The following are fictional spaceships, vehicles, and other vessels created by Frank Herbert for his . Several of the ships, however, were created by David Lynch for his 1984 film Dune.
A line of Dune action figures from toy company LJN was released to lackluster sales in 1984. Styled after Lynch's film, the collection included several vehicles.
Ships from the original novel Dune
Carryall
A flying wing (commonly "Wing"), the aerial workhorse of Arrakis, used to transport large spice mining, hunting, and refining equipment. In the 1984 movie of Dune, a Carryall handled four spice mining teams, and would fly two spice Harvesters at a time.
Crushers
Military space vessels composed of many smaller vessels locked together and designed to fall on an enemy position, crushing it.
Dump Boxes
The general term for any cargo container of irregular shape and equipped with ablation surfaces and suspensor-damping system. They are used to dump material from space onto a planet's surface.
Frigate
Largest spaceship that can be grounded on a planet and taken off in one piece.
Harvester or Harvester Factory
A large (often 120 meters by 40 meters) spice mining machine commonly employed on rich, uncontaminated melange blows (often called a "Crawler" because of a bug-like body on independent tracks).
Heighliner
Major human transport and cargo container of the Spacing Guild's transportation system.
Hutment
A nine-leveled tent of interlocking metal leaves that reaches out in a thousand-meter circle and could be attached to the base of a Starship Lighter. The Hutment brought to Arrakis by Padishah Emperor Shaddam IV houses five legions of Sardaukar.
Monitor
A ten-section space warcraft mounting heavy armor and shield protection. It is designed to be separated into its component sections for lift-off after planet-fall.
Ornithopter
Commonly referred to as 'thopters. Any aircraft capable of sustained wing-beat flight in the manner of birds and insects. In the 1984 movie, the 'Thopters were seen as jet-propelled ships, while in the , the 'Thopters had moving wings, but were still not as Herbert had described.
Sandcrawler
General term for machinery designed to operate on the Arrakis surface in hunting and collecting melange.
Spice Factory
:See Sandcrawler
Spice-Lighter
A small ship used on Arrakis to transport the spice; a Lighter in general is simply a small transport ship.
Spotter Control
The lighter Ornithopter in a spice-hunting group charged with control of watch and protection, looking out for wormsign.
Starship Lighter
The royal spaceship Shaddam uses to lead his entourage of Sardaukar onto Arrakis.
Troop Carrier
Any Guild ship designed specifically for transport of troops between planets. A carrier could carry 300 Imperial Sardaukar.
Ships from other novels in the series
No-Ship
A no-chamber designed into a spaceship. It was undetectable by users of prescience such as Spacing Guild Navigators.
Ships from the 1984 film
Guild Navigator's Ship
A large, black, rectangular ship that the Third Stage Guild Navigator uses to travel to Kaitain.
Guild Transport
A large blue-colored and oval-shaped ship. House Atreides uses a fleet of these ships for their journey from Caladan to Arrakis.
Harkonnen Drop-Ship
A long black ship that the Third-Stage Guild Navigator uses to travel to Kaitain.
Emperor's Ship
The golden, pyramid-like version of the Guild Transport that Shaddam uses to travel to Arrakis. The base of the ship is lined with lasguns.
A line of Dune action figures from toy company LJN was released to lackluster sales in 1984. Styled after Lynch's film, the collection included several vehicles.
Ships from the original novel Dune
Carryall
A flying wing (commonly "Wing"), the aerial workhorse of Arrakis, used to transport large spice mining, hunting, and refining equipment. In the 1984 movie of Dune, a Carryall handled four spice mining teams, and would fly two spice Harvesters at a time.
Crushers
Military space vessels composed of many smaller vessels locked together and designed to fall on an enemy position, crushing it.
Dump Boxes
The general term for any cargo container of irregular shape and equipped with ablation surfaces and suspensor-damping system. They are used to dump material from space onto a planet's surface.
Frigate
Largest spaceship that can be grounded on a planet and taken off in one piece.
Harvester or Harvester Factory
A large (often 120 meters by 40 meters) spice mining machine commonly employed on rich, uncontaminated melange blows (often called a "Crawler" because of a bug-like body on independent tracks).
Heighliner
Major human transport and cargo container of the Spacing Guild's transportation system.
Hutment
A nine-leveled tent of interlocking metal leaves that reaches out in a thousand-meter circle and could be attached to the base of a Starship Lighter. The Hutment brought to Arrakis by Padishah Emperor Shaddam IV houses five legions of Sardaukar.
Monitor
A ten-section space warcraft mounting heavy armor and shield protection. It is designed to be separated into its component sections for lift-off after planet-fall.
Ornithopter
Commonly referred to as 'thopters. Any aircraft capable of sustained wing-beat flight in the manner of birds and insects. In the 1984 movie, the 'Thopters were seen as jet-propelled ships, while in the , the 'Thopters had moving wings, but were still not as Herbert had described.
Sandcrawler
General term for machinery designed to operate on the Arrakis surface in hunting and collecting melange.
Spice Factory
:See Sandcrawler
Spice-Lighter
A small ship used on Arrakis to transport the spice; a Lighter in general is simply a small transport ship.
Spotter Control
The lighter Ornithopter in a spice-hunting group charged with control of watch and protection, looking out for wormsign.
Starship Lighter
The royal spaceship Shaddam uses to lead his entourage of Sardaukar onto Arrakis.
Troop Carrier
Any Guild ship designed specifically for transport of troops between planets. A carrier could carry 300 Imperial Sardaukar.
Ships from other novels in the series
No-Ship
A no-chamber designed into a spaceship. It was undetectable by users of prescience such as Spacing Guild Navigators.
Ships from the 1984 film
Guild Navigator's Ship
A large, black, rectangular ship that the Third Stage Guild Navigator uses to travel to Kaitain.
Guild Transport
A large blue-colored and oval-shaped ship. House Atreides uses a fleet of these ships for their journey from Caladan to Arrakis.
Harkonnen Drop-Ship
A long black ship that the Third-Stage Guild Navigator uses to travel to Kaitain.
Emperor's Ship
The golden, pyramid-like version of the Guild Transport that Shaddam uses to travel to Arrakis. The base of the ship is lined with lasguns.
Beer Doctors refers to Dr. Nancy Hoalst Pullen and Dr. Mark Patterson, Geography Professors at Kennesaw State University. Together, they have tasted over 2000 beers in dozens of countries and interviewed hundreds of brewers and tappers as they study the ways that culture and geography influence the brewing and tasting of beer.
Works
Edited by Hoalst Pullen and Patterson
*Geospatial Technologies in Environmental Management. 2010. Springer.
*The Geography of Beer: Regions, Geography, Society. 2014. Springer, Amsterdam.
*Urban Sustainability: Policy and Praxis. Edited by Jay D. Gatrell, Ryan R. Jensen, Mark W. Patterson, and Nancy Hoalst-Pullen. 2016. Springer.
Written by Hoalst Pullen and Patterson
*National Geographic Atlas of Beer. Foreword by Garrett Oliver. 2017. National Geographic Society, Washington, D.C.
Works
Edited by Hoalst Pullen and Patterson
*Geospatial Technologies in Environmental Management. 2010. Springer.
*The Geography of Beer: Regions, Geography, Society. 2014. Springer, Amsterdam.
*Urban Sustainability: Policy and Praxis. Edited by Jay D. Gatrell, Ryan R. Jensen, Mark W. Patterson, and Nancy Hoalst-Pullen. 2016. Springer.
Written by Hoalst Pullen and Patterson
*National Geographic Atlas of Beer. Foreword by Garrett Oliver. 2017. National Geographic Society, Washington, D.C.
UOL TV was the first television station that broadcast exclusively over the Internet. Being part of the portal Universe Online, it had its first broadcast in 1997, using the VDOLive format. Currently the format used in the transmissions is Adobe Flash and TV UOL has adopted Windows Media and Real Media in the past.
Besides broadcaster, currently the TVUOL is also a portal for videos, allowing users to submit their videos via the page "Mais Uol". The Mais Uol is still in beta, but sending videos, photos and other multimedia content is already permitted, and it still allows the sharing of video for blogs, websites, forums, etc. via embed code of the video. It's currently the fourth largest free video sharing website in the world, with over 2 million videos (January 2015).
Limitations
Free users
360p resolution (with a great bitrate), video duration up to 30 minutes, 1GB per video.
Paid Users
1080p resolution (with a bitrate even better than YouTube's 4K bitrate), unlimited duration, unlimited size.
Supported Formats
3GP, M4V, WMV, ASF, MOV, TS, AVI, FLV, MKV, MP4, MPEG, RMVB, RM.
Channels
The programming of the station is distributed over 14 channels, separated into its most watched categories on demand. There are some TV channels like BBC (Brazil), The New York Times, Discovery (Brazil), and users' own channels, such as GameHall, Olhar Digital, Omelete, and Charges.
Besides broadcaster, currently the TVUOL is also a portal for videos, allowing users to submit their videos via the page "Mais Uol". The Mais Uol is still in beta, but sending videos, photos and other multimedia content is already permitted, and it still allows the sharing of video for blogs, websites, forums, etc. via embed code of the video. It's currently the fourth largest free video sharing website in the world, with over 2 million videos (January 2015).
Limitations
Free users
360p resolution (with a great bitrate), video duration up to 30 minutes, 1GB per video.
Paid Users
1080p resolution (with a bitrate even better than YouTube's 4K bitrate), unlimited duration, unlimited size.
Supported Formats
3GP, M4V, WMV, ASF, MOV, TS, AVI, FLV, MKV, MP4, MPEG, RMVB, RM.
Channels
The programming of the station is distributed over 14 channels, separated into its most watched categories on demand. There are some TV channels like BBC (Brazil), The New York Times, Discovery (Brazil), and users' own channels, such as GameHall, Olhar Digital, Omelete, and Charges.
OneWorldTV is a nonprofit internet video sharing and social networking site aiming to Climate Change, Human Rights, Social Justice Sustainable Development etc. OneWorldTV is part of OneWorld.net an international network of centres.
OneWorldTV was established in 2001 by Peter Armstrong to offer a better understanding of the developing world through the use of documentary film and video. OneWorldTV was one of the first video sharing sites on the internet, pioneering the concept of user generated content and citizen journalism by offering the user the ability to upload their own films and video clips directly to the site.
In June 2008 OneWorldTV was relaunched. With the new site there is still the ability to upload videos, but now the user has the ability to 'recommend' or embed videos from elsewhere.
The website has a membership which includes video activists, NGOs, journalists and documentary filmmakers and shows examples of participatory video (PV) projects from around the world.
OneWorldTV was established in 2001 by Peter Armstrong to offer a better understanding of the developing world through the use of documentary film and video. OneWorldTV was one of the first video sharing sites on the internet, pioneering the concept of user generated content and citizen journalism by offering the user the ability to upload their own films and video clips directly to the site.
In June 2008 OneWorldTV was relaunched. With the new site there is still the ability to upload videos, but now the user has the ability to 'recommend' or embed videos from elsewhere.
The website has a membership which includes video activists, NGOs, journalists and documentary filmmakers and shows examples of participatory video (PV) projects from around the world.