Mount Everest – also called Qomolangma Peak (Tibetan: ???????????), Mount Sagarm?th? (Nepali: ???????), Chajamlungma (Limbu), Zhumulangma Peak (Chinese: ????? Zh?mùl?ngm? F?ng) or Mount Chomolungma – is the highest mountain on Earth, and the highest point on the Earth’s continental crust, as measured by the height above sea level of its …
10 January 2010
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A railgun is a purely electrical gun that accelerates a conductive projectile along a pair of metal rails using the same principles as the homopolar motor. Railguns use two sliding or rolling contacts[1] that permit a large electric current to pass through the projectile. This current interacts with the strong …
30 June 2009
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An aviation accident is roughly defined in the Convention on International Civil Aviation Annex 13 as an occurrence associated with the operation of an aircraft which takes place between the time any person boards the aircraft with the intention of flight and all such persons have disembarked, in which a …
30 June 2009
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The Typhoon class submarine is a type of nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine deployed by the Soviet Navy in the 1980s. With a maximum displacement of 26,000 tonnes (26,000 long tons), Typhoons are the largest class of submarine ever built. The source of the NATO reporting name remains unclear, although it is …
6 June 2009
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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA, pronounced /?næs?/) is an agency of the United States government, responsible for the nation’s public space program. NASA was established on July 29, 1958, by the National Aeronautics and Space Act.[3]
In addition to the space program, it is also responsible for long-term civilian …
6 June 2009
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The internet is buzzing over Apple’s latest invention, the MacBook Wheel. This is a revolutionary laptop that does away with the keyboard. You will have to say goodbye to the keyboard and say hello to the future of laptop computers.
Apple has replaced the keyboard with a sleek touch sensitive click …
5 May 2009
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Prior to the wide spread of PCs a computer that could fit on a desk was considered remarkably small. Today the phrase usually indicates a particular style of computer case. Desktop computers come in a variety of styles ranging from large vertical tower cases to small form factor models that …
4 May 2009
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A base transreceiver station (BTS) is a piece of equipment that facilitates wireless communication between user equipment (UE) and a network. And this BTS, is the real BTS.
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26 April 2009
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