glennmiles / Twines
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Amphibious VehiclesAmphibious vehicles are fun and practical. There have been scores of vehicles over the years and very few have actually been truly successful. The DUKW (or "Duck") is a good example of a winning design. This is a Twine about all amphibious vehicles, past and present.
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- 6 months ago
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glennmiles
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Organised CrimeA collection of information on Organised Criminals, their activities and the organisations that are trying to stop them.
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- 4 months ago
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glennmiles
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SecretsThere are secrets that are kept, secrets that have been disclosed. There are current and future events that will cause new secrets to be created. There is a fascination with secrets, particularly big ones. It is impossible to say how much money is spent on keeping secrets, finding them out, ...
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glennmiles
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Business OpportunitiesNothing but links to sources sought, RFIs, ITTs, RFQs, and the like.
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glennmiles
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I, Camera ObscuraA miscellany of the vagaries, happenstance, capering and shenanigans that happens in the world, the existence of which I find life-affirming (in both a negative and positive sense).
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Ideation and IncubationA compendium of the tools, techniques, organisations and events that are available to inventors and entrepreneurs, from idea conception all the way to product launch.
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Space TechnologyThe thesis for this Twine is: Technologies that are developed to be used in space possess intrinsic properties that are very attractive, such as: 1. Lightweight 2. Power efficiency 3. High reliability 4. Design for extreme environments 5. High compatibility 6. Safety 7. Compactness 8. Functionality...
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glennmiles
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SimplicityOn simplicity, Edward De Bono noted that there are no professors of simplicity, but complexity is almost a religion for both academics and businessmen. Being contrary in nature myself, I think the subject worthy of a Twine. That's it.
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Dancing the Entropy TangoSystems, system components, strategies and universal influences that either produce ordered structure or fend off the general trend for systems to lose structure. Approaches for visualising, measuring and promoting these structure-favouring phenomena.
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SuperhumanA look at the research being conducted into untapped physical and metal abilities. This excludes abilities associated with cybernetics or other technological augmentation.
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