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Hand synergies
Hand synergies are coordinated patterns of joint motion, finger force, or muscle activity that let the human hand's many degrees of freedom be controlled with few variables.
Hand warmer
A hand warmer, also called a pocket warmer, is a small portable device that warms the hands through chemical reaction, phase change, or stored electric energy.
Hand–eye calibration
Hand–eye calibration is a robotics and computer vision method that estimates the rigid transform between a camera and a robot's end effector, enabling vision-guided grasping and inspection.
Handala Hack Team
Handala Hack Team, also known as Handala Hack Group, is a pro-Palestinian hacktivist persona that emerged in December 2023 and is attributed by US authorities to Iran's intelligence ministry.
Handan Cogen power station
Handan Cogen power station (邯郸热电厂) is a coal-fired combined heat and power station in Handan, Hebei, China, the city's main civilian heating source, owned by GD Power Development.
Handan Eastern Outskirt Cogen Power Station
Handan Eastern Outskirt Cogen Power Station (国电电力邯郸东郊热电厂) is a coal-fired combined heat and power station in Handan, Hebei, China, owned by GD Power and totaling at least 1,204 MW.
Handbag
A handbag is a small bag carried in the hand or on the shoulder to hold money, keys, and personal items, known as a purse in North America.
HandBrake
HandBrake, briefly known as MediaFork in 2007, is a free, open-source video transcoder for Linux, Mac, and Windows that converts video to MP4, MKV, or WebM.
Handcar
A handcar, also known as a pump trolley, is a small railroad vehicle powered by passengers pumping a lever, used mainly for track inspection and repair.
Handcuffs
Handcuffs, also called manacles or darbies, are locking metal loops joined by a chain or hinge, used by police to restrain wrists; they tighten with a ratchet and open only with a key.
Handgun
A handgun is a firearm designed to be fired with one hand, in contrast to rifles and shotguns; its two main types are the pistol and the revolver.
Handil Oil and Gas Field
Handil is a giant, mature oil and gas field in the Mahakam River delta in East Kalimantan, Indonesia, discovered in 1974, developed by Total, and operated since 2018 by Pertamina.
Handle (robot)
Handle is a research robot built by Boston Dynamics that balances dynamically on two wheeled legs; unveiled in 2017, it later became the precursor to the warehouse robot Stretch.
Handley Page
Handley Page Ltd was a British aircraft manufacturer founded by Frederick Handley Page in 1909, best known for the Halifax bomber and the Victor V-bomber.
Handley Page Halifax
The Handley Page Halifax, known as the Halifax bomber, was a British four-engined heavy bomber of the Second World War that served with RAF Bomber Command.
Handley Page Hampden
The Handley Page Hampden was a British twin-engine medium bomber, nicknamed the Flying Suitcase for its narrow 36-inch fuselage, that served Bomber Command from 1938 to 1942.
Handley Page Jetstream
The Handley Page Jetstream, or Scottish Aviation Jetstream, is a British twin-turboprop light transport aircraft designed in the mid-1960s as a 12 to 18 seat feederliner.
Handley Page Victor
The Handley Page Victor was a British four-jet strategic bomber of the Royal Air Force, one of the three V-bombers, later converted to an in-flight refuelling tanker.
Handley power station
Handley power station, also known as the Handley Generating Station, is a natural-gas-fired plant in Fort Worth, Texas, with three steam units totaling about 1,265 MW.
Handloading
Handloading, also called reloading, is assembling firearm cartridges from a case, primer, propellant, and projectile rather than buying factory ammunition, a hobby done chiefly to save money and improve accuracy.
Handover
Handover, also called handoff, is the cellular network process of transferring an active voice or data session between cell sites as a user moves, keeping the session uninterrupted.
Handover and object handoff
Object handover, also called object handoff, is the joint action in robotics of transferring an object between a human and a robot in either direction.
Hands Free Farm
Hands Free Farm was a research project at Harper Adams University in Shropshire, England, growing and harvesting 35 hectares of crops with retrofitted autonomous machines from 2019 to 2022.
Hands Free Hectare
Hands Free Hectare was a British project by Harper Adams University that grew and harvested a hectare of barley using only autonomous machines, completed in 2017.
Handset
A handset combines a telephone receiver and transmitter in one unit, held to the ear and mouth during a call; the word also means a mobile phone itself.
Handshake (computing)
In computing, a handshake is an exchange of messages between two endpoints that establishes the parameters of their interaction, such as the TCP three-way handshake and the TLS handshake.
Handwriting recognition
Handwriting recognition is a machine learning and computer vision method that converts handwritten text in images or pen recordings into machine-readable text, used for historical documents, forms, and prescriptions.
Handy1
Handy 1 is a British robotic eating aid for people with severe physical disabilities, developed by Mike Topping in 1987 and manufactured by Rehab Robotics Ltd.
Handysize
A Handysize is the smallest conventional class of ocean-going dry bulk carrier, roughly 20,000 to 35,000 dwt, geared with its own cranes for small ports.
Haneda Airport
Haneda Airport, formally Tokyo International Airport (東京国際空港), is Japan's busiest airport, opened in 1931, reduced to domestic flights after Narita opened in 1978, and restored as a major international gateway since 2010.