Bruno Latour, Aramis, or the Love of Technology, PDF - Dss-edit.com

GLOSSARYA-320 An airplane built by the European consortium AirbusIndustry. Designed to compete with big North Americancommercial aircraft, it was a major success forCharles Fiterman (q.v.).actuatoraerotrainAIMTair gapA word which, in robotics, desil:,rnates any motor thatexercises physical force, as opposed to an electroniccircuit that conveys information .A mass-transit system that resembled Aramis and thatunderwent extensive testing from 1965 to 1976. Accordingto the Encyc10pedie Larousse: "The whole historyof the aerotrain, which has lost government supportin France, at least for the time being, after aninitial period of heavy investment, is intertwined withthe history of the various means of propulsion thatwere tried. But its history also reflects oppositionfrom other transportation systems, railroads in particular,which saw the aerotrain as a serious rival thatthey did not want to exploit for their own purposes,despite proposals made along these lines." This failure,like the relative failure of the Concorde, had repercussionsfor the Aramis project at several points.Automatisation Intlgrale du Mouvement des Trains: Aplan devised by the RATP that would completely automatethe Parisian subwav-- that would make it, in effect,as automated as VAL. Currently, the subways areautomated only in part, since each train has a driverwho can take over in case of failure or emergency.A narrow break in an electromagnetic circuit. Itswidth affects the motor's power.