Essays on Robots

“Los Vendidos” written by Luiz Valdes is a one-act play that depicts and ridicules the stereotypes of Mexicans in California. It is a satiric play that shows the social inequality in the American society in the 1960-ies. So much has been said about the discrimination of the Afro-Americans, but I even could not imagine Latinos and Mexicans facing a similar situation. This play attracts attention to the social issues that have not been solved even after 40 years. Although it is full of ridiculous and rather witty moments, the message of the play is serious and profound. The author ...

Introduction

Artificial (computer) intelligence is one of the most promising development vectors in computer science and computer engineering. Work in the field of artificial intelligence is aimed at the development of methods, tools and technologies of designing computer systems with a specific function such as training, expert advising, robotics, and others. Unlike conventional programmers, who are involved in the development of well-specified software, artificial intelligence experts are additionally able to formulate specifications, which is one of the biggest challenges in the design of any product. However, the issue remains, as questions continue to arise as to whether human-equivalent artificial intelligence ...

Introduction

The term ‘social robot’ has become popular in the modern world and is almost being integrated into the modern day cultural constructs as usual. Lamers & Verbeek (2010) maintain that social technology is meant to invoke emotional attributes and to engage the human mind in a way that exceeds what is physical. Lamers & Verbeek (2010) argue that a robot is man’s effort at recreating his own self and it is with this semblance that the conceptualization of human-robot interaction has been captured. Dating back from the 18th century, inventors and scientists alike have been making numerous attempts at making ...

Company description.

Amid the most innovative companies on the globe, Amazon.com, Inc. stands out as a leader in online retail trade. It was started by Jeff Bezos in 1996 an online bookstore, but the advancements in the Internet commerce tools paved the way for expansion to other goods and services. Today, Amazon has online shops dedicated to such countries/regions as the US, Canada, Mexico, the UK, Japan, China, France, Italy, Brazil, and Australia, amongst others (Forbes, 2016). The company provides solutions for four primary customer segments as content creators, enterprise, sellers and end consumers. Other products/services available for offers from this ...

Technology Trends in the Hospitality Industry

Introduction Technology is a major driver of all business in the world today. The mechanization of services leads to short lead times and eventual savings in operational expenses. The savings in turn lead to an improvement in business profits. Technology is also a major driver of the current global nature of business. In particular, developments in the transport and communications sector play an important role in globalizing business. The connectivity of the world means that potential customers learn of new services and products as they arise and expect them wherever their location. Consequently, new technologies spread quickly and the ...

Despite the country’s small size, Japan has depicted quite contrasting economies before and after the Second World War. Up to the moment, the country has had three distinct political and economic periods; the Edo which began in 1603 and went on up to 1868, the Meiji Restoration and the final period which began after the Japan’s defeat in the Second World War in 1945 and runs up to now. Each of the three economic periods was characterized by unique factors which necessitated the government to initiate remedies so as to avoid plunging the country into an economic ...

Introduction

In order to struggle spam, companies exploit spam traps for finding out and blocking spammers. A spam trap is a destination, which is used to lure spammer attacks. One example of spam traps is an email address, which is not used, but incoming traffic to this address is monitored. A lot of spam traps exist in the Internet expanses; they are generally managed by big anti-spam organizations (SURBL, Spamhaud), security companies (McAfee, TrendMicro), Internet Service Providers and corporate email server. The possible types of spam traps are typos (mistyped email addresses), expired addresses (not used for long time), purchased ( ...

Movie Review: THX-1138

THX-1138, the main character in the film THX-1138, works as a magnum operator in cell 94107. He was literally created to manipulate the magnum along with other people in his society. In general, the THX-1138 movie is one of the best films that the creator of Star Wars, George Lucas, has ever scripted and directed. In 1976, Lucas produced Electronic Labyrinth: THX-113: 4EB, a short film that won various awards and introduced Lucas to movie fans globally (“George Lucas Biography”). The success of Electronic Labyrinth impressed the director of The Godfather, Frances Coppela, who urged Warner Brothers to provide ...

Introduction

In order to struggle spam, companies exploit spam traps for finding out and blocking spammers. A spam trap is a destination, which is used to lure spammer attacks. One example of spam traps is an email address, which is not used, but incoming traffic to this address is monitored. A lot of spam traps exist in the Internet expanses; they are generally managed by big anti-spam organizations (SURBL, Spamhaud), security companies (McAfee, TrendMicro), Internet Service Providers and corporate email server. The possible types of spam traps are typos (mistyped email addresses), expired addresses (not used for long time), purchased ( ...

Asimov’s Laws of Robotics

Since discussions of robots and artificial intelligence began, humans began to wonder if the idea of AI was even safe. Would robots harm us? Would it be okay to allow a robot to function without a human controlling it at all times? And even if we were to allow it, how would we know for sure? Asimov’s three laws of robotics suggest if we take proper precautions, it may be possible to allow artificial intelligence to exist in today’s world. However, Asimov’s laws state a robot will never harm a human, which would make a robot’ ...

The ever-changing world of computer science, information, and technology has introduced several interesting topics. These topics have been discussed in the academic circles for some time. One of the most intriguing topics raised is the artificial intelligence. Computers have been performing certain tasks that used to be performed solely by human beings before the invention of computers. Nonetheless, they do not operate intellectually as compared to human beings. Scientists have also been trying to harness the powers of the computer regarding intellectual capability. This paper is set to discuss artificial intelligence as a topic in computer science, information, and ...

Manga and anime are two of the most defining parts of the Japanese culture that are known worldwide. Considered as Japan’s authentic forms of animation, manga and anime play a big role in propelling the Japanese culture further into worldwide recognition. Manga is defined as the Japanese comic animation or the animation that the Japanese produce in print while anime refers to the Japanese digital animation or the animation that the Japanese produce digitally through multimedia. These two distinct forms of Japanese animation have been an integral part of popular culture for years in Japan and have played ...

This is an analysis of the essay “Better than Human: Why Robots Will-and Must –Take Our Jobs” by Kevin Kelly. The essay is an argumentative piece where the author attempts to argue that robots are indeed replacing human beings in most jobs. The author raises a number of arguments to support his side of the story. Notably, robots and machines are widely used in most jobs in the current era of industrialization. The author stages a number of reasons as to why robots and machines are used today. He goes ahead to argue that soon, human beings will be ...

The twenty first century has already seen a rapid technoligization of practically every aspect of life. Indeed, it could not but affect the labor force. The question is: in what way has it done so? Firstly and foremostly, apart from obvious computerization, we can speak of robots being introduced in the labor force environment. There are two facets of this process – the positive one and the negative one. As for the first, robots have taken on the most difficult and in certain cases most dangerous work. As for the second, it may be justly maintained that robots have endangered ...

It is quite true that there are several projects that Google is working on, and they also intrigue my conscious. The idea of Google Glass, Elevator to Space, Robots, Project Wing and Self-driving cars are all aiming at ensuring that the lives of human beings become as much easier as possible. Consider the self-driven cars, the instance of an underage individual requiring car service while they cannot drive will be eliminated by this factor. Major car collisions will be reduced due to the speed that the car uses. Do you believe that some of the projects will be successful? ...

Different robotic devices seem to be entering our everyday life, though their use is still largely confined to the field of science. One of the scientific branches, that is rapidly developing is rehabilitation robotics. Rehabilitation robots are meant to help people exercise, especially after sustained injuries or as a result of chronic diseases. (Munich, 2011) There are already quite a few devices that have been successfully used in medicine. One of them is the so called Hand of Hope. It is an exoskeleton hand, which is supposed to train the hand and fingers of patients. Another example is ‘wearable ...

The use of technology has enhanced how robotic devices can interact with humans in nature. “The use of robots can be used for many reasons without the use of harm” . The technological advancement that has become of our universe allows robotic devices to be used regularly. Laws of Robots consist of three different rules. The speculative scenario of technology is represented as robots will control or take over the earth one day because of the technology. The first rule of robotic law is that a robot cannot hurt a person or conflict harm of a human being. The second ...

Science fiction is nonexistent devoid of scientific and technological concepts. This essay aims at exploring how cautionary tales in science fiction make use of ideas rooted in science or technology. It focuses on four narratives and how their writers have incorporated scientific notions in creating admonitions. The four stories include Second Variety by Philip K. Dick, Slow Life by Michael Swanwick, Desertion by Clifford D. Simak, and Swarm by Bruce Sterling. These authors have used biological, chemical, physical, astronomical, or mechanical abstractions to warn the reader of impending danger in the narrative. In his narration, Philip K. Dick uses ...

The science-fiction authors are interested in writing about the robots which develop the ability to behave or think like the human being. Isaac Asimov and Brian Aldiss are two of these authors. These authors exaggerate the influence of the robotic contribution to the human life. Even, they try to develop the idea of replacing humans with the robots as relatives more than being a part of productions humans need. I will compare and contrast the two authors’ stories in this paper. The main subject I will discuss is the idea of robots can play an essential role in human ...

1. Robots should be used for all types of jobs. This does not necessarily mean that robots should be used exclusively for any one job, but robots can be used to augment the cognitive and technical skills of surgeons, lawyers, and teachers. Thus, realistically, robots can and should be used for all types of jobs where their dexterity and ability to process information quickly outpaces the abilities of human beings. However, this does not relegate humans to being useless. On the contrary, human beings have enormous creative, cognitive, and experiential powers to utilize in many occupational environments. It does ...

Sensors detect an input event and control an output event. The output often requires different timing than that of the input event. Sometimes several inputs must jointly produce an output event. In other words, logic alters the raw sensor signal so that it is directly useful for controlling local action in response to sensed events (Ouzounov et al., 2006). A sensor is an interactive application; it expresses interest in an event by defining a sensitive ‘region' and an event type. For example, if a sensor wishes to receive events directed to a geographical object, it can define its region ...

Individual Reaction to the Advent of Artificial Intelligence

Introduction Through advancements in science and technology, human beings have managed to create machines that work more or less in the same way as the human brain, performing tasks like mathematical calculations and language translations. This is what has come to be known as Artificial intelligence (AI) which is the kind of intelligence that machines exhibit when certain manipulations and programming is done to them. Some of these machines like the IBM computer, Watson, are capable of mimicking or performing certain cognitive functions that are normally associated with the human brain only. Artificial intelligence research thus deals with problems ...

Technology has made a great jump into the future. The evidence of this is the successful inventions in medicine. Helen Thomson, who discussed a method of focusing acoustic waves that excludes the need for some types of invasive surgeries claims that “invasive surgeries are becoming a thing of the past, thanks to a clever way of focusing acoustic waves”. It is about no scalpels, no blood, and pieces of flesh or bone as Helen Thomson states. The method was used on a woman named Phyllis who had brain surgery for the treatment of neurological disorder. The finding is that, ...

Introduction

The constant development in almost every aspect of the society has led to a lot of new inventions, needs, and growing trends. With growing population all around the world, new businesses have been formed while the existing business has grown. Security issues have also been in the spotlight with different incidences and threat on different aspect demanding for an improved security system (Wilson, & McCreight, 2012). There has always been the need to advance security measure throughout history as security issues are prone to societal changes and advancement of technology and know-how. Currently, most security measures that were being used ...

Modern technology is one of the fastest growing economic rates in the country and workers at health sector need to be trained for them to be well equipped with the knowledge and skills for its operation. The changes, for example, were formed to reduce the number of hand-written reports that gave false information about the illness of some patients and ensured that the staffs update all medical information data in an accurate way for easy reference by any patient caregiver or the doctors. The administration at health facilities is required to ensure that the technology used to offer services ...

Introduction

Group D has been tasked to deliver a concept ideation report explaining the reasoning behind the chosen concept that will be constructed to achieve the goal set out in the Warman Design & Build Challenge 2016. This concept ideation report has been completed in order to reduce the likelihood of error in specifications and function, manage costs, mitigate risks, and evaluate the expected success of the final concept. [1] This report explains the approach and principles utilised by group D to create a comprehensive design. The principles utilized will include: The Development of Product Specifications, Development of Functional Analysis and ...

Smart watches

It is evident that smart watches have revolutionized the contemporary and highly technological world tremendously. However, the current use of smartphones only offer a glimpse of what smart watches can do in the future when its application is fully embraced. Consequentially, the application of smart watches is postulated to stretch beyond its current range of use that merely involves the retrieval of data from other devices and the collection of information from both external and internal sensors. Given, smart watches are invaluable wearable gadgets when it comes to the collection of personal information including blood pressure and heart rates. ...

Human beings are quire and agile in their environment; always questioning how things came to be, work, grow or operate. It shows their relentless nature, not to accept things as they are rather than open them up and discover its truth. However, these features enabled discovery of great things such as technology, machinery, fuel and the solar system among other things. Technology has been at the center of progress for human beings, with each passing day recording a new invention. In current times, artificial intelligence continues to gain ground against other inventions such as green energy technology. Its researchers ...

Recently there have been many talks about the development of robotics. It is common knowledge that the popularity of robots is increasing very quickly. Every year more or more upgraded robots appear in the world. There are many opinions regarding this topic. Many people agree that the development of robots, especially service robots, could make their lives much easier. Robots could take care of kids and elderly population or do the dirty and some difficult work. However, it seems that people underestimate the negative sides of robotics. They tend to forget about ethical issues and, what is more important, ...

The Name of class

Introduction 1 Manufacturing Process 2 Structural Components 2 Electrical Components 4 Functional Components 4 Sustainable Industrial Systems 5 Industrial Reusability 6 Service Reusability 6 Remanufacturing 6 Solutions and Interventions 6 Modifying the Structural Size and Weight of the Current Components 7 Creation of a recycling and collection center 7 Using high quality materials for all components 7 Reuse of activities 7 Sustainability in the individual components 7 Conclusion 8

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Introduction In any manufacturing activity, there has always been the need for the implementation of an efficient materials use. These was down traditionally through recycling. As at present, the need ...

With every year human kind gets closer and close to the ideal and advanced world pictured in si-fi films and books where humans are masters of life. This superiority is mainly caused by creation of smart and if to be precise intelligent software and robots. Numerous attempts to understand work of human brain evolved into attempts to create an artificial intelligence (AI) that is aimed at assisting people. Researchers and scientists` curiosity and tireless work in creating and testing AI altered lives of millions of people around the world starting new technological age and new revolution. If one looks ...

The problem of terrorism is one of the most dangerous and prevalent in today's society. Over the past decade, the actions of terrorist organizations have reached a new level. The attacks occur more often, while it becomes more and more difficult to find the perpetrators of the attacks. Terrorism has become a global problem, and it threatens more and more people with each passing day. The US government and a number of leading European countries introduce various technical and design elaborations to combat international terrorism. Today it is possible to prevent the increasing number of terrorist attacks by means ...

Career Research Paper: An Annotated Bibliography (Phase 2)

Canadian Family Practice Nurses Association (n.d.). Sample Role Description for Registered Nurse in Family Practice. Canadian Family Practice Nurses Association. Retrieved from https://nurseone.ca/~/media/nurseone/files/en/sample_role_description_e.pdf?la=en This document presents an in-depth view of the role description that is to be expected in nurses in family practice. It gives general and specific overviews in matter regarding health assessment, health care management, health education, health promotion, and professional role of nurses. However, it is limited to nurses who are taking family practice and thus is not applicable to the job description of nursing in general. Computer Programmer Salary (n.d.). Payscale. Retrieved from http://www.payscale.com/research/US/Job=Computer_Programmer/Salary ...

What is Artificial Intelligence?

Intelligence in computing is defined as the computational ability of machines to achieve desired objectives. Artificial Intelligence is the “scientific understanding of mechanisms underlying thought and intelligent behavior and their embodiment in machines” ("AI Overview", n.d.). The concept of artificial intelligence systems is formed around information processing systems that perceive, learn, and think about what they want and how they feel. A.I. is the science and engineering involved in the design of intelligent machines including computer programs that try to learn and understand human intelligence. However, AIs do not necessarily simulate human intelligence but instead apply mechanisms that solve ...

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The use of information technology in the matter of justice provision has enabled the law enforcement agencies to ensure that the criminals are effectively captured and put behind bars. The technological tools that have notably contributed towards the cause are surveillance and cameras, forensic equipment for detection of criminals and communication means. These technology items have helped in making the law supreme and to make the criminals afraid of the law. Gun control has been made possible largely with the help of these technology tools as the people are being monitored and managed much more effectively with ...

In 1998, Robbie takes care of Gloria Weston, a young girl, although he cannot speak. Robbie is very simple, but he is good at his job and they play during the time he babysits her. The unusual thing is that the nanny is a robot and Mrs. Weston does not approve of the robot and sends him away. The mother is afraid that Robbie might do something bad to Gloria because of the fact that he is not human. George Weston disagrees and he believes that having a robot as a babysitter is safe. He says: “His entire ‘mentality’ ...

In the recent past, NASA has been doing excellent and outstanding things in the outer space. The media has hyped the show and depicted NASA as a genius (Frederick). Most people says the operations of NASA are exhilarating, but on my side, I am left flabbergasted! Could the skills used to put a man on the moon duplicated to improve the state of the life of humans? Can’t they decide to invent robots that will play an essential role to curb the rising insecurities? NASA commitments and objectives just boil my blood. Personally, I am not moved by ...

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Automated Guided Vehicle (AGV) 3 Operation of an AGV 3 Advantages of AGV systems 8 Disadvantages of AGV systems 9 Robotics 9 Elements of a Robotic system 10 Advantages of Robots 12 Disadvantages of robots 12 Conclusion 12

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Introduction During manufacturing and production processes, material handling is key in realizing high throughputs. Most industries however still use manual techniques such as trucks, conveyor belts, and roller chains despite the discovery of automated and advanced systems which could make transportation easier. This is because of cost-related issues. In the long run however, cutting on overhead costs, reliability and flexibility in ...

A good few decades from today, there was a time when manual labor was a significant part of a number of jobs of the day. Since then, technology has made more than remarkable progress, and as computer algorithms took over the simple tasks of the human mind, the businessman has invested more and more in the machine that could get the job done in less time and with more consistency. The labor force was in a fix over the possibility of running out of jobs that did not require as much skill and that worry carried on and is ...

Cinema transformed from a tool to display attractions to a medium to express feelings in which directors convey their opinions and ideas. Therefore, political and social events around the world started to become subjects for more and more films. Encapsulating the society’s ideologies and myths, films became a potent means for manipulation and for reinforcing the society’s norms and values. However, for the directors themselves, films soon transformed in artistic works in which they could use subversive techniques in order to question and to critique agents of power. The 2010 Hindi film “Robot” and the Korean film “ ...

Morality vs. Ethics

Introduction Several morality and ethics scholars seem to score at the same goal, yet have differences in meaning. For instance, they have correspondences at some respects and defer in others (Bennett-Wimbush, Amstutz and Willoughby 2015, 134). Consequently, this investigation pursues various premises to determine the similarities and differences that exist in their functions to structure the society. In this datum, the advancement of this paper examines these areas using structural, functional and normative tenets of the two in the society and general human interactions. In recollection, it will fundamentally appear apparent from the analysis that the two work to ...

Introduction

Nanotechnology refers to the dimension of technology that deals with tolerances and dimensions of less than 100 nanometers (one billionth of a meter) especially in the manipulation of individual atoms and molecules. Nanobots are part of nanotechnology dealing with very tiny robots whose sizes are in the range of nanometer (10-9M). Although these tiny robots do not exist as yet, research is ongoing in producing these micro machines for among others functions molecular manufacturing and in the medical field.

Ethical dilemma

The major ethical dilemmas with nanobots involve their potential misuse by malicious entities to invade into privacies, potential for use ...

Abstract

In the recent times, scientists in the discipline of artificial intelligence are confused which approach closely imitates the structure of a human brain. The best two approaches are bottom-up, or the top-down, and they comprise of both their advantages and disadvantages. The top-down approach has the capability to perform high-level tasks since it is programmed (Russell et.al 27). On the contrary, the bottom-up approach is capable of modeling the lower-level human functions such as motor control, image recognition, and learning capabilities. Each method operates perfectly where the other method is imperfect. Therefore, to establish the advantages and disadvantages of ...

As technology advances and researchers develop new applications for technological discoveries, they may open Pandora’s Box by giving consumers too much freedom to try, and very difficult choices to make. In her article, “The Made-To-Order Savior”, Lisa Belkin shows how the modern technology involved in human reproduction can be used in order to save a child’s life. The author compares the story of two children, of whom one had the chance of being able to use this technology, and this saved her life. However, for this to happen, her parents needed to have a perfectly matching sibling ...

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Bella and Luke – Chapter 1: Bella p.5 Bella and Luke – Chapter 2: Luke p.6 Bella and Luke – Chapter 3: Bella and Luke pp.7-9 Explanation of plot summary and choices pp.10-12 Introduction For this assignment I have chosen topic number 2; “Write your own version of the Cinderella story, structuring your re-telling around the element(s) of the story that seem most significant or interesting to you. You can tell the story from the point of view of one of the characters or use third person narration. Think carefully about what specific aspects of the story you decide to emphasise ...

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Based on the videos and some more research on Amazon, if I have to look at the future ten years from now, I see that on the strategy and operations side Amazon has presence in ecommerce and physical store retail, has minimal human work force in the warehouses, provides the services in tier 2 and tier 3 cities in almost all the growing countries, and caters to a larger customer base with a broad spectrum of product line. Based on the article published in Forbes by Steve Denning, “ingle-channel retail will disappear, whether it’s pure e-commerce or brick-and-mortar ...

Unkind Society (Analysis of Frankenstein and R.U.R) It is extremely necessary for an individual to remain connected with the society in his life including family, friends, community, and strangers. In this way, the social environment offers him the kindness and consideration to enjoy a sense of belonging in his social circle. However, if a person is not accepted by society, what happens? In this paper, I will explain how authors use literature to show the effect of lacking the sense of belonging in society. Both Frankenstein and R. U. R (Rossum’s Universal Robots) are complex creatures demonstrating an ...

Warfare Technology and the Human Experience

Advanced technologies alter the human experience in warfare. Improved technology is supposed to make the war effort more precise and make the experience obsolete. This is however not the the case. Changes in technology have historically shown how dangerous wars can be and how difficult the human experience can be. The nuclear bomb was supposed to end all great power wars. The bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki to end World War II proved that not all technologies were good for humankind. In the 21st century fight against terrorism, it has become more difficult to identify the enemy and hence ...

When I was in the first grade, one of my friends dressed exactly like Troy Dungan, the weatherman on one of local news stations, as often as he could. That meant that he wore a bow tie and round eyeglasses (even though he could see perfectly fine). He would draw hypothetical weather maps over and over, just to reiterate the different symbols for the different sort of events (rain, hail, lightning, snow and the like) – symbols that no longer show up on modern television because of the different graphical elements available but still appear on the maps that meteorologists ...

Introduction

The technique of high-frequency trading has been around for years, but especially close attention and a new surge of interest in it arose after the sensational release in May 2010 of the book by Michael Lewis “Flash Boys”. In fact, it is hard to call high-frequency trading methodology a revolutionary or even new. Although now, talking about it, everyone remembers high-performance computers and automatic programs with elements of artificial intelligence, but if to leave these technological “tricks” and the terms out of the brackets, everything becomes much easier. Actually, we are dealing with a business model, when using a ...

IMPACT OF TECHNOLOGY ON SOCIETY

Introduction According to Perrow (1967), technology is an action used to transform inputs to outputs. In other words, technologies are the tasks of individuals producing outputs. In microelectronics, technology can be viewed as those devices that make use of microprocessors and microcomputers. It also refers to user support services that are provided to assist users in performing the tasks. Technology is beneficial to man since it simplifies tasks for him, to work faster and efficiently. It also helps men to fit well to their environment. The main reason why technology is advancing is to improve the living standards of ...

1. What is the Boss up against in relation to Bartleby? What does Bartleby represent? Who are the major players in the story? What do we know about them? Are they likable? Sympathetic? Realistic?

In the story, Bartleby is portrayed as a character that goes against the norms. The phrase, “I would prefer not to” shows his attitude towards not following the path followed by the majority. Consequently, the Boss is against this retaliation which Bartleby possesses. The story also shows that Bartleby is representative of a force apart from his individualism. This is largely a result of Bartleby’s way ...

A. Major Issue and Focus

- Interesting issue of web content management about Using Social Media Tools to Connect to Customers to Support the Libraries

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BULLET 1: I find the way libraries use social media an interesting topic for this presentation. I will cover most of the major issues surrounding the use of social media by libraries to connect to their customers to support libraries I have defined briefly in this presentation my audience, which will be the library management.

B. Context and Audience Descriptions

- Evaluate Australian state libraries’ use of social media technology ...

SPEAKER NOTES

Current state business mission and objectives Motorola Company is one of the leading marketers and distributors of high-class mobile phones, tablets, iPods, and iPhones. The organization has developed a high customer profile because of its good quality products and services that are combined with customer friendly prices. Motorola Company is unique in its nature of operations from all other companies offering similar products and services. Firstly, the company keeps customers’ priorities first because the customer has the right to dictate the price of a product while marketers make a decision accordingly. Secondly, Motorola Company keeps inventing technologies that serves consumers’ digital ...

Part one

A cyborg manifesto is a brilliant article authored by Donna Haraway. It is solely aimed at criticizing the traditional notions of feminism, especially through putting greater emphasis on the issue of identity rather than affinity. In this article, Haraway uses the image or metaphor of a cyborg to urge feminists to move beyond the retrogressive limitations of traditional feminism, gender and politics. The idea of Haraway’s Cyborg calls for a non-essentialized and material-semiotic metaphor that is considered capable of uniting diffuse political coalitions through the notion of affinity (Haraway, 1991, p.153). She clearly addresses the rift between a feminist discourse ...

Abstract

Technological inventions in the healthcare sector are ever-growing. Healthcare providers are always looking for advanced technologies that will help in the efficient and effective delivery of healthcare. There are numerous technology-based healthcare solutions, and most are striving to reduce the common face-to-face practitioner-patient interactions. There are numerous benefits of this such technologies, as well as a host of limitations. Technology has modernized healthcare delivery because modern technologies help empower patients to be in charge of their health, and this in turn minimizes doctor consultations (Katz, Nissan and Moyer 2004). Technologies such as telemedicine, internet, robotics and telecoms have revolutionized the ...

Introduction

Doris Lessing regards science fiction as one of the best social fiction of the time. Pixar’s “WALL-E” is a beautiful product that has been developed over the same theme and have successfully earned the liking of general audience without much effort. The movie presents an interesting idea of the outlook of science and humanity. The elements together are depicted alive and vigilant to fight for the safety of mother Earth. In short, the movie presents the notion of association of inhabitants towards a unified goal. The analysis of the movie clearly determines that Wall-E is a Film about True Connection. ...

Introduction

Robots are used predominantly in industry. More and more companies are making their production lines automated by the usage of programmed robots. This trend of using robots started way back in 1960s and 1970s and gained popularity in the subsequent decades. Education was one area which was not touched by robotic technology until 10-15 years back. The strong belief was that a robot could not enhance the learning process. In fact introducing a robot in the learning process might make it more mechanical than creative. However, perceptions have changed in the last few years and education field is seeing more and more ...

There has been a rapid advancement in robotics and computer technological breakthroughs over the recent years. As a result, there has been an increased application of robots in almost every aspect of human life such as in industrial manufacturing, in science, agriculture and medicine. Robots in several applications have the potential of performing tasks that can be done by hundreds or thousands of people (Konczal). The application of robots has resulted in both positive and negative impacts on the economy. The increased application of robots in the economy plays a significant negative role as this contributes to the displacement of workers resulting ...

The invention of smartphones has revolutionized the development of mobile phone applications, popularly known as Mobile Apps. The invention of mobile apps has enabled other functionalities such as playing games, use of mobile web browsers and invention of chat-oriented platforms. There are two major categories of mobile apps, namely: Android Apps and Apple Apps. Android is a mobile phone operating system available in a wide range of phones and most popular globally. It is the largest platform for mobile phones, and the growth has been tremendous over the recent past. Additionally, it provides a world-class platform for developing apps and games for ...