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This is augmented reality (AR) in action. Integrating computer-generated images and the real world has been made possible by the ever-increasing power of small computing devices, which can now render realistic 3D figures in real-time. WHAT IS AUGMENTED REALITY? In its most simple terms, augmented reality is placing digital information over real-world environments Currently, screens are required to view the information and act as a looking glass onto the scene you are observing AR must work when looking from any direction - it can be viewed in either 2D or 3D The most commonly-seen example of this technology is in displays for fighter pilots and in sports broadcasting Pocket-Lint defines AR ...

Many of the sounds we hear every day are entirely fabricated by engineers to persuade us to buy things. Hundreds of items have their acoustics deliberately tweaked to make us happy, according to Trevor Cox, professor of acoustic engineering at the University of Salford. What you hear when you close a car door, for example, can be traced back to changes in the car manufacturing industry about 10 years ago. "What manufacturers realised is when you go to see a car in a showroom you don't hear the engine first," says Prof Cox. "What you hear is the sound of the door opening and the sound of the door closing. "It's a really important first impression sound." But when manufacturers had to put extra bars in their side doors to comply with new safety standards the sounds of their doors started to change. To compensate for the added weight they had to make other parts of the car lighter and took weight from the catches and door mechanisms. As ...

Aerospace engineering is the primary branch of engineering behind the design, construction and science of aircraft and spacecraft . [ 1 ] It is broken into two major and overlapping branches: aeronautical engineering and astronautical engineering. The former deals with craft that stay within Earth 's atmosphere , and the latter deals with craft that operate outside of Earth's atmosphere. Aerospace engineering deals with the design, construction, and application of the science behind the forces and physical properties of aircraft, rockets, flying craft, and spacecraft. The field also covers their aerodynamic characteristics and behaviors, airfoil , control surfaces , lift , drag , and other properties. Aerospace engineering is not to be confused with the various other fields of engineering that go into designing these complex craft. For example, the design of aircraft avionics , while certainly part of the system as a whole, would rather be considered electrical en...

Electricity is a physical phenomena involving positive and negative charge. When these charges are in motion they may produce heat, light and magnetism.  When charges are not in motion, static electricity can  manifests itself as a force such as clothes clinging to each other when they are removed from a dryer.  A simple stationary system of a single positive ion and a single negative ion (or electron) separated by large distance with respect to their size ( a meter for example) will have a E field associated with them. Along the axis connecting the two ions the E vector points directly from the positive ion towards the negative ion.  At this theoretical point in time there is no H field. The E field will cause the charge particles to move towards each other.  This relative motion of positive and negative charge is the simplest example of current.  Associated with this tiny current a magnetic or H field will exist. The motion of the positive charge will be ...

CRT vs. LCD When shopping for a new  computer  system, we tend to fret over such things as the CPU  speed or  hard disk  size, but what about the one component of your system that is used just as much? Of course we're talking about the  monitor . Often referred to as a  display screen , a video display terminal (VDT) or visual display unit (VDU), the monitor is the component of your computer system that displays the messages and data being processed and utilized by the computer's CPU. The two types of  monitor technologies  available to consumers are available in CRT  monitors and  LCD  monitors.  There are big differences between LCD and CRT, and while LCD technology has advanced to the point where its viewing quality is comparable to CRTs, many people today still choose to purchase a CRT monitor. CRTs are bigger and bulkier than an LCD, they consume more power and are prone to  screen flicker . LCD monitors, ...

                                                              I.                           I.        GENERAL This procedure shall be followed for the fabrication of all types of welded joints of carbon steel and alloy welded pipe joints shall include the following 1) All pipe joints of the longitudinal and circumferential butt welded & socket welded types. 2) Attachment of forging, flanges and other supports to piping. 3) Welded manifold headers and sub assemblies. 4) Welded branch connections with or without reinforcement pads. 5) Joints in welded/prefabricated piping components. 6) The attachments of smaller connections for vents, drains, and other instrument tappings. II. ...