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Slingshot is a water purification device created by inventor Dean Kamen. [1] Powered by a Stirling engine running on a combustible fuel source, it claims to be able to produce drinking water from almost any source [ 2 ] by means of vapor compression distillation , [ 3 ] requires no filters, and can operate using cow dung as fuel.
Of the $100-$110 million budget, [1] [2] [3] about half was afforded to the film's 500 special effects shots. [1] At the time, no film had involved over 200 CGI shots. [4] Phil Tippett's Tippett Studio was mainly responsible for producing effects relating to the Arachnids, or "bugs", while Sony Pictures Imageworks (SPI) was tasked with spaceship effects. [5]
The sling is an ancient weapon known to Neolithic peoples around the Mediterranean, but is likely to be much older.It is possible that the sling was invented during the Upper Palaeolithic at a time when new technologies such as the spear-thrower and the bow and arrow were beginning to emerge.
A gravity assist, gravity assist maneuver, swing-by, or generally a gravitational slingshot in orbital mechanics, is a type of spaceflight flyby which makes use of the relative movement (e.g. orbit around the Sun) and gravity of a planet or other astronomical object to alter the path and speed of a spacecraft, typically to save propellant and reduce expense.
Rear side of 3.5-inch floppy drive. Berg connector for power is shown on the left; data cable on right. Berg connector is a brand of electrical connector used in computer hardware. Berg connectors are manufactured by Berg Electronics Corporation of St. Louis, Missouri, now part of Amphenol.
In digital circuit design, register-transfer level (RTL) is a design abstraction which models a synchronous digital circuit in terms of the flow of digital signals between hardware registers, and the logical operations performed on those signals.
David's Sling Stunner missile launch during tests, 2015. David's Sling (Hebrew: קלע דוד, romanized: Kela David), also formerly known as Magic Wand (Hebrew: שרביט קסמים, romanized: Sharvit Ksamim), is an Israel Defense Forces military system jointly developed by the Israeli defense contractor Rafael Advanced Defense Systems and the American defense contractor Raytheon, that ...
Simple slingshot. A slingshot or catapult is a small hand-powered projectile weapon. The classic form consists of a Y-shaped frame, with two tubes or strips made from either a natural rubber or synthetic elastic material. These are attached to the upper two ends. The other ends of the strips lead back to a pouch that holds the projectile. One ...