Terry Hodgkinson Inaugural Lecture
Terry has led the Regional Development Agency, Yorkshire Forward, as its Chair for seven years, overseeing the Agency in growing the economy of the Yorkshire and Humber region. He was honoured in the Queen’s Birthday Honours 2010 with the award of a CBE for services to business and regeneration and was recently appointed as a Deputy Lieutenant for West Yorkshire. He has recently launched his new business, entitled ‘Inspiration for Industry Education and Regeneration’. He holds a Visiting P
Robot fish changes direction with a quick wiggle
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A new flexible robotic fish is the first soft robot with an onboard power source that can move its body at high speed
Keep on learning   There are more than 800 courses on OpenLearn for you to choose from on a range of subjects. Find out more Seminar 5- USAWC Distance Education Class of 2011 8.3 Lissencephaly Lissencephaly, literally meaning ‘smooth brain’, is characterised by the absence of sulci and gyri, and by a four-layered cortex, instead of the usual six layers, with the majority of cortical neurons in layer four (Figure 22). Babies born with lissencephaly have a very poor prognosis; the disease proving lethal be L'énergie marémotrice (Vidéo) Dans cette vidéo, Jean-Frédéric Charpentier présente les dispositifs d'exploitation de l'énergie marémotrice. 2013 Profile in Courage Award Ceremony - Gabby Giffords Wallace Johnson Center for Aortic Disease Frozen stress photoelastic fringe pattern during fibre pushout References Virtual Maths Shapes, Space and Measure, Levelling Survey - Rugby pitch The Architect's Use of the Internet - Study of the Architectural Presentation Possibilities Digital Fabrication Lab at the Georgia Tech School of Architecture- Interview with Tristan Al-Haddad 1.3 About this course This course is for anyone studying in higher education, such as an Open University course, following a programme of studies leading to a qualification such as a diploma or a degree, or working more generally on their own career and professional development within, or external to, the workplace. You can use the course at any stage during your learning career whenever you want to improve or update your skills. If you are returning to study, you may find it particularly helpful to use this cours PneumaKnit: Actuated Architectures Through Wale- and Course-Wise Tubular Knit-Constrained Pneumatic 15.311 Organizational Processes (MIT) Virtual Maths - Numbers, Geometry 2D shapes The Internet (04:05): Cloud Computing First year student experience Major U.S. drugstore to stop selling cigarettes
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One more challenge faced the senior officers as they celebrated completion of two years of internet-based studies at the Army War College's distance education program. The largest graduation class in college history received their diplomas on a day of record-breaking heat, July 22, at historic Carlisle Barracks.
On May 5, 2013, former Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords was presented the prestigious John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Awardâ„¢ by Caroline Kennedy at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in recognition of the political, personal, and physical courage she has demonstrated in her fearless advocacy for policy reforms aimed at reducing gun violence.
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Dr. Wallace Johnson, medical director of the Center for Aortic Disease, discusses the diverse team of experts who help diagnose and treat each patient with an aortic condition. Cardiologists, geneticists, internal medicine doctors, and cardiac and vascular surgeons discuss each patient's medical history, evaluate test results and collaborate on a treatment plan. Patients can visit the clinic and meet with all of these experts in one visit instead of multiple appointments. The goal is to work tog
The experiment indicates a more uniform of shear stress than that predicted by the shear lag model, suggesting that interfacial shear de-bonding strength values obtained from de-bonding loads on the basis of that model may be overestimates. (See 'The use of single fibre pushout testing to explore interfacial mechanisms in SiC monofilament-reinforced Ti-I. A photoelastic study of the test', Watson and Clyne, Acta metall. mater. Vol 40, No 1, pp 131-139, 1992 for more details.)
Interactive simulation using a level to take measurements to calculate the volume of earth to be excavated to create a flat rugby pitch.
The Internet media is opening new horizons in communication and representation in architecture. However, its use today is superficial, limited, and without creativity. This study will explore theories, methods and examples of how the virtual space of the Internet can be used in its full potential. That means to present ways of observing, understanding, interacting, and communicating the space without precedents in architecture. The existent presentations made by architects in the Internet are in
Tristan Al-Haddad, assistant professor at the School of Architecture at Georgia Tech, talks about what makes the Digital Fabrication Lab so amazing.
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Photography by Rob Felt and Fitrah Hamid. Motion graphics remix of Drawn Together by the Open Ended Group. www.youtube.com/watchv=0VrQnza078A&list=PLCFB1291F0D0B88FD
This research explores the development of seamless pneumatically actuated systems whose motion is controlled by the combination of differentially knitted textiles and standardized thin-walled
silicone tubing. This work proposes a fundamental material strategy that addresses challenges ranging from soft robotics to pneumatic architecture. Research in soft robotics seeks to achieve
complex motions through non-mechanical monolithic systems, comprised of highly articulated shapes molded with a combi
Organizational Processes enhances students' ability to take effective action in complex organizational settings by providing the analytic tools needed to analyze, manage, and lead the organizations of the future. Emphasis is placed on the importance of the organizational context in influencing which individual styles and skills are effective. The subject centers on three complementary perspectives, or "lenses", on an organization: political, cultural, and strategic design. Student
Images of 2D shapes with formula for calculating area
square, rectangle, triangle, trapezoid, parallelogram, pythagorean theorem, circle, circular sector, circular ring
The final video in our series on the Internet. In this one we look at what is cloud computing as well as some example of how cloud computing makes your life so much cooler. (12:29)
This case study reports on enhancing the first year student experience by engaging students in the practise of business through provision of a coherent and relevant set of learning activities
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Feb. 5 - CVS to become first major U.S. pharmacy chain to stop selling tobacco products at its 7,600 stores by October. Linda So reports.
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