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  • | Human-powered speed record || 132.50 km/h (82.33 mph) || Varna Diablo 3 | [[Human-powered aircraft]] || 32 km/h (19.8 mph) average speed || [[Massa
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  • === Unassisted human racing === Using only the [[human body]]'s own [[muscle]]s:
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  • ...sportation, are not called vehicles. This includes humans carrying another human, for example a child or a disabled person.
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  • ==Human weight in the medical sciences and ordinary language== * [[Human weight]]
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  • ...tion]] is a separate organisation that runs recumbent races, including the human-powered speed record.
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  • ...of the Imperial Japanese Army, which researched biological warfare through human experimentation during the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945) and World W
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  • ...y no means unique to those posed by administration of antibiotics to other human-consumed livestock. Some critics of veal-farming have alleged that farmers
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  • ...ern world, engines themselves are not new. Engines using [[Manual labour |human power]], [[Animal powered transport |animal power]], [[Hydropower |water po ...iege engines]] in [[Ancient Rome]]. Early [[Galley |oared warships]] used human power augmented by the simple engine of the [[lever]] -- the [[oar]] itself
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  • ...cing usable energy for purposes that go far beyond the energy needs of a [[human body]]. The application of energy released from fuels ranges from [[heat]]
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  • ...ern world, engines themselves are not new. Engines using [[Manual labour |human power]], [[Animal powered transport |animal power]], [[Hydropower |water po ...iege engines]] in [[Ancient Rome]]. Early [[Galley |oared warships]] used human power augmented by the simple engine of the [[lever]] -- the [[oar]] itself
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  • ...ped (criss-cross) pattern is cut or rolled into metal. This pattern allows human hands or fingers to get a better grip on the knurled object than would be p
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  • ...ith electronic control systems using [[electromechanical]] actuators and [[human-machine interface]]s such as pedal and steering feel emulators. '''Brake-by Once the driver inputs a [[brake]] command to the system via a [[human-machine interface]] - HMI (e.g. the brake [[pedal]]), four independent brak
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  • Erogonomics and human factors concerns are important in the design of modern cockpits. The layou ...ience]], [[Neuroscience]], [[Human Computer Interaction]], [[Human Factors|Human Factors Engineering]] and [[Ergonomics]].
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  • Modern power tools, [[automation|automated]] machine tools, and human-operated power machinery are tools that are also machines. Machines used to
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  • ...that electronic equipment can react much faster and more precisely than a human, and takes advantage of the precision of electronic signals to allow a comp
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  • ...acing|racing]] cars. The lap portion is connected to a belt between the [[Human leg|leg]]s and there are two shoulder belts, making a total of five points ...xperiment]]s using both [[crash test dummy|crash test dummies]] and actual human [[cadaver]]s have indicated that wearing seat belts should provide a reduce
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  • ...fection. ''Piophila casei'' larvae can pass through the [[stomach]] alive (human stomach acids do not usually kill them) and take up residency for some peri
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  • ...it is the only great urban space in a European city where the sound is of human voices talking.
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  • ...ociation of individuals and groups who are developing a common resource of human knowledge. The structure of the project allows anyone with an Internet conn
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  • ...ated on it: the Tiber itself thus is not a major factor in the history and human geography of Umbria. The same cannot be said of the Tiber's three principal
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  • ...ies [[science|scientific]] and [[technology|technical]] knowledge to solve human problems. Engineers use imagination, judgment,reasoning and experience to a * [[Henry Petroski|Petroski, Henry]], ''To Engineer is Human: The Role of Failure in Successful Design'', Vintage, 1992
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  • ...e first displays of [[fossils]]. More modern excavation s have showed that human presence on the island can be dated back to the [[Neolithic]] and the [[Bro
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  • A '''three wheeler''' is a [[vehicle]] with three [[wheel]]s, either "human or people-powered vehicles" (HPV or PPV or [[velomobile]]s) or [[engine|mot
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  • ...ctical use of '''units of [[measurement]]''' have played a crucial role in human endeavour from early ages up to this day. Disparate [[systems of measureme ...ed to some extent or other. Often they were based on the dimensions of the human body.
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  • ...ing all torque transfer. In auto racing, this process is slow and prone to human error; hence the development of the sequential transmission. A true sequent
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  • ...cture may be seen as a ''subjective [[Map (mathematics)|mapping]]'' from a human perspective (that of the ''user'' in the case of abstract or physical artif Early human settlements were essentially [[rural]]. As surplus of production began to o
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  • ...es design with considerable engineering and technology awareness alongside human factors—a "Total Design" approach, promoted by the late [[Stuart Pugh
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  • ...the passion for cars, but also a valuable asset of technical know-how and human knowledge.
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  • ...diterranean Sea has been known by a number of alternative names throughout human history. It was, for example, commonly called ''[[Mare Nostrum]]'' (Latin,
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  • ...so involves fermentation with [[lactic acid bacteria]], which are safe for human ingestion. The acid produced by the bacteria makes the meat an inhospitable
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  • ===Human power and environmental power hybrids=== Many land and water vehicles use human power combined with a further power source. Common are parallel hybrids, e.
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  • ...to the space station. They would live there until Earth was safe again for human life; these people would be the seed for a "new master race". ...inted out that he and his girlfriend do not live up to Drax's standard for human 'perfection', aids Bond by helping him and Dr. Goodhead escape the station
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  • * H. Petroski, "To Engineer Is Human", St. Martins, 1985.
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  • Vehicles for human [[transport]] that have two wheels and require balancing by the rider date ...n 1818 which was the first commercially successful two-wheeled, steerable, human-propelled machine commonly called a [[velocipede]], nick-named [[hobby-hors
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  • ...equire pedals, thus making them a form of [[hybrid transport]], using both human power and machine power. Because of their small size, many jurisdictions c
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  • ...of Lawrence Braun as a mix of historic accuracy with a sense of motion and human interaction.
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  • ...e should be taken when changing acid as acid can have a negative effect on human skin.
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  • ...of local archaeological retrievals; its disparate sections relating to the human history of the entire Aeolian Islands from prehistoric to classical times,
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  • ...e car must remain a thing of creative passion, as well as an extraordinary human adventure.
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  • ...ich is equal to one [[joule]] per [[second]]. The power consumption of a [[human]] is on average roughly 100 watts, ranging from 85 W during sleep to 800 W
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  • ...ower]] (179 kW), through a single tyre-contact patch roughly the size of a human hand. For comparison, Formula 1 cars produce up to 950 [[bhp]] ((700 kW) fr
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  • ...he Christian world of the interior. In Wiligelmus' sculpure at Modena, the human body takes on a renewed physicality it had lost in the schematic symbolic f
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  • There is evidence that suggests that such an effect is seen in [[human]]s, associated with the use of safety features such as [[Automobile|car]] [
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  • ...to the space station. They would live there until Earth was safe again for human life; these people would be the seed for a "new master race". ...inted out that he and his girlfriend do not live up to Drax's standard for human "perfection", aids Bond by helping him and Dr. Goodhead escape the station
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  • ...tation of visual forms. The perfection of perspective, light and realistic human figures can be thought of as impossible to improve upon ''unless'' another
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  • ...his brother, Édouard, observed that a display of stacked tyres resembled a human form. Today, Bibendum is one of the world's most recognized trademarks, re
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  • ...a national [[grassroots]] campaign that will bring Faustman's research to human clinical trials in 2006.
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  • ;2000: "Human-City" architecture model by MW Energie AG in Mannheim, Germany. Colani opti
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  • ...by human action or inaction, be dissuaded against or persuaded in favor of human affairs. Rome was founded in Etruscan territory. Despite the words of the s
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  • ...man Development Index|HDI]]''' ([[2003]]) || 0.934 ([[List of countries by Human Development Index|18th]]) – <font color="#313931">high</font>
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  • ...ic formal charges, but interpreted in an ultra-contemporary and innovative human-machine interface in it.''']]
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  • ...ed cars became more prevalent. The lead emissions were highly damaging to human health, and its virtual elimination has been one of the most successful red
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  • Cars have two basic safety problems: They have human drivers who make mistakes, and the wheels lose traction when braking or tur ...ing external crash energy with crushable panels and reducing the motion of human bodies in the passenger compartment.
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  • ...nimization of harmful effects of accidents, in particular as pertaining to human life and health. Special safety features have been built into cars for year
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  • ...nimization of harmful effects of accidents, in particular as pertaining to human life and health. Special safety features have been built into cars for year
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  • In 1979 human remains were found that were dated to 150,000 BC.
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  • ...m of [[recreation]], and have been adapted for use in many other fields of human activity, including children's [[toy]]s, adult [[fitness]], [[military]] an ...nown forebears were called ''[[velocipede]]s'', and included many types of human-powered vehicles. One of these, the scooter-like ''[[dandy horse]]'' of th
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  • Sardinia's history is very ancient. In [[1979]] human remains were found that were dated to [[Paleolithic|150,000 BC]].
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  • * Power-assist mechanisms for [[bicycle]]s and other [[human]]-powered vehicles are also included. ===Human power===
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  • ...ends up at the wheel). [[Biomechanical]] factors however determine that a human can deliver maximum power only over a narrow range of crank rotational spee
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  • * Human powered:
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  • In the final step, tires are inspected by human eyes for numerous visual defects such as incomplete mold fill, exposed cord
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  • ...as shown that aluminium salts increase estrogen-related gene expression in human [[breast cancer]] cells grown in the laboratory. These salts' estrogen-like ...oxicity of aluminium it must be via a very specific mechanism, since total human exposure to the element in the form of naturally occurring clay in soil and
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  • In the science and practice of [[metrology]], a '''prototype''' is a human-made object that is used as '''''the''''' standard of [[measurement]] of so
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  • Put into perspective, a healthy human can sustain about 0.1 horsepower. Most observers familiar with horses and t
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  • ...erosols of many small particles that are believed to penetrate deeply into human lungs.
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  • ...ast successful in Formula One history. The tiny team never had appropriate human, financial or technical resources, sometimes consisting of as few as five m
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  • ...he Christian world of the interior. In Wiligelmus' sculpure at Modena, the human body takes on a renewed physicality it had lost in the schematic symbolic f
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  • ...over 250,000 individuals, it is the highest-capacity sporting facility in human history[http://www.worldstadiums.com/stadium_menu/stadium_list/100000.shtml
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  • ...mes in the magazine because it has a dimension of one meter per 25 cm), no human figures appear, probably to give more prominence all'infilata machines.
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  • ...erosols of many small particles that are believed to penetrate deeply into human lungs.
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  • ...tronic management shifts smoothly through its six gears much faster than a human being would be able to.
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  • ...in the second half of 2006. When completed, it will mark the first time in human history that Sicily will be connected by a land link to Italy. In October o .../entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=11543889 Human Y-chromosome variation in the western Mediterranean area: Implications for
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  • ...ion about his personal life. As the title suggests, the book "reveals" the human side of a hero.
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  • Medieval scholars considered human [[digestion]] to be a process similar to cooking. The processing of food in The most ideal food was that which most closely matched the humor of human beings, i.e. moderately warm and moist. Food should preferably also be fine
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  • ...''[[Die Another Day]]'') and gives Stamper a freak reversal of the normal human reaction to pleasure and pain (imperviousness to pain being carried instead
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  • ...radually melting more and more into the symbolical one, passing out of her human nature and into the divine. ...acterize the literary life of [[Petrarch]]: classical research and the new human feeling introduced into his lyric poetry. The facts are not separate; rathe
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  • ...to and corrects skidding much faster and more effectively than the typical human driver, often before the driver is even aware of any imminent loss of contr
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  • ...ased costs to employers and lost productivity in addition to their toll in human suffering. Truck drivers tend to endure higher fatality rates than workers
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  • ...arket. Bond later learns that Zorin is a psychopath, the product of [[Nazi human experimentation|Nazi medical experimentation]] during [[World War II]] , an
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  • ...radually melting more and more into the symbolical one, passing out of her human nature and into the divine. ...acterize the literary life of [[Petrarch]]: classical research and the new human feeling introduced into his lyric poetry. The facts are not separate; rathe
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  • ...repancy in RPM, deceiving the driver into an exaggerated sense of how much human skill was involved.
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  • ...ter he's been disarmed, and possibly a woman whom Bond is seen to use as a human shield). Nonetheless, this scene was the strongest display of Bond exercisi
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  • ...of pain and touch, enabling him to physically drive himself beyond normal human limits. This will in turn allow him to continually gain strength until the
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  • ...79&nbsp;kW), through a single tyre-[[contact patch]] roughly the size of a human hand. For comparison, Formula 1 cars produce up to 750 [[Horsepower#Brake h
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  • In [[Russia]] in the 1780s, [[Ivan Kulibin]] started working on a human-pedalled carriage with a [[steam engine]]. He finished working on it in 179
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  • ...le character rather than an out-and-out hell-raiser made him such a unique human being". Flying, snowmobiling or driving, he was a risk-taker of classic pro
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  • ...e cheap toys which can be used variously for pets, animals in captivity or human children, ''e.g.'' the ubiquitous "tire swing", they can also be deliberate
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  • ...many small particles ([[PM10]]) that are believed to penetrate deeply into human lungs. Engines running on [[liquified petroleum gas]] (LPG) are very low in
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  • ...ay". From Latin ''homo'' comes Italian ''uomo'' (man), but also ''umano'' (human) and ''ominide'' (hominid). From Latin ''ovum'' comes Italian ''uovo'' (egg
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  • ...elicca took the bullet for Bond, however some said that Bond used her as a human shield (a la [[Fiona Volpe]]). Some conjectured that Felicca was the target
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  • ...ke the right decisions". Writer [[Paul Haggis]] added Bond will be "a very human and flawed assassin, a man who has to navigate a morally complex and often
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  • ...[[continent]]s of the [[Earth]]. The term ''continent'' here refers to a [[human geography|cultural and political]] distinction rather than a [[physical geo
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  • ...Hora, walking distance, with a church decorated with the remains of 40,000 human skeletons who were largely plague victims.
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  • ...coat of arms and flag of Milan and the [[Visconti]] family's [[biscione]] (human child-bearing serpent) [[coat of arms]] emblazoned over the great door of [
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  • Ancient Rome commanded a vast area of land, with tremendous natural and human resources available. As such, Rome's economy remained focused on [[agricult
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  • ...umont, who has told investigators and the press that doping with steroids, human growth hormones, EPO, and amphetamines is systematic on his team. Millar la
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  • ...en tested in the MI6 monastery) : Designed to entrap an object, such as a human, and explode when the bola balls hit each other.
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