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The Effects of Video Games on the Body
The Effects of Video Games on the Body In households with children, sixty seven percent of them own a video game system. The game industry’s worldwide video game annual sales reached over 25 billion at the end of 2004. So the concern for the health of video game players is increasing. Video games have many different effects on the health of people. Some experiments have found video games to have a dramatic effect, while other
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The Efficiency of Hybrid Cars
Transportation is a large concern in today’s modern world. Most individuals have opted to buy vehicles for their personal use. Most of these vehicles consume gasoline and a smaller proportion is hybrid based. These two types of vehicles have many similarities. The two such vehicles require an energy source and both types of vehicles provide an important function to society. That function is to provide people with a reliable form of transportation. Although these
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The Era of Modern Germany
The Era of Modern Germany Throughout time, nations have attempted to become independent from one another by discovering means to help their citizens experience more fulfilling lives. The dilemma that troubled each of these countries is whether or not innovations, in technology and society, led to a higher quality of life. In the book, Rites of Spring, Modris Eksteins examines how innovation affected the citizens of Germany. Eksteins conveys that technological and industrial innovations paved
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The Erp in Manufactring Benchmark Report
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems and their MRP (Material Requirements Planning) predecessors have been around for almost three decades now. As a result, many aging implementations, based on outdated technology, are limiting the business process evolution necessary to any company who wants to thrive and grow amidst the pressures of globalization and increasingly demanding customers. Conversely manufacturers demand more value from ERP implementations, not only as their systems age, but as enterprise applications proliferate, raising
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The Essence of Html
Ever since the publication of Vernor Vinge's ground-breaking science fiction novelette True Names in 1978, many computer programmers and users have been fascinated by the ideas of "virtual reality" and "cyberspace"--computer interfaces using 3D surround graphics with which a user could interact in something like the way our physical bodies interact with the real world. In 1994, two Silicon Valley programmers with backgrounds in computer graphics went public with the provocative idea that the distributed-hypertext
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The European Quality Awards
THE EUROPEAN QUALITY AWARDS. By 1990, the European Community (now the European Union) felt that it had fallen behind Japan and the United States in the recognition of quality management. In that year, the European Foundation for Quality Management, with support from the European Organization for Quality and the European Commission, set about to create its own Deming or Baldrige equivalent, The European Quality Awards. The first winners were announced in October 1992. The initial
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The Evolution of Data and Database Migration
Executive Summary Large scale projects such as the merging of multiple sites, green IT initiatives, virtualization projects, database server consolidation and the cycle of technology refreshes are common in the database world. A common theme throughout all of these is the migration of data. From a database management perspective, data migration has traditionally been treated as an exception to normal operations. Data migration also seems to coincide with unforeseen difficulties that lead to extended downtime
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The Evolution of the Microprocessor
The Integrated Circuit: The Evolution of an Electronic Miracle The microprocessor evolved over the course of many years of research, and people all over the world enjoy the benefits of this electronic miracle. It is difficult to think of anything that has affected modern life more than this invention. Cellular phones, wristwatches, calculators, automobiles, stereos, televisions, and computers are just a few of the thousands of electronic devices that have a microchip at the heart
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The Fall of Polariod
Polaroid Corporation was founded in 1937 by Edwin Land (Wikipedia 2011). Polaroid's first staple product was polarized sunglasses. The purpose of the eye wear was to reduce the glare in sunglasses. Shortly after World War II, Land had taken some family photos, and his daughter asked can she see the photos now, as opposed to waiting a week to have the film developed. Land then invented the instant camera, it produced photographs within minutes. The
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The Fight for Terri
The Fight For Terri A major ethical conflict in our society today is the issue of right to die cases. One case in particular has sparked much controversy all the way to the White House. The case of Terri Schiavo has many individuals from all different backgrounds and beliefs at odds with one another especially, Terri’s parents Bob and Mary Schindler and Terri’s husband Michael Schiavo. For the last seven years Terri Schaivo has been
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The First Job
The First Day On June 1, 2003 my thinking on life, changed a little bit. It happened to be a Sunday that I didn’t think I would be going to bed at 2:30 P.M. in order to go to work. I got under the cover of my bed and I was out like a light. Once I got into a very deep sleep it was hard to get out of it. I heard my alarm
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The First Video Game
While it is as far from the eventual commercial videogame systems that come later as a walk in the park is to a walk on the moon, a physicist trying to make the public tour of his lab a little more exciting to bored visitors designs what some consider as a precursor videogame system in 1958. Working at Brookhaven National Laboratory, a US nuclear research lab in Upton, New York, William A. Higinbotham notices that
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The Future Audience
The Future Audience Major television networks are increasingly becoming involved in captivating a younger news audience and more modern ways to view the news on the go. In many recent polls and surveys, the American news audience has shown an immense interest in exploring different avenues to obtain news coverage. In recent studies, the age demographics between 18 to 30 years old, have shown that the younger population is moving toward faster, innovative technologies, i.e.
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The Future of Air Travel
Introduction As the holiday travel season moves into top gear, most passengers will be unaware of the fact that the heavily-booked flight that they are traveling on will most likely not be making any money for the airline that is operating it. As the fuel prices get higher, airlines are suffering either by adding to the price of airfare or sacrificing some of their profits by paying more for fuel to keep the cost of
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The Future of Batteries at Johnson Controls, Inc.
The Future of Batteries at Johnson Controls, Inc. ADM 519 December 4, 2004 The Future of Batteries at Johnson Controls, Inc. Introduction Although there have been many improvements to the materials and processes of lead-acid batteries, the way the battery works and the electrochemistry that takes place has not changed since Gaston Platte, a French Scientist, immersed lead plates in diluted sulfuric acid in 1859 and proved current would flow between the plates repeatedly (Lead-acid,
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The Future of Bpl
The future of BPL (Broadband over Power Lines) BPL, or Broadband over Power Lines, is in its infancy. Several utility companies are rolling BPL out to their customers for field trials, and “predict that 15 to 20% of its customer base will eventually be on BPL”. 1 There are several obstacles surrounding BPL and must be overcome to help with success of BPL. One obstacle is the issue of interference with radio transmissions. Another obstacle
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The Future of Hybrid Electric Vehicles
Introduction Honda is a well-known and reputable car manufacturer in North America. It is now 2002, and Honda is planning on launching its second Hybrid Electric Vehicle (HEV) to the market - a hybrid version of Honda's top selling vehicle, the Civic. The company's first HEV, the two-seater Honda Insight coupe, was introduced to the U.S. in 1999. It experienced modest sales of 3,788 units in 2000 and 5,000 units in 2001 and retailed at
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The Future of Robots
If intelligent machines ever write a history of their evolution, Hans Moravec will figure prominently in it. At Stanford University in the 1970s, he developed a mobile robot that could navigate its environment, albeit slowly. In 1980 he cofounded Carnegie Mellon University's Robotics Institute, where he is now working on machines that can make realistic 3-D maps of their surroundings. That small but complex step, he believes, could within 50 years lead to robots that
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The Future on Evoting; the Secure Electronic Registration and Voting Experiment (serve)
The Secure Electronic Registration and Voting Experiment, SERVE, is a project aimed at providing Uniformed Services members and overseas citizens the ability to register, vote and check their status throughout the absentee voting process, by bringing the voting booth to you through the Internet. The SERVE system is planned for deployment in the 2004 primary and general elections, and will allow the eligible voters first to register to vote in their home districts, and then
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The Global System for Mobile Communications
The Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) is the most popular standard for mobile phones in the world. GSM service is used by over 1.5 billion people across more than 210 countries and territories [1]. The ubiquity of the GSM standard makes international roaming very common between mobile phone operators, enabling subscribers to use their phones in many parts of the world. GSM differs significantly from its predecessors in that both signaling and speech channels
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The Goal: A Process of ongoing Improvement
Jennifer Purifoy April 30, 2001 Page 1 of 3 Executive Summary for The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement by Eliyahu M. Goldratt The heart of this story is based around the life of Alex Rogo, Plant Manager for Uniware a division of Unico. After a very upset customer approaches Alex’s boss, Bill Peach, he is given an ultimatum to turn the plant around in three months. Due to the limited amount of time available,
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The Good and Bad of Telecommuting
The good and bad of telecommuting Telecommuting may be the movement of the future, which will allow more people to work away from the office. Many people see telecommuting as a way to be close to home or allow them to be connected to their organization while working abroad. While telecommuting might work for some people, telecommuting is not for everyone. There are many disadvantages; as well advantages to telecommuting which most people do not
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The Good and the Evil of the Internet
The onset of computers on the general population has given a boost to the Economy in the world's market. People who weren't much aware of the world became drawn to computers, which in turn brought about the Internet, connecting the world all over. The Internet has played a major role in the lives of people all over the world. Now, it is not limited to just important organizations or governments. Everyone who owns a computer
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The Good, the Bad, and the Inbetweens of Hacking
The Good, The Bad, and The Inbetweens of Hacking “During a three-day period in February 2000, some of the most high-profile sites on the World Wide Web were temporarily knocked out of service.”(Issues and Controversy) This quote is one of the many that show the down side to hacking. A hacker is a person who takes pleasure in understanding the internal workings of a systems. This does not necessarily classify hackers as bad. There are
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The Great Ai Debate
The Great AI Debate (Compare and Contrast Paper) In a Star Trek episode entitled, "Measure of a Man," a villainous cybernetics researcher obtains authorization to dismantle Data, the android, to learn more about its construction. This action is met by Data's friends with resistance, and a legal battle ensues to determine whether Data is a life form with rights. Riker, appointed to present the researcher's case, argues that because Data is composed of circuits and
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The Great Patient Race
When Gordon Gould was a graduate student at Columbia University in 1957, he sketched out the concept of a concentrated beam of light amplified in a gas-filled chamber and coined the term "laser" to describe it. But Gould waited to seek a patent on his discovery, believing incorrectly that a working prototype was necessary. Eventually, two other researchers were awarded the basic patents instead. After a decades-long legal tussle, Gould finally reveled in victory when
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The History of Computers
Abstract The purpose of this paper is to highlight the history of the personal computer. The research in this paper shows that personal computers were not met with a warm reception when they were first introduced. Personal computers or PC’s have impacted the culture and the way that people live their ordinary lives. At first, computers were huge mainframe computers that had to be built on site and were only used for business. The invention
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The History of Paper
The History of Paper The history of paper dates back almost 2,000 years to when inventors in China first crafted cloth sheets to record their drawings and writings. Before then, people communicated through pictures and symbols etched on stone, bones, cave walls, or clay tablets. Paper as we know it today was first made in Lei-Yang, China by Ts'ai Lun, a Chinese court official. In all likelihood, Ts'ai mixed mulberry bark, hemp and rags with
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The History of the Integrated Circuit
“The History of the Integrated Circuit” In today’s world integrated circuits are everywhere we turn. Many of them you will find in computers. For example the microprocessor is an integrated circuit that processes all information in the computer. It keeps track of what keys are pressed and if the mouse has been moved. It counts numbers and runs programs, games and the operating system. Chip production today is based on photolithography. In photolithography a high
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The History of the Internet
The History of the Internet Within our society there has been a revolution, one that rivals that of the Industrial Revolution, the Technological Revolution. At the head of this revolution is the Internet. The Internet is a place full of information, adventure, and even for some, romance. In our society today everyone has heard of this technological wonder, and many use it on a daily basis, but for some the question still remains… What is
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