The units in which American building materials are measured are idiosyncratic in the extreme — they include gauges, penny sizes, nominal dimensions, and a host of other anachronistic absurdities — but the over-all system works well, in part because it arose organically from human activity instead of being imposed from above by theoreticians.
Projects include gauging sleep quality, testing robotic rovers, examining microbes, exploring hot spots around the habitat, and probing crewmembers' general resilience as well as engaging the public.On the first day of the mission, though, the focus was firmly on grub.
It takes about eight weeks to unlock all the sensors, which include gauging how sociable someone is dependent on how many texts they send or calls they make, their movements, location and how much they are interacting with their mobile phones.
Mechanical measurements performed included gauge factor, linearity, and zero shift.
As part of the system level design activities several different architectures of the DPG system, including gauge head and supporting electronic equipment, have been evaluated in detail with the aim to fulfil technical requirements imposed by the integration in ITER.
Mierle Laderman Ukeles, the unsalaried artist-in-residence of New York's Department of Sanitation, constructed "Ceremonial Arch Honoring Service Workers in the New Service Economy" from the castoffs of the city's public sevice agencies, including gauges from the Fresh Kills landfill, mailbags, police walkie-talkies, street cleaning brushes, and hundreds of used gloves.
Near-shore gauges include wave gauges using ultrasonic waves and GPS buoys.
Leased vehicles will include a gauge that measures depreciation so that lessees can get the most bang for their yuan.
The existing assessment criteria of detection data on track include local gauge and track quality.
Other types of gauges include the popular wedge gauge (the cheapest rain gauge and most fragile), the tipping bucket rain gauge, and the weighing rain gauge.
