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The control panel for the C-1 gyroscopic autopilot. A surplus C-1 was used in the SNARC. The Stochastic Neural Analog Reinforcement Calculator (SNARC) is a neural-net machine designed by Marvin Lee Minsky. [1][2] Prompted by a letter from Minsky, George Armitage Miller gathered the funding for the project from the Air Force Office of Scientific ...
Lindbergh Award (2011) Global Humanitarian Award (2013) Dean Lawrence Kamen (/ ˈkeɪmɪn /; born April 5, 1951) is an American engineer, inventor, and businessman. He is known for his invention of the Segway and iBOT, [2] as well as founding the non-profit organization FIRST with Woodie Flowers. [3][4] Kamen holds over 1,000 patents. [5]
Decane is an alkane hydrocarbon with the chemical formula C 10 H 22. Although 75 structural isomers are possible for decane, the term usually refers to the normal-decane (" n -decane"), with the formula CH 3 (CH 2) 8 CH 3. All isomers, however, exhibit similar properties and little attention is paid to the composition. [5]
Design–build (or design/build, and abbreviated D–B or D/B accordingly), also known as alternative delivery, [ 1 ] is a project delivery system used in the construction industry. It is a method to deliver a project in which the design and construction services are contracted by a single entity known as the design–builder or design–build ...
Decan. 'Diagonal star table' from the late 11th Dynasty coffin lid; found at Asyut, Egypt. Roemer- und Pelizaeus-Museum Hildesheim. The decans (/ ˈdɛkənz /; Egyptian bꜣktw or baktiu, " [those] connected with work" [1]) are 36 groups of stars (small constellations) used in the ancient Egyptian astronomy to conveniently divide the 360 degree ...
United States. v. t. e. Academic ranks in Malaysia are the titles, relative importance and power of professors, researchers, and administrative personnel held in academia. Generally, Malaysia uses Commonwealth academic ranks. However, there are universities using their own academic titles. There are a significant number of ranks, but the most ...
The Ubaid period (c. 5500–3700 BC) [ 1 ] is a prehistoric period of Mesopotamia. The name derives from Tell al-'Ubaid where the earliest large excavation of Ubaid period material was conducted initially in 1919 by Henry Hall and later by Leonard Woolley. [ 2 ]
Since the office was established in 1789, 45 men have served in 46 presidencies. The first president, George Washington, won a unanimous vote of the Electoral College. [4] Grover Cleveland served two non-consecutive terms and is therefore counted as the 22nd and 24th president of the United States, giving rise to the discrepancy between the ...