A method and system for gathering, collecting, and supplying geographically distributed data. The engine has: a compressor; a combustor; and a turbine, that generate a flow of hot gas from the combustor to the turbine. Three or more holes 4 are formed in the substrate. An elastic and flexible skin made of composite elastomeric sheet reinforced by fibers is provided as is a zipper slider mechanism of a main slider, a zipper wedge, a wedge track, plural spring loaded wheels, plural hinged plates and plural hinge joints. The controller can include an hours of operation counter for the integrated light and a global setting function for changing all connected devices simultaneously to a single setting.