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The Rain Bird horizontal action impact-drive sprinkler head was recognized as a historic landmark of agricultural engineering in 1990 by the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers. [3] This invention led to sprinkler irrigation development that currently exceeds 50,000,000 acres (78,000 sq mi; 200,000 km 2) worldwide.
Telecomsoft was founded in 1984 when computer games were the fastest growing sector within the computer software market at the time. Despite a turnover of over £6 million in 1987/88, [1] British Telecom sold the three labels to MicroProse in 1989 in a deal reported to be worth around £2,000,000 [2] after a failed management buyout. [1]
A programmable logic controller (PLC) or programmable controller is an industrial computer that has been ruggedized and adapted for the control of manufacturing processes, such as assembly lines, machines, robotic devices, or any activity that requires high reliability, ease of programming, and process fault diagnosis.
A 17-year-old cheerleader from California was stabbed to death just days before Christmas — and police say they've arrested an "acquaintance" in connection with the case. On Friday, Dec. 20, at ...
A Georgia couple was sentenced to 100 years in prison without parole after adopting two boys and sexually abusing them. William and Zachary Zulock will each spend the rest of their lives behind ...
In its most recent fiscal quarter, same-store sales, excluding fuel, jumped 7%, compared to a 3.8% increase in the same time period a year ago. Through the nine months ended Oct. 31, Sam's Club ...
The WaveBird Wireless Controller was designed and sold by Nintendo. [1] Unlike most wireless controllers of its era, it relies on RF technology (first used in gaming with Atari's CX-42 joysticks [14]) instead of infrared line-of-sight signal transmission, [1] and the controller's radio transceiver operates at 2.4 GHz. [15]
Shohei Ohtani and his wife, Mamiko Tanaka, are expecting their first child. The Los Angeles Dodgers star shared the exciting announcement on Instagram Dec. 28. He posted a sweet photo with several ...