rockets at lift-off, however, have practically zero external aerodynamic damping and the jet damping becomes significant.

References

Rocket propulsion
Super Robot Red Baron. is a Japanese tokusatsu series that aired from July 4, 1973, to March 27, 1974. It was produced by Nippon Gendai Kikaku and Senkosha Productions (Senko Planning). Its story was later retold in the anime Red Baron and it had a sequel titled Super Robot Mach Baron.

Plot
The show is set in the early 21st century where the Iron Masked Party, led by Dr. Devilar, steals giant robots built all over the world from an exhibition and kidnap their creators to form a "Robot Empire". Scientist Kenichiro  Kurenai, foreseeing his capture, turns over his own super robot, Red Baron, to his younger brother Ken Kureinai. Ken is a member of SSI (Secret Science Investigation), a highly skilled team of scientists that practice ninjitsu, and uses Red Baron to aid the team in their efforts to stop the Iron Masked Party from taking over the world. Later in the series, the Iron Masked Party is revealed to be an organization from Mars and led by the renegade super computer Garis Q and intends to destroy the world as practice before taking over the universe.

Episode list

Cast
Ken Kenichiro: Yosuke Okada
Mari Matsubara: Rei Maki
Daisaku Hori: Pepe Hozumi
Tetsuya Sakai: Hisashi Kato
Jitsu Osato: Tetsuya Oshita
Shiro Makami: Tetsuya Ushio
Ippei Kumano: Isao Tamagawa
Kenichiro Kurenai/Android X: Nobuyuki Ishida
Dr. Deviler: Hiroshi Ikaida

Enemy Robots

Stolen National Robots
Big Bison (America)
Black Masai (Kenya)
Agun-Garuda (Indonesia) 
Hiryu (Japan)
Viking III (Norway)
Blizzard 7 (Iceland)
Bedouin G (Arabia)
Vesuvius Y (Italy)
Mau Mau (Union of South Africa)
Garnison Ace (Canada)
Eleci Amazon (Brazil)
McKinley V6 (America (Alaska))
King John Bull (England)
Proto-Andes (Peru)
Iron Cross G (West Germany)
Gran Matador (Spain)
Rajasthan (India)
Magma Wolf (Japan)
Sphinxer (Egypt)
Escargos (France)
Mongol Star (Mongolia)

Iron Masked Party Originals
Troy Horse
Goryu
Schekler Robot
Sky Shark
King Devilar
Martian Saturn
Gold Finger
Bem Panthers 01, 02, and 03
Devil Ghoster
Mars Bird
Spider Robot
Donkey One
Dracubat
Deimos Z

Notes

References
Super Robot Red Baron at Japan Hero
 
Sûpâ Robotto Reddo Baron on Japanese Wikipedia for kanji title comparison

External links 
 

1973 Japanese television series debuts
1974 Japanese television series endings
Tokusatsu television series
Nippon Television original programming
Swarm Development Group. The Swarm Development Group (SDG) is an American non-profit organization to advance the development of complex adaptive system-oriented agent-based modeling (ABM) tools initiated at the Santa Fe Institute (SFI) in Santa Fe, New Mexico, US.

History
Swarm Development Group was formed in 1999 by a group of multidisciplinary scientists, researchers, and software developers, led by Chris Langton. Langton was also the founder of the emerging field of research called artificial life.  The initial, primary, role for the SDG was to house continued development of the Swarm simulation software after the software become independent of the SFI in 1999.

The role of the Swarm Development Group has  expanded to include the co-ordination of a long-running conference SwarmFest during May, June, or July each summer – typically hosted by a different research university each year. Developers, users, and researchers gather to present research papers and discuss the state of Swarm and other agent-based modeling platforms like RePast (University of Chicago) and Ascape (Brookings).  Typically, a wide range of academic, corporate, and government organizations are represented at SwarmFest.   The first SwarmFest was in 1998 while Swarm was still sponsored by the Santa Fe Institute.   From SwarmFest 2000 onwards, after the SDG was formed in late 1999, SwarmFests were organized directly by the SDG.

Recent SwarmFests have been held at a variety of institutions.  SwarmFest 2007 was held at DePaul University's School of Computer Science, Telecommunications, and Information Systems, in  Chicago.  SwarmFest 2008 was held at Northwestern Memorial Hospital/Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, in  Chicago.  Swarmfest 2008 had special focus areas on agent based modeling in Systems Biology, and the implementation of agent based models in high-performance computing environments. Between 2009 and 2012, SwarmFest was held at the Santa Fe Complex in Santa Fe, New Mexico.  Swarmfest 2013 was held at the University of Central Florida in Orlando, Florida July 8–9.; SwarmFest 2014 was held at the University of Notre Dame in Notre Dame, Indiana from June 29 – July 1, 2014; the University of South Carolina in Columbia, South Carolina (in 2015), the University of Vermont in Burlington, Vermont (in 2016), and Old Dominion University in Suffolk, Virginia (in 2017), were the selected venues.

References

External links 
 Swarm Development Group

Complex systems theory
Systems science institutes
Organizations established in 1999
1999 establishments in the United States
Plant (control theory). A plant in control theory is the combination of process and actuator. A plant is often referred to with a transfer function
(commonly in the s-domain) which indicates the relation between an input signal and the output signal of a system without feedback, commonly determined by physical properties of the system. An example would be an actuator with its transfer of the input of the actuator to its physical displacement. In a system with feedback, the plant still has the same transfer function, but a control unit and a feedback loop (with their respective transfer functions) are added to the system.

References 

Classical control theory
Control loop theory
Cybernetics
Common Industrial Protocol. The Common Industrial Protocol (CIP) is an industrial protocol for industrial automation applications. It is supported by ODVA.

Previously known as Control and Information Protocol, CIP encompasses a comprehensive suite of messages and services for the collection of manufacturing automation applications – control, safety, synchronization, motion, configuration and information. It allows users to integrate these manufacturing applications with enterprise-level Ethernet networks and the Internet. It is supported by hundreds of vendors around the world, and is media-independent. CIP provides a unified communication architecture throughout the manufacturing enterprise. It is used in EtherNet/IP, DeviceNet, CompoNet and ControlNet.

ODVA is the organization that supports network technologies built on the Common Industrial Protocol (CIP). These also currently include application extensions to CIP: CIP Safety, CIP Motion and CIP Sync.

References

External links
 ODVA website
 EtherNet/IP: Industrial Protocol White Paper

Serial buses
Network protocols
Industrial automation