CMT3321 – Week 19 – Sample Exam Question Question (a) Describe the key features of Tangible User Interfaces‚ comparing and contrasting them with multi-touch interactive surfaces. [ 10 marks ] (b) Consider the following scenario: The Tangible Disaster Simulation System is a collaborative tool for planning disaster measures based on simulations of disasters and responses such as evacuation and the actions of emergency services. Users can define parameters of a disaster (such as its scale
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in dystopian novels. The oppression the characters in the books experience is mirroring the oppression or inequality the readers face. Many dystopian novels display this sense of mirroring. The problems that the protagonists face are realistic for the readers‚ and while the books are set in the future‚ the stories are highly engaging. In an essay written by Chris Vails‚ he focuses on the MadAddam series‚ written by Margaret Atwood. He recalls that “in the future projected by the novels‚ an unregulated
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Authorship and the Novel At its most basic level‚ literature is commonly regarded as a kind of communication between author and reader. Just as in ordinary linguistic communication where a speaker conveys a message to an addressee‚ so in literature an author sends a message to a reader. The component elements of this definition are‚ however‚ open to criticism. Mikhail Bakhtin‚ Roland Barthes and Julia Kristeva explore the position and role of the author in relation to the text. This essay will investigate
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single heading: fiction. Eudora Welty. John Updike. Vladimir Nabokov. Reynolds Price. A rare brush with fact is "More Matter‚" a collection of Updike ’s essays and criticism. Otherwise‚ don ’t expect any works of history or politics. Biographies? What ’s the point? She knows how the story will end. "It would be a better book if they just wrote a novel about that person‚" Tyler reasons during a recent sunny morning‚ a mug of coffee in her hands‚ her gray-dark hair pulled back in a bun. For nearly 50
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The Chosen Essay #1 The Chosen by Chaim Potok is often described by critics as a distinctly American novel. I would have to say that I am definitely in agreement with this statement because the novel has a large emphasis on the concept of the American Dream throughout the duration of the story. That is the belief that in America one can pursue his or her dreams‚ whatever they may be‚ without regard to background or culture. Both Reuven and Danny reflect this ideal in their behaviors and action
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Research Question: The government should not engage in the surveillance of their citizens in the interests of national security. After the occurrence of the terrorist attacks on September 11‚ 2001‚ President George W. Bush signed a law‚ the PATRIOT Act. The PATRIOT Act made it easier for the law enforcement officials to use certain techniques such as wiretapping and other surveillance technologies to aid in the war against terrorism. The reason why this topic needs to be addressed is located
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Rewrite Story What I Did On My Holiday by Chrissie Manby I can’t wait for this holiday. Sophie Sturgeon will have a perfect romantic holiday with Callum Wales. I had prepared the whole thing to be perfect as well as for the night before we head to Majorca. But Callum did not show up. He at last sent a text saying he will not come over. He wants a break up and he will not go to Majorca. I decided to hide in my flat. I can’t go by my own. But I need to look independence like how everyone in the office
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Guy Montag is a fireman in charge of burning books in a grim‚ futuristic United States. The book opens with a brief description of the pleasure he experiences while on the job one evening. He wears a helmet emblazoned with the numeral 451 (the temperature at which paper burns)‚ a black uniform with a salamander on the arm‚ and a “phoenix disc” on his chest. On his way home from the fire station‚ he feels a sense of nervous anticipation. After suspecting a lingering nearby presence‚ he meets his new
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Jose Diaz Ragtime Essay In E.L. Doctorow’s novel‚ Ragtime‚ the novel’s setting is in 20th century New York and follows multiple views of a story through different people. From immigration because of the influx of new people migrating to industrialization since it was the progressive era‚ the author touches on many themes in the novel which makes it difficult to select one as a major one. In my opinion‚ a fairly important focus of the novel that Doctorow created was each character’s role in society
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