Grids

developed the Hermann Grid in 1870. The grid consists of black squares in which are in a grid, with white bars separating the black squares. “The fuzzy dot that appears at the intersections of the bars is called an illusionary dot.” (Blatchey, Moses, 2012, p.257). Humans are most likely to see the fuzzy dot in lower saturation of color; color and saturation affect the perception of the fuzzy illusionary dot. The Scintillating Grid is the modern version of the Hermann Grid. This grid uses special mechanisms

Grid Down or Not: Tasks That Simply Cannot Wait Whether you have electricity or not certain tasks still must be accomplished. Some people liken a power failure to a snow day, where it's a free day. Free from the hassles of school, chores, and responsibilities in general. It is not a free time, of course for adults, for responsible adults. What makes the time different obviously is that you have to accomplish your tasks without the benefit of electricity. During the first few hours of a disruption

emphasized on rigid grid forms, that contemporary writers of the history of urban planning and design, assume the presence of grids even in plans where they exist in approximate forms. Absence of grids is often perceived as lack of planning. Nevertheless, it is critical to note that the complex patters of streets in medieval cities were neither random nor chaotic. The developments in planning and design of urban cities inform the argument surrounding the unsuitability of grids to carfree cities,

→ Melbourne city grid , the base of Melbourne transport system In 1837, Melbourne’s city grid, The Hoddle Grid was laid out and named after its designer, Robert Hoddle, a surveyor sent from Sydney. It is a layout that has persisted to this day and is the basis of the transport system in Melbourne. The design of the grid was defined by the geography of the area, based on a cross-thatch pattern which runs parallel to the Yarra River. It is 1.6km long and 0.8km wide. During the planning process

I. INTRODUCTION A key objective of smart grid efforts is to substantially increase the penetration of renewable energy sources, such as solar and wind. As per the Solar Mission under the National Action Plan on Climate Change, the central government of India plans to generate up to 20 GW grid-based solar power, and cover 20 million square metres with solar energy collectors by 2020[1]. However land acquisition is a challenge to solar farm projects in India, hence there is a need to utilize residential

In his essay “Do We Look Fat in These Suburbs?” included in the August 2014 edition of the Atlantic Monthly Magazine, senior editor of The Atlantic, James Hamblin raises question about if street networks are what contributed to obesity. Hamlin’s piece suggest that dense, more urban areas tend promote a healthier lifestyle because places in cities are in close walking distance as to those in suburbs where places are usually only assessable by car. With sprawling subdivisions on the raise and the obesity

The ‘Going off Grid” assignment was going to be a challenge to really see how much we rely on technology and electronics on a daily basis just to get us through the day. Not knowing what to think before taking part in this assignment I definitely had my worries that I would not be able to make it through a whole day without using any electronics. This 24-hour period was really eye opening to see how much we do use electronics without giving it a second thought. To start off the day I woke up at

Foreword: After defeating Carthage in 146 BCE, the roman’s seized large sections of the north African coastline, the conquest and assimilation had slowly begun. More than 100 years after the conquest. To the east and west of modern The roman city of Thamagudi, now called Timgad, in modern day Algeria, has since its destruction at the time of the Arab invasion of 692CE never been the habitation of man. To this Attempting to pacify Northern Africa, the Emperor Trajan strengthened the armies After

Sector Briefing: DTL Power Corporation Brian Cunningham, Lindsay Fronzoli, Eddie Brown, Helen George, Montae Brockett CSEC 670 March, 2016 Introduction Our society today is ever more dependent upon electricity in all aspects of life. Keeping the power infrastructure throughout the United States secure and functioning properly should be considered a high priority for both private sector and government. Lacking properly functioning power caused by an outage has

The United States is under attack. To be exact, the nation’s power grid is under attack in the form of cyber warfare. On May 21st, 2013 Congressmen Edward J. Markey and Henry A Waxman published a report that provided the findings from information that they had requested from over 150 utility companies (of which 60% responded). More than a dozen utilities reported “daily, constant, or frequent attempted cyber-attacks” (Markey & Waxman) with one utility reporting that they have about 10,000 attempted