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111Autonomous car — For the wider application of artificial intelligence to automobiles, see Vehicle Automation. Junior, a robotic Volkswagen Passat parked at Stanford University. An autonomous car, also known as robotic or informally as driverless, is an autonomous …
112Telegraphy — (from the Greek words (τηλε) = far and (γραφειν) = write) is the long distance transmission of written messages without physical transport of letters. Radiotelegraphy or wireless telegraphy transmits messages using radio. Telegraphy includes… …
113Bojinka plot — The Bojinka plot (Arabic: بجنكة; Tagalog: Oplan Bojinka) was a planned large scale Islamist terrorist attack by Ramzi Yousef and Khalid Shaikh Mohammed to blow up 12 airliners[1] and their approximately 4,000 passengers as they flew from Asia to …
114Eschede train disaster — The Eschede train disaster was one of the world s deadliest high speed train accidents. It occurred on 3 June 1998, near the village of Eschede in the Celle district of Lower Saxony, Germany. The toll of 101 dead and 88 injured surpassed the 1971 …
115Michael Owen — For other people named Michael Owen, see Michael Owen (disambiguation). Michael Owen Personal information …
116Intelligent lighting — A Martin MAC 550 intelligent light Intelligent lighting refers to stage lighting that has automated or mechanical abilities beyond those of traditional, stationary illumination. Although the most advanced intelligent lights can produce… …
117Schafer automation system — The first Schafer Automation System, installed at KGEE(AM) in Bakersfield, California in 1956, was dubbed the blue wire job because all of the wiring in it was blue, its inventor, Paul Schafer said. The owner wanted to program his station all… …
118Code-switching — This article is about the use of more than one language in speech. For the use of multiple languages in writing, see Macaronic language. Sociolinguistics Areas of study …
119The Vampire Chronicles — For the Theatres des Vampires album, see The Vampire Chronicles (album). For the Darkstalkers video game, see Darkstalkers Chronicle: The Chaos Tower. The first book The Vampire Chronicles is a series of novels by Anne Rice that revolves around… …
120Locations in the Half-Life series — The Half Life series of video games features many locations set in an dystopian future stemming from the events of the first game, Half Life . These locations are used and referred to throughout the series. The locations, for the most part, are… …
