USNA Museum Visit Inspires Plebes

Plebes from the U.S. Naval Academy's Class of 2015 visited the Naval Academy Museum Aug. 1 as part of the Plebe Summer schedule. The museum, founded in 1845, was renovated two years ago and is filled with collections of model ships, replicas, artwork and artifacts recovered from real ships.J. Scott Harmon, director of the museum for 13 years, explained the importance of the museum to the plebes."It gives them an introduction to naval history," said Harmon. "Hopefully they'll find something interesting and revisit with their parents."Located in Preble Hall, the museum contains more than 50,000 artifacts, including the Rogers Ship Model Collection, the l

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UNIMET-PLUS " All New Aluminium Instrument Enclosures From METCASE

METCASE has developed an all new range of instrument enclosures – UNIMET-PLUS – for the very latest in desktop and portable OEM electronics equipment.Fareham, Hampshire (PRWEB UK) 3 August 2011 UNIMET-PLUS aluminium enclosures are similar in size to METCASE's popular UNIMET series but with a completely new internal design and assembly technique.Due to customer demand, the UNIMET-PLUS series has an internal chassis which incorporates four horizontal guide positions for slide-in PCBs – rather than simple mounting holes in the base panel for the PCB . Whereas the UNIMET series was designed for single board electronics equipment, the new

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Metropolis II Diecast Kinetic Art Installation Gets The Mini Documentary Treatment

For us, one of the few nice parts about commercial flight is being able to look out of the window shortly after takeoff and see just how small and genuinely insignificant we all appear from just a few thousand feet in the air.One glance can swallow the whole of a thousand families and all of their innumerable multitudes of problems. It's the difference between trying to make sense of a photograph by the pixel and stepping back to appreciate the whole. That and the fact that all of the cars and trucks look like Matchbox toys.You may recall the kinetic sculpture Metropolis II by Chris Burden. The work, which took four years to complete, features 1,500 Ho

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Pixar Speeds Ahead In Cars 2

IT'S hard to comprehend how Pixar keeps churning out artistic gems to such high standards. But the animation power house steps it up a notch with a slightly improved sequel to an otherwise average original. Star racecar Lightning McQueen (Owen Wilson) and his loyal pick-up truck Mater (Larry the Cable Guy) take their friendship to exciting new places in Cars 2. They zoom overseas to compete in the first-ever World Grand Prix to determine the world's fastest car, but the road to the championship is filled with plenty of potholes as they become embroiled in tales of international espionage. Mater finds himself torn between assisting McQueen in the high-

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Dinosaur Toys - The Use Of Scale Model People To Give Scale

In a trend first started by the German model manufacturers Schleich, little models of people are being used by a number of mainstream dinosaur model makers to provide a scale reference for their dinosaur model replicas. The problem with dinosaur models that are claimed to be in scale is just how do the model makers prove it, how do they demonstrate that their dinosaur toy is to scale? The 1:40 Scale Model Rule Many model manufacturers sell a range of dinosaur models in a number of series. Schleich for example, under their umbrella brand "World of History" market a number of prehistoric animal models in three distinct ranges. Firstly, there is the "Dino

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World's First Round Standard Aluminium Enclosures For Industrial Equipment

Fareham, Hampshire (PRWEB UK) 20 July 2011 ROLEC has launched its new aluDISC range " the world's first standard round diecast aluminium enclosures for industrial electronics and electrical equipment.This new range of diecast enclosures has a unique round shape designed to integrate both visually and functionally with industrial applications where everything is circular: pipes, tanks, lamps, displays etc.Typical applications will include process control equipment, monitoring and detection systems, flow metering and other industrial measuring devices.As standard, the aluDISC housings are specified as IP66 enclosures but ROLEC can also fit high performa

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