We are becoming increasingly dependent on computers. They are used in business‚ hospitals‚ crime detection and even to fly planes. What things will they be used for in the future? Is this dependence on computers a good thing or should we be more suspicious of their benefits? In the last two decades cybernetics have experienced a major breakthrough .This led to the utilization of computers in nearly all parts of our daily life‚ from personal computers to the ones performing complicated surgeries
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Everyone knows that water is essential to human life‚ but one third of the world’s population lacks sufficient access to safe drinking water and sanitation to meet their basic needs. [www.gwp.org]Every year 3 million people die prematurely from water-related diseases in developing countries. [www.gwp.org] 884 million people in the world still do not get their drinking-water from improved sources‚ almost all of them in developing regions. [www.gwp.org]How can access to clean water change the lives
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The computer was born not for entertainment or email but out of a need to solve a serious number-crunching crisis. By 1880 the U.S. population had grown so large that it took more than seven years to tabulate the U.S. Census results. The government sought a faster way to get the job done‚ giving rise to punch-card based computers that took up entire rooms. Today‚ we carry more computing power on our smartphones than was available in these early models. The following brief history of computing is
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Water politics is politics affected by water and water resources. For this reason‚ water is a strategic resource in the globe and an important element in many political conflicts. It causes health impacts and damage to biodiversity. 1.6 billion people have gained access to a safe water source since 1990.[63]The proportion of people in developing countries with access to safe water is calculated to have improved from 30% in 1970[64] to 71% in 1990‚ 79% in 2000 and 84% in 2004. This trend is projected
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Since the dawn of the first computers made available to the masses‚ our society as a whole‚ as well as the way we interact with the world‚ has been changing and accommodating in order to include these technological advances in our daily lives. These advances in technology have been changing our society in many ways‚ and while there are countless benefits that these innovations have brought to all fields be it social‚ medical‚ educational‚ or recreational‚ there are people who fear that these technologies
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Chapter I I. Introduction: In today’s modern times‚ computer technology has become a vital part of our life. It helps us to have an easier life. In this competing world‚ the students should have to learn a lot when it comes to education. Everything cannot be taught by a teacher or in school. To face big challenges in life‚ students take up extra learning which can be done through computers. These computers can be used for their personal or recreational activities like listening to music‚
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Computer Studies: What is a hardware? - A hardware is something we can see and touch in a computer. What is a software? - A software is something we can see but cannot touch‚ it is usually stored in a computer system. Some of the examples of hardware are: - Mouse - Keyboard - Monitor - CPU -Speaker - Printer - Scanner - Trackerball - Joystick Some of the examples of software are: - Microsoft Words - Internet Explorer - etc As of the moment‚ many trends come out in the
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INTERNATIONAL J OURNAL OF M ULTIDISCIPLINARY S CIENCES AND ENGINEERING‚ VOL . 3‚ NO. 7‚ J ULY 2012 Assessment of Economic Impact and Efficiency of a Combined Gas Turbine with a Thermoelectric Generator Onoroh Francis‚ Ikebudu Kingsley O.‚ and Okafor I.O.U Abstract– The research presents how to scavenge waste heat from a gas turbine plant using a thermoelectric generator and to assess the economic implication. On comparing the equivalent uniform annual worth of the combined GT/TEG with GT only
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CHAPTER 1 THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND Personal computer game (also known as computer game or simply pc game) is a video game played in the personal computer‚ rather than on a video console or arcade machine. Computer games have evolved from the simple graphics and game play of early titles like Space War‚ to a wide range of more visually advanced titles. PC games are created by one or more game developers‚ often in conjunction with other specialists (such as game artists)
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Introduction Communicating with others is always considered as an indispensable part in human’s life. In the past people usually communicated through drawings‚ symbols‚ writing‚ radio‚ television and so on. Since the changes in technologies people can convey their messages from one side to another side by e-mail‚ telephone‚ text message and social media (Appendix A) such as Facebook‚ Twitter and YouTube. Apparently‚ communication involves two parties which are sender and receiver where both of them
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