By Jason Hiner January 19‚ 2011‚ 2:55 PM PST Takeaway: The legacies of both Steve Jobs and Bill Gates are solidified in the technology pantheon‚ but which one ultimately made the bigger contribution. Vote here. The technology world got the unfortunate news on Monday that Steve Jobs was taking another medical leave from Apple in order to focus on his recurring health issues related to pancreatic cancer and his 2009 liver transplant. Since Jobs has been one of the most enthusiastic evangelists
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Africa‚ Asia‚ and Latin America. Yet it’s also a poor sustenance: Its lack of essential micronutrients as vitamin A‚ iron‚ and zinc contribute to the malnutrition among 800 million people worldwide. BioCassava Plus‚ a program backed by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation‚ is re-engineering the cassava into a nutritious crop with higher levels of beta carotene‚ iron‚ and protein‚ as well as resistance to pests and pathogens. Progress is slow--field trials and breeding programs take years--but other
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The Breed Myth What do Steve Jobs‚ the founder of Apple‚ Bill Gates‚ the founder of Microsoft‚ Jeff Bezos‚ the founder of Amazon‚ and Michael Dell‚ the founder of Dell all have in common? All of these famous men who have made incredible achievements in life may have been born with a creative mind because of the life they live today‚ which is called Breed Myth. Breed Myth is stating that you are born with creativity you already developed. Some people believe that children are born with creativity
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paper integrated solution has been offered to the transport related issues based on Atmel controller. It is the core which has hardware modules such as RFID‚ GPS‚ GSM and MEMS to handle the new transport related issues viz. Accident alert‚ Toll gate control‚ Parking slot management‚ Traffic rule violation control and special zone are explained in this paper. An efficient utilization of communication link between RF Modems over a wireless channel to facilitate vehicle monitoring‚ vehicle authentication
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science fiction at their present time and then to find a way to make that dream‚ a reality. The two men who come to mind the most would be Bill Gates and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. These two men used their minds to think of a way to forge a path of innovation‚ Bill Gates revolutionized the way that our world operates on a technical scale. If not for Gates who knows where the world would be or if this report would even be possible in the format that it is being typed in. Dr. Martin Luther King
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no profit and shelved the drug. The iOWH is the main company who is working towards a cure or vaccine for this disease. They resurrected the shelved drug‚ paromomyocin‚ proved its efficacy to the Indian government and‚ with funds from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation‚ are planning to make it available in the worst-affected parts of India. In tests 94.6% of patients treated with paromomyocin were cured. Paromomycin Intramuscular (IM) Injection was approved on August 31‚ 2006 for the treatment
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communities”. Because this strategy to modernize cocoa is challenging‚ Hershey has developed two sustainability programs (called CocoaLink and Hershey Learn to Grow). It has also developed large-scale initiatives with partners such as the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Modernization can double the income for West African cocoa farmers. CocoaLink is a program that delivers practical agricultural and social information to West African cocoa farmers. This information is delivered at no cost through
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Digital Logic •Introduction‚ Truth Tables and Boolean expressions •Logic Gates •Combination of Logic Gates •Circuit tracing and Boolean expressions •Creating Truth Table from a circuit •Creating a Circuit from a Truth Table •Basic Boolean Algebra •Using Boolean Algebra for Circuit Simplification •Practical Considerations Digital Circuit versus an analog circuit •Digital systems operate based on discrete information or signals‚ were as an analog system relies on continuous information
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bring us to a common ground; Our Differences allow us to be fascinated by each other”-Tom Robbins. In this paper we will compare and contrast commencement addresses delivered by two of the greatest technological entrepreneurs of this generation‚ Bill Gates (founder of Microsoft) and Steve Jobs (founder of Apple)‚ at Harvard(2007) and Stanford(2005) respectively. By analyzing texture of speech and choice of content‚ we will observe that though the speakers are nearly identical in age‚ choice of career
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BOOK REPORT Book Title: Gates of Fire Author: Steven Pressfield Why I chose this book: I have no particular reason why I chose this book. While searching through the commandant’s new reading list‚ the title of the book stood out to me. It did not seam like a boring documentary or and endless biography that goes on and on but rather an interesting read that would keep me interested. When I went to go check it out from training I read the summary on the back of the book and was immediately
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