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Up, tall and high!
Through illustrations and simple text, birds demonstrate the meanings of the words up, tall, and high.
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Stratospheric platform applications: reduced cognitive load for multimedia and education
The proliferation of computing solutions in future communication networks leads to the occurrence of cognitive visual overstimulation (CVO). CVO occurrence arises in multimedia content editing and provisioning of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education. The presented research proposes a high-altitude platform-based architecture that enable multimedia content editing related to space themes, and insertion in the edge of space i.e., the stratosphere (space horizon) environment. The use of the proposed architecture in content editing and STEM education contexts reduces the CVO by an average of (22–84.1) % and (13.6–31.7) %, respectively. Investigations show that the proposed architecture reduces the latency by an average of 30.3%, and 49.4% considering individual, and multiple content access, respectively. The use of the proposed architecture also reduces the power consumption associated with multimedia content editing by (8.05–42.9) % on average.
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Feasibility of kinetic orbital bombardment
In this paper, the possible impact effects of orbital bombardment systems and their feasibility are studied. These effects are the projectile penetration into concrete and steel targets and seismic effects. The equations of motion for the re-entry of a projectile and the penetration were solved numerically. The projectile penetration is modelled using the Alekseevskii–Tate model. By varying the altitude (
), projectile length (
), manoeuvre velocity (Δ
) and the target properties, the flight time (
), earthquake magnitude (
) and penetration depth (
) are calculated. The calculations show that the impact of a tungsten alloy rod with a length of 8 m and a 0.4 m diameter results in an earthquake with a seismic magnitude of only 2.5 on the Richter scale. For concrete, the optimal result is obtained for a projectile with a length of 0.56 m. It penetrates 1.79 m with a minimal Δ
trajectory. These results show that a kinetic orbital bombardment system is not feasible without major technological developments, the impact angle being a bottleneck of the concept. Moreover, one has to accept very high costs. Without any means to change the attitude of the projectile, using ICBMs or bombers shows a better penetration performance than re-entry.
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Altitude Film Sales unveils first look at ‘The Occupant’ as production wraps (exclusive)
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Strider, Trapper John, & Marsha at Misery Basin
Saner always ends up on the nonfiction side of the writing divide, and he blames his allegiance toward what German historians of the nineteenth century naively called \"Wie es eigentlich wesen,\" \"how it really was.\" As when years ago along a trail in Colorado, a fellow otherwise ordinary enough left him impressed by the slightly bizarre struggle he had set his jaw to see through.
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An Innovative Approach To The Introduction To Mechanical And Aerospace Engineering Course: Pressure
An innovative Introduction to Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering course is described. The course material focuses on the concept of pressure to relate concepts and subject matters in the intended field. Self- and group-guided inquiry is used in and out of class. Group activities are also prescribed. The course makes use of three non-fiction popular accounts of engineering feats, relating to 1) a high-pressure environment in the deep sea, 2) a low-pressure high altitude environment and 3) the pressure-less space environment. Traditional and reflective homework assignments are used to motivate the students to pursue their intended engineering education. Student outcomes included renewed enthusiasm for studying engineering, discovery of summer job opportunities related to field of study, development of student networks, and a deepening technical sophistication throughout the semester. Teaching freshmen an introductory course is always difficult. One has to bridge the large disparities in ability and interest of the students. Engineering freshmen, having typically been the brightest of their high school classes, are blasé about introductory or survey courses. Many of them think they already know what they want to do and others would rather play video games during the lecture. Having taught introduction to engineering classes of over 150 students, I knew it was difficult to get their attention, even with videos of exploding spaceships and catastrophic failures of buildings and bridges. So when I was asked to teach Introduction to Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and come up with something innovative I decided to change the plan. The purpose of the Introduction to Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering course in George Washington University’s (GW) Engineering program is to introduce the students to the disciplines of mechanical and aerospace engineering, but also to keep their engineering interest from waning while they take freshmen year courses from instructors outside the engineering school (calculus, physics, English, etc). In Talking About Leaving: Why Undergraduates Leave the Sciences1, Elaine Seymour and Nancy Hewitt found that “lack or loss of interest in science” (and engineering) and “poor teaching by “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”
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