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(PT) in Emissions Reduction and Energy Efficiency
ficiently, and reduce pollution. Drivers in the United The Role of the States take approximately 900 million car trips per ® day. The EPA estimates that half of those trips are Segway Personal less than five miles long and transport only one passenger—trips perfectly suited to the Segway Transporter (PT) in PT. As there are many forms of powered transpor- tation available today, this paper seeks to compare their relative impact on the environment, both in Emissions Reduction emissions created and energy consumed. and Energy Efficiency The methods for computation are explained in detail in the following sections, but let us first pres- ent a summary of statistics regarding the relative John David Heinzmann and B. Michael Taylor, emissions output and energy efficiency of the Segway Inc. Segway PT compared to other well-known trans- portation devices. In December 2001, renowned inventor Dean Kamen unveiled the Segway® Personal Transporter The Segway PT does not produce any emissions (PT). Since then the way society looks at transpor- during operation. Its batteries do consume elec- tation has changed considerably. Fuel prices have tricity during recharge, and we have used the emis- risen, there is a greater awareness of the damage sions created during the generation and delivery as caused by carbon dioxide and other greenhouse the basis of our analysis. By comparing this to the gas emissions, and environmental and political emissions generated during the refinement, trans- forces have de-stabilized the global petroleum portation and combustion of automotive fuel, we supply. can compare the Segway PT to traditional internal combustion engines. -
Progress Report 1
Renovation Progress Report One March 2010 Table of Contents Chair’s Message Chair’s Message ........................................................... 1 Over the years I have often been greeted during or after a Worldcon by being asked how my Worldcon was. I’ve Renovation Staff List ................................................ 2 always loved this because a con that covers the entirety of science fiction can be special in dozens of ways. Some Facilities Division ........................................................ 3 quick memories: • As my friend David Levine won his Hugo in Exhibits Division .......................................................... 3 Anaheim, everyone from Portland broke out Evolution of “Rennie” ................................................. 5 screaming from the sheer joy of it, • I have had my hand kissed by Gardner Dozois and Publications Division ................................................. 5 Robert Silverberg, • I have watched my teenage daughters help Ray Special Guest: Tricky Pixie ...................................... 6 Bradbury with his autographing while telling him what big fans they are. Smoking in Reno .......................................................... 6 There have been tons of other things: exhibits like the The Bid According to Rick ....................................... 7 Batmobile, masquerade costumes that blew me away and listening to some of my favorite writers read their work. Guest of Honor: Tim Powers ................................... 8 When I think about my memories, -
Design and Fabrication of Clone Segway Personal Transporter
ISSN: 0974-2115 www.jchps.com Journal of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences Design and fabrication of Clone Segway personal transporter Infanta Mary Priya.I1, B.K.Vinayagam1, M.R.Stalin John2 1Mechatronics Department, SRM University, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India. 2Mechanical Department, SRM University, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India. *Corresponding author: E-Mail: [email protected] ABSTRACT The Clone Segway aims to create a low-cost but efficient device similar in function with its principal model but at a fraction of the cost by using simpler drive mechanisms, control equipment, and lesser aesthetics. This type of Segway is more economical and accessible to people in their day to day life. KEY WORDS: Fabrication, Clone Segway, Personal Transporter, Mechatronics 1. INTRODUCTION The transportation sector of today has always been an enigma for the various governments. The rise in the number of vehicles on the road as the years pass by continue to increase exponentially over passing time, which leads to more pollution as well as congestion on roads. Due to this naturally set off a chain reaction of events such as delay in the arrival of ambulances, more vehicular breakdowns, etc. to ease these type of congestions, a singular personal driver mobile platform or also known as the Segway was introduced. This is a two-wheeled, self-balancing, battery- powered electric vehicle invented by Dean Kamen. The advantages of the vehicle are that it produces zero emissions, zero turning radius and has a safe traveling speed. Literature Survey: From the paper by Susan A. Shaheen and Rachel Finsen (Shaheen, 2003) sheds light on how efficient transit station access is often limited and a more comprehensive approach is needed that offers more connectivity, flexibility, and potentially increase transit ridership. -
The Dispatcher January 2019
V o l u m e - I s s u e Telematics Industry 06-03 Insights by J a n u a r y 2 0 1 9 Michael L. Sena THE DISPATCHER IN THIS ISSUE Amaz’n Amazon: Making Hay While the Sun Shines ........ 2 Dispatch Central ................................................................ 7 THEAt opposite D ends ofISPATCHER the climate spectrum ....................... 7 WirelessCar turning twenty .............................................. 7 Ever wonder what happened to Segway? ........................ 8 Tesla and U.S. November sales ......................................... 9 1H = 2X Range + ½ Cost + 0 Tailpipe Emissions ................. 9 Carlos Ghosn: Fallen Hero or Betrayed Emperor? .......... 10 A Dispatcher’s Musings: Whose City Is It Anyway? ........ 15 3rd Annual Princeton SmartDrivingCar Summit evening May 14 through May 16, 2019 Save the Date; Reserve your Sponsorship Photos from 2nd Annual Princeton SmartDrivingCar Summit Program & Links to slides from 2nd Annual Princeton SmartDrivingCar Summit and 1 | P a g e T H E D ISPATCHER J a n u a r y 2019 THE DISPATCHER Telematics Industry Insights by Michael L. Sena January 2019 – Volume 6, Issue 3 Amaz’n Amazon: Making Hay While the Sun Shines “NOTHING LASTS FOREVER,” Jeff Bezos told his staff at a com- pany conference on November 16th. “One day, AMAZON WHY THE NAME AMAZON? Founda- tion stories are part of a company’s will fail, AMAZON will go bankrupt. If you look at large com- lore. As the story is told, Jeff Bezos panies, their lifespans tend to be 30-plus years not hun- and his wife MacKenzie wanted a dred-plus years,” he continued. These comments to his name that started with “A” (the Yellow Pages were still around staff came in response to a question from one of them back in 1994). -
One Wheeled Electric Personal Transporter
International Journal of Innovative Science and Modern Engineering (IJISME) ISSN: 2319-6386, Volume-3 Issue-6, May 2015 One Wheeled Electric Personal Transporter K. Ram Kumar, C. Suriyakumar, L. Vishnuvardan, S. Vignesh, C. Vigneswaran Abstract - Inpresent scenario, every individual has a two wheeler The vehicle is similar to the Segway Personal Transporter, and they are using this even for reaching short distances. By this, invented and released in 2001 by Dean Kamen with the conventional resources like petrol are consumed more and more. intention to revolutionize city transportation. This kind of Not only the depletion of resourses, it produces more environmental pollution hazards. To overcome this issue, vehicle contains many of the technologies required to build comparatively unconventional energy resourses should be used. a hybrid or electric car. 2 For this we have developed a electric operated unicycle., The outcomes this research paper is to design, build and control a II. OBJECTIVE OF THE PROJECT self-balancing electric unicycle are presented. The design of the mechanical and electrical components is discussed, followed by a The main purpose was to design and construct a fully derivation of the dynamics of a generic unicycle. A linear control functional one wheeled balancing transporter which can be strategy to stabilize the unicycle is implemented on the physical used as a means of transportation for a single person. It system and a simulated model is derived from the system should be driven by natural movements; forward and dynamics. Finally, comparisons of the results from simulations backwards motion should be achieved by leaning forwards conducted on a model of the unicycle as well as experimental results are presented. -
Progress Report 1
Contents Greetings from the Chair 4 2017 Site Selection Results 6 Guests of Honor 8 Membership 12 Hotels 13 Culture 16 Exhibits 19 Programming 21 Charity 22 Hugo Awards 25 Worldcon 76 in Helsinki 26 Call for Bids 29 Volunteer for Worldcon 30 Members List 32 Editor: Chris Castro Contributors: Ric Bretschneider, Christine Doyle, Jill Eastlake, Marsha Glassner, Diane Osborne, Kevin Roche, Kevin Standlee Graphic Design: JC Arkham Layout: Chris Castro “World Science Fiction Society”, “WSFS”, “World Science Fiction Convention”, “Worldcon”, “NASFiC”, “Hugo Award”, and the distinctive design of the Hugo Award Rocket are service marks of the World Science Fiction Society, an unincorporated literary society. From the Chair OK, here we go—the first Official Progress Report from Worldcon 76 in San Jose! The World Science Fiction Convention is, to me, the World’s Fair of fandom. No other event brings together fans and creators, regardless of genre or medium, under one “big tent” with the face-to-face intimacy of Worldcon. There are lots of big pop culture conventions (quite a few bigger than Worldcon), but none of them feature the “everybody creates this event together” culture that makes Worldcon such a unique international gathering. Just last month at Worldcon 75 in Helsinki, Finland, I had the privilege of announcing our final two Guests of Honor, artist John Picacio and musician Frank Hayes, who join GoHs Spider Robinson, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Pierre and Sandy Pettinger, and our posthumous Ghost and gHost of Honor Edgar Pangborn and Bob Wilkins. We look forward to sharing their talents in person with you next August, and I’m sure they are working on cunning plans with my Program and Exhibits divisions already. -
Midfanzine #3, Only, Um, Nearly a Year Behind Schedule
TTTAAABBBLLLEEE OOOFFF CCCOOONNNTTTEEENNNTTTSSS Editorial Comments 1 By Anne KG Murphy A Note from the President 1 By Joseph Stockman A Short History of Midfan 2 By Steven H. Silver MidWest Convention Calendar 6 Reflections on Torcon 3 7 By Anne KG Murphy The Perpetual Registration Database Project 8 By Joseph Stockman Midwest Construction 2 10 By Tammy Coxen Fannish Apples to Apples 13 By Steven H. Silver Can You Help Clarion Survive? 21 Letters of Comment 21 The Day After Shakespeare 23 By Laura Hewitt AAARRRTTT CCCRRREEEDDDIIITTTSSS Glenn Tenhoff Cover Charles Urbach pg 2 Ray Van Tilburg pg 10 Kurt Erichsen pg 12, pg 14, pg 15 MidFanzine 3: Impressions Summer, 2004; Vol. 2 No. 1 Available for $3 or the Usual to [email protected], 509 Dartmoor Rd, Ann Arbor, MI 48103. Articles and art submissions welcome. MidFanzine is ideally produced biannually by MidWest Fannish Conventions Inc. (Midfan) (c 2004). For more information, see http://www.Midfan.org/. All rights return to contributors upon publication. Midfan P. O. Box 1825 Lee's Summit, MO 64063, [email protected] Officers Joseph "Uncle Vlad" Stockman, President; [email protected] Anne K. G. Murphy, Midfanzine Editor; [email protected] Margene Bahm, Treasurer; [email protected] Lisa Ragsdale, Chair, Midwest Construction 3; [email protected] MidFanzine 3: Impressions 1 Editorial Comments So here’s MidFanzine #3, only, um, nearly a year behind schedule. That’s not very common in fannish publishing, is it? :P Despite the fact that I am not alone, I do apologize that we have not kept up to our intended printing schedule. -
Jahresbericht 2009 Der Fakultät Für Informatik
Jahresbericht 2009 der Fakultät für Informatik FAKULTÄT FÜR INFORMATIK nformatik 2009 I Jahresbericht KIT – Universität des Landes Baden-Württemberg und nationales Forschungszentrum in der Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft www.kit.edu Jahresbericht der Fakultät für Informatik und der mit ihr verbundenen Informatikeinrichtungen 2009 Sitz der Fakultät: Informatik-Hauptgebäude (Geb. 50.34) Am Fasanengarten 5 76131 Karlsruhe Telefon: +49 721 608-43976 Fax: +49 721 608-41777 E-Mail: [email protected] WWW: http://www.informatik.kit.edu Impressum Herausgeber: Fakultät für Informatik am Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT) ISSN: 0934-7267 Redaktion: Peter Steinhaus, Barbara Dörrscheidt Assistenz: Brigitte Burek, Sebastian Schäfer Layout: Silke Natzeck, Axel Fischer Techn. Support: Thomas Griesbaum Druck: KRAFT DRUCK GmbH, Ettlingen Vorwort Das Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT) begleitet uns nun schon seit dem erfolgreichen Ausgang der Exzellenzinitiative I im Jahr 2006. Das Zukunftskonzept des KIT wurde in der dritten Förderlinie ausgezeichnet und seither kontinuierlich weiterentwickelt. Am 1. Oktober 2009 konnte das KIT nun auch rechtlich seine Gründung feiern, als Zusammenschluss der Universität Karlsruhe (TH) und des Forschungszentrums Karlsruhe in der Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft. Im Zuge des KIT-Prozesses wurden neue zentrale Abteilungen geschaffen. Darüber hinaus haben sich insbesondere in der Organisation der Forschung am KIT weitreichende Änderungen ergeben: So ersetzt der Aufbau von interfakultativ und interdisziplinär ausgerichteten -
Development of Electric Personal Transporter Based on Lean to Steer Mechanism
IOSR Journal of Mechanical and Civil Engineering (IOSR-JMCE) e-ISSN: 2278-1684, p-ISSN: 2320-334X PP 69-76 www.iosrjournals.org Development of Electric Personal Transporter Based on Lean to Steer Mechanism Nehal Ahmad1, Jawwad A.K. Lodhi2, Nafees P. Khan3 1, 2B.E(Mechanical) Anjuman College of Engg and Tech, Nagpur 3Asst. Prof. Dept. Of Mechanical Engineering, Anjuman College Of Engg and Tech, Nagpur ABSTRACT: A personal transporter is a device, which carries a person from one place to another place. This segment of vehicle may include conventional vehicle such as cars bikes mopeds, etc. another specific type of transportation device is a standup transporter such as Segway that has been introduced in the recent past. it is a very convenient electric mode of transportation that requires standing posture to drive the vehicle. Particularly Segway is an intelligent self-balanced vehicle which uses gyroscopic sensors to detect the motion of the driver so that he can accelerate, brake or steer the vehicle. It may cost anywhere between Rs.4-6 lakh which is its major disadvantage. In a country like India, where cost plays a major role in decision making a system as costly as this is bound not to succeed.So we want a design which can overcome the drawbacks of the existing design of a conventional vehicle and also it should take benefit of the standup transportation and it should also contain the features of an electric vehicle because the present situation is such that it demands those vehicle which causes less pollution as 73.0% of the CO2 emissions[1]is caused by roads vehicles. -
Design of a Personal Transporter with Electro-Differential Drive
International Journal of Applied Research in Mechanical Engineering Volume 1 Issue 2 Article 2 October 2011 Design of a Personal Transporter with Electro-differential Drive K. V. Shivaram Electrical And Electronics Engineering, Amrita School of Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Ettimadai, Coimbatore - 641105, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://www.interscience.in/ijarme Part of the Aerospace Engineering Commons, and the Mechanical Engineering Commons Recommended Citation Shivaram, K. V. (2011) "Design of a Personal Transporter with Electro-differential Drive," International Journal of Applied Research in Mechanical Engineering: Vol. 1 : Iss. 2 , Article 2. Available at: https://www.interscience.in/ijarme/vol1/iss2/2 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by Interscience Research Network. It has been accepted for inclusion in International Journal of Applied Research in Mechanical Engineering by an authorized editor of Interscience Research Network. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Design of a Personal Transporter with Electro-differential Drive Design of a Personal Transporter with Electro-differential Drive Shivaram K V, Sriram Sridhar, Ajay Kumar Menon, Ankit Sharma: B.Tech IVth year, Electrical And Electronics Engineering, Amrita School of Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Ettimadai, Coimbatore - 641105 Email: [email protected] B. About the Project Abstract—The Personal Transporter (PeT) is an electric vehicle, . The prototype that we are designing is called with easy maneuverability and compactness, which finds its application in confined areas. It is designed to transport an the PERSONAL TRANSPORTER which will be a individual with the aid of an intelligent system. -
Fearsome Race Patriotism Over Nationalism
Monday, 5 December 2016 Fearsome race Issue 142 l newsstand price CZK 24/¤ 1 l www.e15.cz 142 The Velká Pardubická steeplechase is 0 a sometimes deadly fixture in world 40 horse racing TOP STORY pages 8–9 45431 771803 Patriotism over 9 nationalism Karl von Habsburg on why Central Europe must not forget its history facebook.com/ FACE TO FACE pages 10–13 e15weekly 3D radar deal switched on Defence analysts’ antennae were twitching after an expert ministerial panel selected an offer from an Israeli state defence firm that outbid French and Swedish rivals Pavel Otto of tighter cooperation be- tween armed units of the t’s taken four years of decision- two countries,” a source -making and negotiations that who is close to both the were sometimes undermined ministry and the winning by unexpected setbacks, but the firm told E15 daily. The Idefence ministry has finally chosen adjudicated results of a supplier for a modern 3D radar the tender, which were system. It is desperately needed to scrutinised according to replace old Russian technology that 360 economic-technical is nearly ready for the museum. parameters, were offici- Israeli state firm IAI Elta Systems, ally declared by defence the provider of the ELM EL/M-2084 minister Martin Strop- Multi Mission Radar – which features nický (ANO) last Friday. in the SPYDER-MR, Iron Dome and Stropnický had David's Sling air defence systems – previously during his was selected by a 30-member eva- three-year long tenure luation commission assembled to as minister not managed determine the most advantageous to substantially progress offer. -
Denvention 3 Quick Reference Guide
Denvention 3 Quick Reference Guide August 6th - 10th, 2008 2 AUGUST 6TH - 10TH, 2008 DENVENTION 3 DENVENTION 3 CONTENTS 3 Contents Dealers’ Room . .10 Filking . .10 Welcome! . .4 Films . .11 Getting Started . .4 Gaming . .11 Registration . .4 Kaffeeklatsches & Readings . .11 Information Desk . .4 Rising Stars Program . .11 Handicapped Services . .5 Signings . .12 Child Care . .5 Strolling with the Stars . .12 Daily Newsletter . .5 Technology of Reading Program .12 Masquerade Registration . .6 Wonders of 1958 . .12 Voodoo & Party Boards . .6 Yoga in the Morning . .12 Volunteers Needed! . .6 Young Fan Program . .13 Policies and Reminders . .7 Exhibits . .13 A Note on Drinking . .7 Exhibit Hall . .13 Another Note on Drinking . .7 Fan Tables . .14 Badges . .7 Fan Flyer Tables . .14 Lost Badges . .7 Fanzine Lounge . .14 Changing Your Badge . .8 2010 Worldcon Site Selection . .15 Children’s Badges / Kids in Tow . .8 Special Events . .15 Smoking . .8 Art Auction . .15 Weapons Policy . .8 Blood Drive . .17 Activities . .9 Chesley Art Award . .17 Art Show . .9 Critter Crunch . .17 Art Show Tours . 10 Dowager Duchess of Denver’s Con Suite . 10 Ball . .17 4 CONTENTS DENVENTION 3 Fan Guest of Honor Interview . 18 Using the Program Guide . 32 Artist Guest of Honor Interview 18 Using the Index Lists . 32 Guest of Honor Speech . 18 A Note About the Small Text . 32 Hugo Awards Ceremony . 18 Room Locations . 33 Masquerade . 19 Wednesday . 36 Opening Ceremonies . 19 Thursday . 46 Silent Auction . 19 Friday . 72 Square Dance on Ganymede . 19 Saturday . 97 Stargate-14 Boot Camp . 19 Sunday . 120 Summerfair! . 20 Films . 130 WSFS Business Meeting .