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  2. Tinkercad - Wikipedia

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    Tinkercad is a free-of-charge, online 3D modeling program that runs in a web browser. [1] Since it became available in 2011 it has become a popular platform for creating models for 3D printing as well as an entry-level introduction to constructive solid geometry in schools.

  3. LED-backlit LCD - Wikipedia

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    An LED-backlit LCD is a liquid-crystal display that uses LEDs for backlighting instead of traditional cold cathode fluorescent (CCFL) backlighting. [1] LED-backlit displays use the same TFT LCD (thin-film-transistor liquid-crystal display) technologies as CCFL-backlit LCDs, but offer a variety of advantages over them.

  4. 555 timer IC - Wikipedia

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    Silicon die of the first 555 chip (1971) Die of a CMOS NXP ICM7555 chip The timer IC was designed in 1971 by Hans Camenzind under contract to Signetics. [3] In 1968, he was hired by Signetics to develop a phase-locked loop (PLL) IC.

  5. Aviation light signals - Wikipedia

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    Air traffic control signal light gun in use at base flight tower. In the case of a radio failure or aircraft not equipped with a radio, or in the case of a deaf pilot, air traffic control may use a signal lamp (called a "signal light gun" or "light gun" by the FAA [1] [2]) to direct the aircraft.

  6. Northrop P-61 Black Widow - Wikipedia

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    The P-61 radar operator occupied a separate compartment in the rear of the fuselage accessed from a hatch below. In August 1940, sixteen months before the United States entered the war, the U.S. Air Officer in London, Lieutenant General Delos C. Emmons, was briefed on British research in radar ("Radio Detection And Ranging" as it was then known), which had been underway since 1935, and had ...