Yes advertising creates artificial needs How often do you see the media pushing the new "latest and greatest" technology to hit the market‚ making us think we need to have that when there’s nothing wrong with the old stuff we already are using? It happens all the time‚ be it about 3D television‚ Does advertising create artificial wants? Mariya Krasteva Most companies nowadays perceive advertisements as a way of survival. Big corporations who gained the largest market share in their industry never
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Social impact of artificial intelligence When we are able to create machines smarter than humans‚ then those machines could do likewise‚ but much faster. The problem of the threat of unfriendly artificial intelligence and losing control of the machines we have built remains unsolved. Artificial autonomous agents are‚ in one sense the next stage in the development of technology. Autonomous agents perceive‚ decide‚ and act on their own. A machine (such as your brain) cannot predict (and thus cannot
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Topic: Artificial Sweeteners Artificial sweeteners are chemicals or natural compounds that replace the sweetness of sugar‚ without all of the calories. But sometimes the label ’sugar-free’ masks calories present in the food or drink. Aspartame‚ which is in Equal is a common chemical sweetener with crazy possible side effects. Effects include hallucinations to seizures and brain tumors; it is hardly worth consuming for the sake of saved calories in my opinion. Then you also have Sucralose‚ which
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The technology of artificial nutrition and hydration (ANH) allows the provision of complete nutrition to patients who in the past would not have received such treatment. However‚ the wisdom of administering long-term ANH to every patient who can no longer eat independently is debatable (Peck et al 1990; Meyers and Grodin 1991; Hodges and Tolle 1994) and decisions around its use at the end of life have raised significant clinical‚ ethical‚ and legal concerns
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Technological Singularity and Transhumanism Versus The Matrix The movie “The Matrix‚” depicts a futuristic era in which computer based artificial super intelligence has significantly exceeded the potentials of human brain power. Bringing us into a world that is overrun by artificially intelligent computer based machines. Many of us may believe that the idea of such an event can only exist within a Sci-Fi film. However‚ the majority of also may not know about long lived scientific theories projecting
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Persuasive Writing Final Draft: Biochip Technology Tia Estes G00076743 12/28/2010 Abstract This paper focuses on the controversial subject of the human biochip through science and technology. I do not discuss the ‘Mark of the Beast’ aspect or any religious side to the topic. Some of the biochip’s first uses are explored before a possible future scenario is played out; a few points of concern are addressed and then you are introduced to Professor Kevin Warwick. I then explain how the biochip
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address the question‚ is hydrotherapy as effective as land based exercise for lower limb conditions? Hydrotherapy‚ water based exercise performed in a heated pool and will be analysed to determine whether it is an appropriate and beneficial type of physical therapy. Search Process Once the topic of hydrotherapy was of interest‚ keywords such as "effectiveness of hydrotherapy" and "benefits of hydrotherapy for lower limbs" were used in search engines such as Google Scholar and SciVerse. Once articles
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Computers‚ Environment and Urban Systems 25 (2001) 267–278 www.elsevier.com/locate/compenvurbsys Integrating GIS‚ GPS and GSM technologies for the effective management of ambulances G. Derekenaris a‚*‚ J. Garofalakis b‚ C. Makris a‚ J. Prentzas a‚ S. Sioutas a‚ A. Tsakalidis b a Department of Computer Engineering and Informatics‚ Graphics‚ Multimedia & GIS Lab‚ School of Engineering‚ University of Patras‚ 26500 Rion‚ Patras‚ Greece b Computer Technology Institute‚ Research Unit 5‚ PO
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The labeling of the 20th century as the ‘Age of Anxiety” is created by the common theme of someone using technology to obtain power over the common man. It is the uncertainty of what could happen that drives fear and paranoia as a common bond. In Robbie‚ Mrs. Weston states quite bluntly‚ “I won’t have my daughter entrusted to a machine-and I don’t care how clever it is. It has no soul‚ and no one knows what it may be thinking.” She is uncertain how the metal robot works and this causes her to be
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simulation an assessment of Mr. Bright’s limb circulation were performed. Performing circulatory observations on an individual who has recently undergone a PCI is crucial for detecting any localised vascular complications such as bleeding‚ hematoma‚ swelling‚ ecchymosis and pseudo-aneurysms. When learning in the hand over that Mr. Bright had “cold” feet post-op‚ it became clear that a prompt assessment for the colour‚ warmth and sensation of Mr. Bright’s feet and lower limbs was necessary to ensure that he
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