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Sustainable Technology – Smart Houses

Global Warming and Energy Efficiency Mankind has always strived for progress. This progress can be attained in the largest, existential scales, and the most mundane, everyday ones. Certainly, global warming is an existential challenge for humanity. The United States Energy Information Administration (2014) discloses that fossil fuel consumption for electricity generation has increased from 1990 to 2014. This trend indicates a general increase of global demand for electricity, which places pressure on more environmentally-friendly forms of power generation (that use renewable resources), which can curtail their development. It is also true that technological breakthroughs are commonly brought about to ...

Part 1: Research Proposal

Introduction The Constitution has always protected the privacy of citizens, but the increased advancement of technology is becoming a threat. Technology is threatening to redefine the privacy of individuals for it to operate efficiently. One of the inventions that have collided with the individual expectations of privacy, which are protected by the Fourth Amendment, is drones. These devices can be used for surveillance (especially against terrorism) and aid in the achievement of the requirements of the Patriot Act. The drones can capture high-resolution images and videos from a distance and transmit them to the source. The American citizens fear ...