Everything has a trade-off and opportunity cost. Electric cars are no exception. The first thing that caught my attention was the mileage. In the article and video‚ Rick Peters’ electric car only goes 25 miles per hour. You cannot get very far with that‚ especially since the farthest you can go in it is 30 miles per charge. I drive a Toyota Camry‚ and I drive 9.2 miles every day to school. It takes me 12-15 minutes to drive to school. If you ignore the speed limit on the roads (it is 55 mph)‚ it
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The Function of an Electric Citrus Juicer Amanda M Sparboe Montana Tech of the University of Montana WRIT 121-03 Professor Wick March 8‚ 2013 Introduction The following document is a full description of the basic function of an electric citrus juicer. There are many types of juicers‚ some much more complex than others. However‚ an electric citrus juicer is a more basic type of juicer composing of only seven simple parts. These parts all work together in a basic orderly manner
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Lincoln Electric (LE) manufactures and sells arc-welding equipment and electrical motors. The company’s objective is to produce quality products at a low price. This objective was to help LE build up their reputation. Therefore their key success factor is their cost leadership. This was achieved through their highly productive employees. LE believed that in order to satisfy customer’s interest‚ the employees are the only people who can make it happen. As a result‚ LE created an attractive bonus
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CHAPTER - 13 MAGNETIC EFFECTS OF ELECTRIC CURRENT 1) Magnetic field and Field lines:- a) Magnetic field :- The region around a magnet where the force of attraction or repulsion can be detected is called magnetic field. Magnetic field around a magnet can be detected by using a magnetic compass. b) Magnetic field lines:- Magnetic field lines are the paths around a magnet along which the north pole of a magnetic compass needle tends to move. The magnetic field lines around
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getting frustrated from the electric shocks. This experiment can be improved to meet scientific standard by‚ first giving honest feedback to the participants. So that the data would be accurate‚ and the response wouldn’t be build just on frustration. Second‚ if I were doing this study‚ my hypothesis would be that the electric shocks from incorrect answers would actually cause the participants to try hader‚ and get more of their answers correct. The electric shocks would serve as a positive
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Strategy Assignment : Lincoln Electric: Venturing Abroad 1. Lincoln’s competitive advantage lies mainly in its effective compensation and benefits system which put forth three main elements to spearhead the company’s efforts. The trinity of elements comprised of piecework‚ bonus system and guaranteed employment. Piecework provided workers with a sense of autonomy in that now‚ workers can earn as much as they are willing to work for. The bonus levels in Lincoln far exceeded those of industry peers
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Ten years ago our electric motor business was in real trouble. Low labor rates allowed the Eastern Bloc countries to sell standard motors at prices we were unable to match. We had become the high-cost producer in the industry. Consequently‚ we decided to change our strategy and become a specialty motor producer. Once we adopted our new strategy‚ we discovered that while our existing cost system was adequate for costing standard motors‚ it was giving us inaccurate information when we used it to
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MYO Electric Prosthetic Limb Using ADS1298 Arbab Shahid‚Abdul Mannan ‚Ali Zahab‚ HamzaAzam‚Umar Shahbaz &Javeid Iqbal National University of Science & Technogy (NUST) College of E&ME. Rawalpini Pakistan Abstract: Prosthesis is an synthetic device that substitutes a missing body part. When a limb has been amputated‚ the motor and sensory nerves that used to serve it are still purposeful up to the point of amputation. If an interface can be made between these nerves and man-made electrical
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Introduction The merger case between General Electric Co. (GE) and Honeywell Inc. has sparked considerable debate between US antitrust agencies‚ economists and scholars since the announcement of its unsuccessful attempt by the European Commission (EC). GE is a corporation active in aircraft engines‚ financial services‚ and transportation systems while Honeywell is a manufacturing company producing aerospace products and is the leading supplier for engine starters. Both parties are from the US
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Most people would say that Benjamin Franklin discovered electricity but really he discovered the relationship between lighting and electricity. Otto Von Guericke discovered electricity in 1660 when he made the first electric generator. Joseph Henry would then invent the electric battery and would change the world. The very first portable electricity. People could power things they couldn’t before. Moving forward Henry Ford would use electricity and the battery to make the first assembly line and
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