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A wet moon (also called a Cheshire moon) is the visual phenomenon when the "horns" of the crescent Moon point up at an angle, away from the horizon, so...

The inchworm motor is a device that uses piezoelectric actuators to move a shaft with nanometer precision. In its simplest form, the inchworm motor uses...

Small-signal modeling is a common analysis technique in electronics engineering used to approximate the behavior of electronic circuits containing nonlinear...

In general, detection is the action of accessing information without specific cooperation from with the sender. In the history of radio communications...

Prefetching in computer science is a technique for speeding up fetch operations by beginning a fetch operation whose result is expected to be needed soon...

A spring box is a structure engineered to allow groundwater to be obtained from a natural spring. The spring box functions to protect the spring water...

Tube tools are tools used to service any tubing (material) in industrial applications including, but not limited to: HVAC or industrial heating and air...

Optical Triangulation Sensors are commonly used to provide door mounted safety detection on swinging automatic doors. These types of sensors are common...

Micro-incineration or microincineration is a technique to determine the manner and distribution of mineral elements in biological cells, biological tissues...

The Ariane was a French automobile made by Automobiles Ariane, Suresnes, Seine in 1907. It was a small friction drive two-seater using a single-cylinder...

The Offline Private Key Protocol (OPKP) is a cryptographic protocol to prevent unauthorized access to back up or archive data. The protocol results in...

The Lost Pines Power Project 1 is a natural gas fired power plant located near Bastrop, Texas in Bastrop County, Texas. It is owned by GenTex Power Corporation...

Gotec Group based in Wülfrath, Germany, is an automotive corporation from Germany which has production and sales locations in 7 different countries including...

In the framing of a deck or floor system, a rim joist is attached perpendicular to the joists, and provides lateral support for the ends of the joists...

The President's Commission on Care for America's Returning Wounded Warriors, also known as the Dole-Shalala Commission, was established on March 6, 2007...

ApertusVR is an embeddable, open-source (MIT), framework-independent, platform-independent, network-topology-independent, distributed, augmented reality/virtual...

The Memorial Bridge is a structure that crosses the Youghiogheny River, connecting the eastern and western shores of Connellsville, Pennsylvania, US. The...

Xtraview Video Encryption System refers to the now-defunct patented "encryption" system used on Xtraview and a number of other Top Up TV services, including...

The Citizen's Health Care Working Group (CHCWG) was charged with listening to the opinions of the general public about how the government can make health...

UCMDB is a software product from Micro Focus that generates and maintains a Configuration Management Database of information technology items. It includes...