Jetstar inches closer to offering iPads as IFE across fleet

http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/runway-girl/2011/03/jetstar-inches-closer-to-offer.html

Should-have List of Android App for AMS Interns

Ben: for apps that are not 'free', contact me to get the full apk.

IATA ICAO Dictionary 
Price: Free

Offline aviation database for:
IATA/ICAO codes.
& Airports
-Name, Elevation, coordinates, timezone, Runway
-Metar/TAF report
-Notam reports
-Decoder for Snowtams (Notam)
-sunrise/sunset
-maps
-ap in the vicinity
-distance calculation
Airlines
-Name,Country,Callsign
Aircraft
-Company,Type,Wake
Registrations
Delay codes

Ben: Very x1000 good app. used it frequently back at AF/KLM

Androide Mate
Price: Free

Android Mate = App Organizer + SU File manager + Task manager + APK Installer.
* Organize app with tags.
* Context menu fast app operation.
* Backup/restore certain app.
* Kill running process.
* Root file explorer.
* APK installer

Ben: to install all your full APKs!

Documents to Go
Price: US$14.99

Now you can get your work done no matter where you are by using Documents To Go to view, edit and create Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint files as well as view Adobe PDF files on your Android-powered smartphone. Even opens/edits docx, xlsx, pptx!


Ben: MS Office in the palm of your hand!


Dropbox
Price: Free


Dropbox syncs your files online and across computers for access anywhere.
Sync your files between your computers and your mobile device. Now you can browse the files in your Dropbox folder from anywhere! Share links to files, save photos and video from your camera to your computers, and open files using your favorite Android apps.

Ben: instead of constantly emailing each other updated copies of work/MP, use Dropbox to have a database of documents updated in real-time. I recommend leaving the 'base folder' (you will understand what i mean when u set up the account), because Company servers are more reliable and have a better chance of recovery during failure. Word of caution, create draft copies and work on them. Leave 'MP Final original' in the base folder. create sub-copies like 'MP Final jane', 'MP Final John', etc, so that u wont sync over your partner's original file by mistake. This happened to me, so take my word for it.

MyBackup Pro
Price:US$4.99

Backup (with schedule option) to our online secure servers, or SD card, your Applications, Photos, Contacts, Call log, Browser Bookmarks, SMS (text messages), MMS, Calendar, System Settings, Home Screens (including shortcut positions), Alarms, Dictionary, Music Playlists, and more...
Restore your backups on your existing or new phone.



Twitter
Price: Free

Ben: follow major aviation organisations like IATA, Boeing, etc for up-to-date information and trends

FxCamera
Price: Free

FxCamera enables you to take a picture with various effects.
- ToyCam
- Polandroid
- Fisheye
- SymmetriCam
- Warhol
- Normal

Ben: for taking beautiful Lomo shots of work and you at work!


mobisle notes pro
Price: S$2.60
Write plain text notes or checklists and switch seamlessy between them 
Cross off items on your lists and delete them when you’re done
Send your lists to anyone via e-mail or SMS
Sync your notes to the web for automatic backup
Edit your notes from any computer using Google Docs
Access your notes through a home screen widget


Manga Watcher
Price: $2.99

Read your favorite manga on your phone. You can read online or download and read later. You can open your manga from sdcard (png, jpg, zip). Share in Facebook and Twitter. Read manga from www.mangareader.net and www.bleachexile.com and etc. Have multitouch zoom and one finger zoom!

Ben: helps you pass the time on your journey to/from work, NOT during work! 

Thinking Space
Price: US$4.74
Create visual mind maps that help organize and plan your activities and ideas.

✔ Awesome mind mapping tools (links, notes, colors, icons)
✔ Great for study, meetings, tasks, planning, go wild!

PMV & PPD

The PMV index predicts the mean response of a larger group of people according to the ASHRAE thermal sensation scale where

+3 hot

+2 warm

+1 slightly warm

0 neutral

-1 slightly cool

-2 cool

-3 cold

The PMV index is expressed by P.O. Fanger as

PMV = (0.303 e^-0.036M + 0.028) L   (1)

where

PMV = Predicted Mean Vote Index

M = metabolic rate

L = thermal load - defined as the difference between the internal heat production and the heat loss to the actual environment  - for a person at comfort skin temperature and evaporative heat loss by sweating at the actual activity level

PPD - Predicted Percentage Dissatisfied Index

Predicted Percentage Dissatisfied - PPD - index is a quantitative measure of the thermal comfort of a group of people at a particular thermal environment.

http://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/predicted-mean-vote-index-PMV-d_1631.html

Predicted Mean Vote (PMV) and Predicted Percentage Dissatisfied (PPD)

These indices are more complicated than the Dry Resultant Temperature.

They combine the influence of air temperature, mean radiant temperature, air movement and humidity with that of clothing and activity level into one value.

The PMV index is a method of predicting if occupants will feel comfortable in a room.

Research was carried out in various locations to find out if people felt comfortable and this is used to determine levels of comfort.

The PMV index may be defined as the mean value of the votes of a large group of persons, exposed to the same environment with identical clothing and activity.

The predicted percentage dissatisfied (PPD) as a function of predicted mean vote (PMV).

The predicted percentage dissatisfied (PPD) can be obtained from the PMV using the following equation.

PPD = 100 – 95 exp [–(0.03353 PMV 4 + 0.2179 PMV2)]

The graph below shows typical comfort zones for winter and summer.

http://www.arca53.dsl.pipex.com/index_files/thermco3.htm

Airport preparedness guidelines for outbreaks of communicable disease

Issued by ACI and ICAO (Revised April 2009)





http://www.airports.org/aci/aci/file/ACI_Priorities/Health/Airport%20preparedness%20guidelines.pdf