Media Theory & Practice BASIC ELECTRONICS BASIC ELECTRONICS David Williams & Michael Shiloh © 2003 MakingThings LLC Media Theory & Practice BASIC ELECTRONICS OVERVIEW Session 1 Electricity is kind of like water The Components Inside Session 2 The Binary Miracle Switches can do all that? Arrange them just right‚ and you have a computer The computer does what you say millions of times a second Reconnecting to the real world Media Theory & Practice BASIC ELECTRONICS ELECTRICITY IS LIKE WATER
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ABC case study: Plum Electronics Plum Electronics‚ a division of Berry Corporation‚ manufactures two large-screen television models: the Mammoth‚ which has been produced since 2009 and sells for $990‚ and the Maximum‚ a newer model introduced in early 2011 that sells for $1‚254. Based on the following income statement for the year ended November 30‚ 2013‚ senior management at Berry have decided to concentrate Plum’s marketing resources on the Maximum model and to begin to phase out the Mammoth model
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Electronic Waste The mishandling of electronic waste also referred to as E-Waste‚ has lasting environment and social impacts on underdeveloped and struggling countries that become dumping grounds for unwanted and nonworking electrical and electronic components and devices. Many of the electronic-waste recycling facilities are located in South and East Asia. E-waste is a source of electronic parts and valuable metals for reuse. This industry is only profitable in Asia‚ because laborers work for
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Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) is an Indian state-owned aerospace and defense company with about nine factories‚ and few regional offices in India. It is owned by the Indian Government and primarily manufactures advanced electronic products for the Indian Armed Forces. BEL is one of nine PSUs under the Ministry of Defence of India. It has been accorded Navratna status by the Government of India. BEL offers products and services in a wide spectrum of technology like Radars‚ Military Communications
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Cady Crofoot Noah Tysick English 110 March 25‚ 2013 Electronic Mourning Technology is unquestionably not a new concept in this modern day society. Almost every business that a customer walks into is run by technology in some way. A business that most do not relate to technology though‚ is the funeral home industry. Of course people don’t enjoy visiting funeral homes and facing the death of a loved one and the potential high costs that can go with laying them to rest. Funerals are no longer
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Kiersten DeWitz Computer Apps 1 Mrs. A October 8‚ 2013 Electronic Mail E-mail‚ or electronic mail‚ is the transmission of messages via a computer network such as a local area network or the Internet (Reeder). The message can be simple text or can include an attachment such as a word processing document‚ a graphic image‚ or an audio or video clip. Using electronic mail software you can create‚ send‚ receive‚ forward‚ store‚ print‚ and delete e-mail messages. Most e-mail software has a mail
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Electronic Devices Society depends a lot on technology nowadays‚ they can obtain a lot of information in just a little device. Now some people read books in tablets or iPad‚ not in the real books. Some things are so different like they used to be. Some people prefer to get information with just giving a single touch to the screen of the table. There exist a lot of electronic devices that are changing our society‚ like the IPad‚ IPod or MacBook. The people who are more likely to buy this devices
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Don’t Be Haste to E-Waste Electronic-waste (e-waste) has emerged as a critical global environmental health issue in both developed and developing nations. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) refers to e-waste as "electronic products that are discarded by consumers." More specifically‚ e-waste is a generic term that encompasses various forms of electrical and electronic equipment that may be old‚ might have reached end-of-life and most importantly cease to be of any value to their present owners
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Objective: Assignment 1. Market Research Course: MGT 240 MARKETING AND SALES Student name: Student no.: Assignment 1: Question 1 1. Let’s say you have developed a new‚ all natural granola style cereal. You want to see the reaction of a range of people to the product‚ so you decide to set up focus groups to sample the cereal. In one to two pages (single spaced)‚ describe how you would carry out a focus group review of the cereal. a. How many people would be included in the focus group?
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ELECTRONIC ELECTROSCOPE Abstract— An electroscope is the instrument used to detect charged bodies. Here‚ an electronic version of the scope that is more sensitive as compared to its conventional counterpart and which helps indicate the polarity of charge has been described. This circuit consumes very low quiescent power and reliably indicates
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