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Automated vehicle demo held in Washington DC at the I-395 express Lanes by Virginia TECH.(Photo by Trevor Wrayton, VDOT)
At the south-east corner of Howth Head, is the automated Baily Lighthouse, successor to previous safety mechanisms, at least as far back as the late 17th century.
The first lighthouse on this site was built in about 1667 by Sir Robert Reading, and was one of six that Reading had received letters patent to build from Charles II in 1665. The original facility consisted of a small cottage and a square tower which supported a coal-fired beacon.
Parts of the original buildings remain.
In 1810, the Corporation for Preserving and Improving the Port of Dublin took over the operations. The original building's location was high on the headland, so the light was often obscured by fog. On December 5, 1811 a recommendation was issued that the lighthouse be moved south on the headland to Little Baily, or Dungriffen. A new tower and house for the keeper, designed by George Halpin Senior, the corporations’s Inspector of Works, was completed on March 17, 1814. The top of the tower stood 134 feet (41 m) above the sea, and the fixed white catoptric light was provided by a set of 24 Argand lamps and reflectors.
In 1865, the light source was improved from catoptric to first order dioptric. At the same time, John Richardson Wigham had patented a gas-burning light, so experiments with this new system were tried at Baily. A gas works was built at the station to produce the fuel, first from oil, then shale, and finally rich cannel coal. The experiments were a success, and the system was added to nine other lighthouses.
An air horn was installed in 1871 for times of fog, which was replaced with a siren in 1879. The bell was kept as a standby system until 1890. The siren was replaced by a diaphone in 1926.
In 1892, two additional homes for Assistant Keepers were built. In 1902, a system was installed that caused the gas light to flash once every 30 seconds, instead of shining continually. In 1908, the gas light was replaced with one using incandescent vaporised paraffin. In 1953, a larger house was built for the Principal Keeper below the lighthouse.
In June, 1972, the system was electrified, with a 1,500 watt bulb in a rotating lens, producing a flash every 20 seconds that can be seen at a range of 26 nautical miles (48 km). In 1973, additional dwellings for Supernumerary Assistant Lighthouse Keepers were built, as the Baily lighthouse became a training facility for Supernumerary Assistant Lighthouse Keepers who would then transfer to other lighthouses.
Modern technology made light a secondary warning system, and a radiobeacon became the primary method of warning ships. Starting in 1978, the light was operated only in poor visibility, along with the fog signal. The fog signal was finally discontinued in 1995.
In late 1996, the lighthouse was converted to automatic operation, and the last of the Keepers left on March 24, 1997, making Baily the last Irish lighthouse to go automatic.
Radiobeacon service was discontinued in 1999, and at the same time, radar and additional communications equipment was installed.
Although officially an automatic station, an attendant still lives in the Principal Keeper's residence.
Howth, Co Dublin
Howth (rhymes with both, ( /ˈhoʊθ/; from Old Norse: Hovuð meaning "head" — called in Irish: Binn Éadair), is a fishing and yachting port, and popular suburban resort on the north side of Howth Head, 15km (9½ miles north-east of the city centre.
Its attractions are easily appreciated, particularly at the coast. Howth Head gives fine views of Dublin Bay and the Wicklow Mountains or Boyne Valley beyond.
Howth with its surrounding rural district is now a busy suburb of Dublin, with a mix of dense residential development and wild hillside, all on the peninsula of Howth Head.
Yes, Virginia, there is such a thing as a snow globe with a battery powered snow blower.
Unfortunately, it also plays snippets of music on a tinny little speaker -- until you gouge out the plastic covering the speaker and rip off the wire. Oh, yeah.
John Welch presenting "Do More (ETL) with Less (Effort) - Automating SSIS" at SQL Saturday 2011 in Chicago
John Welch is BI Architect with Varigence. Varigence builds tools and frameworks that enable the creation and management of end-to-end business intelligence solutions with unprecedented ease and speed. John has been working with business intelligence and data warehousing technologies for 9 years, with a focus on Microsoft products in heterogeneous environments. He is a Microsoft Most Valued Professional (MVP), and a frequent presenter on SQL Server BI topics.
SQL Saturday Chicago
SQLSaturday is a training event for SQL Server professionals and those wanting to learn about SQL Server. This event will was held Mar 26, 2011 at DeVry University Addison Campus1221 North Swift Road, Addison, IL 60101.
SQL Saturday #67
www.sqlsaturday.com/67/eventhome.aspx
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This is the guts of the automated storage system. Computers drive the cranes, which run up and down the rows of shelving, delivering individual shelves to the operator's area. The books are in call-number order on each shelf, although the shelves are not in order within the storage facility.
New automated gates and improved processes reduce truck service times by 90% at APM Terminals Callao.
Candi Suriano presentation on Automated Unit Testing at the Microsoft Store in Oakbrook Mall
Sponsored by Platinum Consulting Services
About unit testing:
Candi will present 2 case studies showing the tangible benefits to unit testing. The presentation will include discussions of how to choose a mocking framework, how to unit test legacy code, how to use unit tests when refactoring, and how unit tests can save time & money.
About Candi Suriano:
Candi Suriano is an Enterprise Architect at Career Education Corporation. She has been working in the software field since 1986 which include 15 years as a university professor. Her areas of interest are architectural governance, software quality and complexity reduction. She is also involved with 2 major IT transformation projects within CareerEd. These projects involve unifying two student portals into one and completely redesigning and rewriting the online student classroom.
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The Fogponic Grow Box is an automated, self contained, plant ecosystem. The Grow Box is a fogponic plant box within a humidity and temperature monitored box. The underside of the top lid has strips of LEDs in both blue and red to promote root growth and some flowering effects. The box should require low amounts of additional sun light and minimally impact the surrounding environment.
The grow system suspends mesh plastic pots so roots can reach mist generated by an ultrasonic mister sitting a few inches above water mixed with hydroponic grow solution. Timers turn everything on and off. Initial tests average around a $1.00 a month to run the system 24 hours a day.
I'm testing sprouting four pots of kale.
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Google's new 'automatic' car is set to change the future, here's how the car might look like
together with a few other elements that it'll be helping with on it's journey.
Candi Suriano presentation on Automated Unit Testing at the Microsoft Store in Oakbrook Mall
Sponsored by Platinum Consulting Services
About unit testing:
Candi will present 2 case studies showing the tangible benefits to unit testing. The presentation will include discussions of how to choose a mocking framework, how to unit test legacy code, how to use unit tests when refactoring, and how unit tests can save time & money.
About Candi Suriano:
Candi Suriano is an Enterprise Architect at Career Education Corporation. She has been working in the software field since 1986 which include 15 years as a university professor. Her areas of interest are architectural governance, software quality and complexity reduction. She is also involved with 2 major IT transformation projects within CareerEd. These projects involve unifying two student portals into one and completely redesigning and rewriting the online student classroom.
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Automated Radioxenon Sampler-Analyzer beta-coincidence spectrometer is an integral part of the system. The system analyzes air samples for radioactive xenon, or radioxenon, that seep from underground nuclear explosions the most common testing method today but the most difficult to detect. ARSA has a detection sensitivity 10 to 100 times greater than other systems being used. It is the only completely automated radioactive xenon monitor.
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Never satisfied with doing things the traditional way, Maurice invented a device to automatically draw pictures of his daughter, Belle. The machine has a pretty good eye, don't you think?
Miovision camera set up to study turning movements for the Central Region Operations Center. (Photo by D. Allen Covey, VDOT)
Keep your LEGO city tidy with an automated garbage truck! This LEGO Ideas project is an automated side-loading garbage truck that reinvents minifig-scale garbage collection. Visit our page at ideas.lego.com to see more details and support the project!
All done by RFID. This library also has free Internet and WiFi access, music downloads, e-books, a good restaurant, and all CDs and DVDs available can be borrowed or listened to or watched onsite in any of the hundreds of computers available. I was very impressed by this place. Beautiful architecture mixed with well though out interaction design.
The Tower is a fully automated car parking lift that is ideal for narrow spaces. to know more visit : cityliftparking.com/solutions/tower-parking-lifts
This vehicle is equipped with license plate scanners.
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Bachelor of Engineering students Thomas Balch, Ben Blier, Alyson Pickett, and Callen Votzke designed a robot with a custom reflectance sensor and automated cleaning system to scrub the mirrors and tight places of a hemostat, a mirror array used in solar thermal power.
Faculty Advisor: Minh Phan.
My home automation hub situated near the front door connects to sensors and actuators around the house, including by porch lights and my front door lock. I can control my house over the internet using Blynk.
As well as the 2 miniguns built in the head, there is a second pair of miniguns and a camera which helps to aim the second pair towards a different target than the head.
I purchased this top of the line automated welding helmet for work but it wasn't practical for supervising a crew that welds for you. The lens cracked less than 6 months after purchasing it and Optrel replaced the lens for free. Paid $269 and sold it on Ebay for $175.00.
2009-09-22, Paris. The Bree Van De Kamp's.
there is no photoshop on his face and that's not his usual face neither, he's just really good at making twisted faces
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