Are we too distracted by technology? Kids ages eight to eighteen spend more than seven hours using technology a day. (If your kids are awake they’re probably online…) Technology has become a huge part of our everyday life. Our society is controlled by and dependent on what technology has to offer us. But‚ are we too distracted by it? Despite all of technologies advancements‚ social issues surrounding the topic still exist. Today’s children would rather stay inside playing video games
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Green Technologies in Wireless Networking: Major Issues Mihir Kanti Sarkar‚ G.M. Faysal Ahmad E-mail: mihircse@gmail.com‚ faysal_5408@yahoo.com Abstract—We briefly discuss three issues related to the relevance and the possible impact of research in the field of green networking‚ with special attention to the wireless case in this paper. In this context energy efficiency is needed most. I. SOME DATA ABOUT ICT AND ENERGY The interplays between the ICT and energy fields are becoming stronger
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major perspectives of technology is that technology either makes life easier for you or that it disconnects you from the real world. The way that technology makes life easier for you is that if you have a question in mind and need to look up information or is interested in a certain topic‚ you don’t have to go around asking people or sitting down reading tons of books one by one and instead you can go to Google and have all the information at once. On the other hand‚ technology can be seen as disconnecting
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Ancient Egyptian Technology Introduction Most of Ancient Egypt was in a River Valley. In its earliest days it would have resembled a mock version of Sumer and Akkad. However‚ Ancient Egypt developed into a more individual and independent civilisation and soon came to be one of the most powerful forces. Location Egypt is located in the far-northern part of Africa. The country covers roughly an area about 386‚000 sqaure miles. [See Image 1 & 2] Climate Egyptian life was shaped
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RESEARCH PAPER ON ENERGY CONSERVATION: THE APPLICATION OF SOLAR ENERGY PHOTOVOLTAIC TECHNOLOGY ON BUILDING SURFACES Submitted by Dipankar Roy Bhargab Handique (Department of Civil Engineering‚ Bapurao Deshmukh College of Engineering‚ Sevagram) SUMMARY: Energy conservation and consumption patterns have been a serious concern over the past thirty years. With the new age of globalisation and changing patterns in human needs‚ the
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CIS 517 Online Class Student Professor PROJECT CHARTER FOR THE GREEN COMPUTING RESEARCH PROJECT Project Title: Green Computing Research Project Date of Authorization: January 22‚ 2012 Project Manager: Project Start: January 22‚ 2012 Project End: July 22‚ 2012 Budget for the Project: US$ 500‚000 Project’s Objectives: Research possible application of green computing including: * Data center and overall energy efficiency * The disposal of electronic waste and recycling
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American Civil War Technology The election of 1860 was among four candidates: John Breckenridge‚ a Democrat‚ John Bell‚ Constitutional Union Party‚ Stephen Douglas‚ a Democrat‚ and Abraham Lincoln‚ a Republican from the North. When election day came and all votes were in Douglas had twelve electoral votes‚ Bell had thirty-nine‚ Breckenridge with seventy-two‚ and in the lead‚ Lincoln had 180 electoral votes (Peters and Woolley). Lincoln had won the election‚ but he had not won everything yet
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http://www.imbaenergyclub.gr/2012/10/10/green-marketing-from-theory-to-practise/ By Karolos – Konstantinos Papadas PhD Candidate in Marketing‚ AUEB It has been noticed that during periods of recession or social change‚ megatrends such as “quality movement” (1970’s)‚ “globalization” (1980’s) and the internet (1990’s) emerge. In recent years‚ governments‚ NGO’s and agencies have been informing the citizens about the harmful consequences of human activity on the environment. Environmentalists are
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Social Class of Green Technology-- Electric Cars are not a new concept‚ but are finally gaining a market share in today’s car market. These cars are extremely efficient and produce the least pollution out of any other car‚ however they have also become a symbol of status and wealth exemplified by Tesla Motor’s fast and status-oriented automobile models. The article “Positive and Negative spillover effects from Electric Car Purchase to Usage” by Klockner states how research resulted in the
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DRAFT of August 1991. For the final version see Decision Support Systems‚ December 1992‚ pp 365-386. RECENT APPLICATIONS OF ECONOMIC THEORY IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH J. Yannis Bakos University of California‚ Irvine Chris F. Kemerer Massachusetts Institute of Technology August 1991 This is a draft version of the article that appeared in Decision Support Systems‚ December 1992‚ pp 365-386. Helpful comments on earlier drafts of this article were received from C. Beath‚ E
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