“IF THERE IS NO ELECTRICITY” To think of life without electricity is almost impossible today. Elec tricity provides all the comforts of life. We find ourselves completely helpless and feel its importance whenever power fails or when the sup ply is irregular. We curse the government for its failure to supply unin terrupted electric supply. In case of no electricity our life would be totally different. We will have to use earthen lamps‚ lantern or candle-light instead of electric bulbs and tubes
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Ho Cheuk Yuen HO2007303 MGT 215. Operations‚ Logistics and Supply Chain Management Assignment 1 7 April‚ 2014 1) Select a technology from 1850 to the present. Describe how it has affected productivity A technology that comes to mind is server virtualization. We use them every day in the government as we work toward going green‚ lower cost‚ increasing productivity. Since the migration to the virtual servers we were able to cut paper files by ¾. We use a digital contract file now instead
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Benjamin Franklin was an amazing man‚ he is known as our founding father‚ but why do we see him as such an amazing person? Today I will explain why Benjamin Franklin is such an important person and how he has truly changed the course of history. Franklin did many amazing things in his life. He was an avid inventor‚ a scientist‚ and a leader. He invented many things such as the Franklin stove‚ and bifocals. As a scientist‚ he discovered that lightning conducts electricity‚ and as a leader he helped
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Ener1 Background and History (as discussed in Ener1’s 2010 Form 10-K (10-K) unless otherwise noted): Founded in Florida in 1985‚ Ener1‚ Inc. (“Ener1”) was headquartered in New York‚ New York with offices in Indiana and Florida in 2010 and 2011. Ener1 was involved in the research and development of lithium-ion batteries with a primary focus on batteries for hybrid electric vehicles (“HEV”)‚ electric vehicles (“EV”) and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (“PHEV”). Leading up to 2010‚ Ener1 was involved
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George Westinghouse was an American entrepreneur and engineer. He was responsible for the introduction and development of altering current for light and power. Westinghouse invented the railway air brake and was a pioneer of the electrical industry. He was one of Thomas Edison’s main rivals in the early implementation of the American electricity system. This man founded 60 companies‚ eventually receiving over 100 patents for his work with the desire to turn ideas into enterprises. George Westinghouse
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Thomas Alva Edison was one of the most prominent American inventors of the 20th century. He was born in 1847 in Ohio and worked several different jobs during his early life. In 1968‚ while working at Western Union Company‚ Thomas Edison designed an electronic vote recorder for recording vote faster in legislature‚ which went unsuccessful with the Massachusetts Legislature. In 1869‚ he invented the Universal Stock Printer‚ which synchronized several stock tickers’ transactions‚ and sold the rights
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Discussion 1 – Art 207 1. The Eiffel Tower was designed and built for the 1889 International Exhibit of Paris. Gustave Eiffel‚ was confident that his design would prove the French were serious engineers‚ not simply the “cultured” people. The tower was originally meant to stand for 20 years and then be disassembled and removed‚ which is why the pieces were bolted together upon assembly. The primary reason the Tower withstood the public cry to be removed is that it served as a radio tower and its
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Art Credit Design 84 Harvard Business Review 1237 Brown.indd 84 | June 2008 | hbr.org 5/1/08 8:45:11 PM Thinking like a designer can transform the way you develop products‚ services‚ processes – and even strategy. Thinking by Tim Brown Photos courtesy of IDEO T HOMAS EDISON created the electric lightbulb and then wrapped an entire industry around it. The lightbulb is most often thought of as his signature invention‚ but Edison understood that the bulb was little more than a parlor trick
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On holidays and celebrations‚ Edison created his own fireworks. Thomas Edison was an inventor and businessman . He also invented the phonograph‚ the motion picture camera‚ along with the long lasting incandescent light bulb. In 1854‚ the Edison family‚ along with Thomas moved to Port Huron‚ Michigan. Edison received little formal education‚ and left school in 1859 to begin working on railroads. Thomas Edison‚ an inventor and businessman‚ stood for the direct current‚ which was standard in the U.S
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Incandescent light‚ batteries‚ electrical outlets‚ telephones‚ and movies; what would life be like without them? Thanks to one man‚ Thomas Edison‚ we can have all of these luxuries‚ and many‚ many more. Thomas Edison lived from‚ 1847 to 1931‚ and in those years‚ he forever changed the world. Edison was quoted saying‚ “My desire‚ is to do everything within my power to further free the people from drudgery‚ and create the largest possible measure of happiness‚ and prosperity” (Edison qtd. In Venable
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